Obituaries

Walter Kintsch, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, passed away on March 24, 2023, at the age of 90.

Professor emeritus remembered for his ability to present important material expertly and for his humor, intelligence and interest in people

Associate professor of English and associate chair for creative writing hailed as ‘charismatic,’ ‘irreplaceable,’ and a ‘great poet and fine teacher’

CIRES, Geological Sciences, CU Boulder mourn loss of exceptional scholar who inspired greatness

CU Boulder alumnus was instrumental in launching what became Ball Aerospace and other successful ventures.

‘Dick was my mentor and my collaborator,’ says education professor Valerie Otero, who credits McCray with keeping her, a first-generation, Hispanic woman, in physics

In the morning light of Aug. 13, 2021, Jeanne Marie “Jeannie” Ulmer passed away at the age of 50 in Longmont, Colorado.

Rita S. Weiss, a University of Colorado speech and language pathology professor who developed a special program to improve language development in young schoolchildren, died May 29, 2021, in Boulder.

Former director of CU Boulder’s Natural Hazards Center was two days away from receiving first vaccine for COVID-19.

Students this week shared their stories about ‘how, again and again, he had shaped their lives at Boulder and beyond.'