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Professor Emeritus Walter Kintsch passes away at 90

April 28, 2023

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

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L. Andrew Staehelin, CU Boulder molecular biologist, dies at 83

Oct. 5, 2022

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

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Poet Noah Eli Gordon dies at 47

July 13, 2022

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

Peter Molnar

Peter Molnar, 1943-2022

June 24, 2022

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

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Physicist, entrepreneur, space pioneer R.C. Mercure dies at 90

March 24, 2022

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

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Astrophysicist, STEM-education pioneer Richard McCray dies at 83

Nov. 4, 2021

‘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

Jeanne Ulmer

Jeanne Ulmer, longtime CU Boulder staff member, dies at 50

Aug. 26, 2021

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

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Rita S. Weiss, speech language pathologist, dies at 99

June 8, 2021

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.

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Dennis Mileti, expert on disaster communication, dies at 75

Feb. 19, 2021

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

David Schneer

David Shneer, noted Jewish historian, dies at 48

Nov. 6, 2020

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

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