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CU Boulder alum’s Reddit horror story leads to major book and Netflix deal.

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Art scholar wants to make CU Boulder stand out in African diasporic studies
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as performed by those with Aphasia
Scholars in speech therapy, theater help aphasia clients stage a play
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Alumni

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Award-winning filmmaker gives persistence, ‘energy’ to next generation

June 14, 2022

John W. Comerford, who discovered the power of film at CU Boulder, arranges major gift to its Brakhage Center for Media Arts.

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Family’s Buff roots sko deep

May 2, 2022

Three generations of arts-and-sciences O’Donnells will celebrate this year’s commencement.

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Artist highlights juncture of the familiar, the unknown

Feb. 2, 2021

Guggenheim-winning alum reflects on her career and time at CU Boulder.

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Students, Faculty

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Sept. 9, 2022

CU Boulder alum’s Reddit horror story leads to major book and Netflix deal.

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Art scholar wants to make CU Boulder stand out in African diasporic studies

Sept. 8, 2022

New art and art history professor wants to use their research on ‘Black pleasure’ in art to increase its prominence in the field.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as performed by those with Aphasia
Scholars in speech therapy, theater help aphasia clients stage a play

Aug. 3, 2022

They perform 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' in second CU Boulder production, and speech therapist notes that doing this in front of an audience ‘just blows me away.’

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Donors

Patricia Sheffels
‘Little decisions influenced my life’

April 21, 2022

CU Boulder grad Patricia Sheffels establishes keynote-speaker program to address environmental issues.

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‘She is gold’

March 18, 2022

CU Boulder graduate Rose Ann Bershenyi’s ‘gifts are transformative.’

Persuasive Prints (Installation view), CU Art Museum, February 6–March 12, 2020. Photo by Patrick Campbell, © University of Colorado Boulder.
Math alum sows seeds of diversity in art

March 4, 2021

$25K gift establishes Diversity Acquisition Fund at CU Boulder Art Museum.

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Obituaries

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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’

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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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