Rebecca Lange (PolSci’00) once said, “The only reason I want to be a colonel is to return to Boulder.” Now, Lange’s wish is coming true as she moves back with her husband, a fellow Buff, and son. Lange will command the Air Force ROTC detachment at CU Boulder and serve as a professor of aerospace studies. Throughout her career, Lange has met CU cheerleaders in Iraq, flown CU flags in combat zones and cheered on CU alumni who serve the United States

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Christine Peck (EPOBio’01) co-founded St Hildie’s, an award-winning, zero-sugar spiked tonic composed of botanical ingredients, attracting partnerships with major retailers like Whole Foods and Erewhon. The venture aligns with Peck’s passion for health and wellness. Peck credits her time at CU studying biology as the inspiration for her journey into entrepreneurship. "The choices we are making for St Hildie’s are aligned with my interests in health, the human body and environmentalism," she said.

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Ian Cohen (Jour’02) is an executive producer of The Barber of Little Rock, a short documentary film recently nominated for an Academy Award. Cohen’s film is a provocative and emotional conversation starter about the racial wealth gap in America. It is available to stream for free on both YouTube and The New Yorker website.

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Jeff Parker (MAeroEngr’03; PhD’07) and Bradley Cheetham (MAeroEngr’11) co-founded Advanced Space, a startup that develops technology to enable sustainable exploration, development and settlement of space. In 2022, it launched the successful CAPSTONE satellite, which orbits the Moon.
“We love what we do, and Advanced Space lets us do it,” Parker said. “We have fully intended this company to be multigenerational: something that will outlast anyone here. How often do you get the opportunity to help define interplanetary missions, test out new navigation technologies, and inspire engineers all at the same time?”

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Aba Arthur (Thtr’05) plays Abena in the new musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s famed Pulitzer-winning novel, The Color Purple. Arthur received personal coaching from Oprah Winfrey while working on set. Arthur is based in Los Angeles and Atlanta, and serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council for CU’s College of Arts and Sciences.

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Darren Mueller (Mus’05) has just published his book At the Vanguard of Vinyl: A Cultural History of the Long-Playing Record in Jazz. Mueller’s work examines how musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus leveraged the jazz industry’s adoption of the long-playing record (LP) to redefine the uneven power relations of the heavily segregated music business.

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Patrick L. Hamilton (PhDEngl’06) is a professor of English at Misericordia University and recently published George Pérez, a biography of the legendary Bronze Age of Comics comic book creator who contributed to classic titles such as Fantastic Four and The Avengers. Hamilton’s book, published by the University Press of Mississippi, examines why Pérez’s contributions to comic art and history have not been fully acknowledged, analyzing Pérez’s work for its representations of race, disability and gender.

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Mary Wagner (PolSci’06) was appointed to the Tennessee Supreme Court by the governor of Tennessee, Bill Lee. Previously a circuit court judge, Wagner begins serving on Sept. 1, 2024. 

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Ryan Connolly (PolSci’07) started clothing company Grassroots California more than 15 years ago. Today, the company’s clients include celebrities like Jerry Garcia, Pink Floyd, Method Man and Cheech and Chong, plus local Colorado companies like Great Divide Brewery and Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen. Connolly is proud of his company’s success. “I started the company with one hat on the Venice Beach Boardwalk, and we are now sold in 300 stores in 25 countries,” he said.  

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Diego Baca (Acct’09; MS’09) is an assurance senior manager and certified public accountant (CPA) at EY. Baca’s inspiration to become a CPA came from one of his CU Boulder professors, a public accountant with a PhD in psychology. Through this professor, Baca learned that by applying careful thought and analysis of the underlying factors, he could help create more compelling business perspectives supported by data. He has also made his mark helping young Latino professionals pursue their passions by exploring the possibility of a career in accounting. 

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Stephanie May Wilson (Jour’10) hosts the podcast Girls Night, which has over seven million downloads. Wilson has also written a new book: Create a Life You Love: How to Quiet Outside Voices So You Can Finally Hear Your Own, which dives into the period that she calls the “Everything Era” — the weird, wonderful and wildly difficult span of years for women in their 20s and 30s. in the coming months, Wilson plans to move to Spain with her husband and twin toddlers.

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Brian Ash (Econ’13), co-founder of African eco-lodge Bomanoma, has teamed up with cultural anthropologist Laura DeLuca (MAnth’96; PhD’02), founder of impact travel venture Discover with DeLuca, to plan and lead a “travel like an anthropologist” safari through Narok, Kenya, and Maasai Mara this summer. The trip will be an immersive cultural experience to support the surrounding communities and to teach about Maasai culture, for an overall safari venture centered on fun, global fluency and making a difference.

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Courtney Bagby Lupilin (Jour’15) is the CEO and founder of Little Red Management, a talent management firm for reality TV stars from shows on ABC, CBS, MTV and Netflix. Lupilin’s firm represents stars from The Bachelor and its franchises Big Brother, Love Is Blind and The Circle. The firm has also secured partnerships with household brands such as Mattel, Disney and Amazon. 

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Arielle I. Goren (Phil’16) is a new attorney at the law firm Leech Tishman. Based in Los Angeles, Goren is an associate in litigation practice at the firm, where she focuses on business litigation disputes, representing both public entities and private clients.

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Ben Mousseau (ChemEngr’16), a global supply manager at Tesla, was awarded the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Mentor of the Year Award by CU Boulder’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Inspired by the mentors who guided him, Mousseau has been giving back by mentoring students since 2019. “I am very thankful for this award," Mousseau said. “I’m glad that I have been able to make an impact, and I’m always open to having discussions with other students.”

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Katherine Hupp (MPubAd’18) is an attorney at Lewis, Longman & Walker in West Palm Beach, Florida. Hupp practices environmental, natural resources and Native American law. Recently, Hupp co-authored a paper concerning Florida’s 404 permitting program. 

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Akshit Arora (MCompSci’19) and his data science colleagues at NVIDIA recently won the LIMMITS’24 challenge, an AI competition that asked contestants to create vocals in English or any of six languages spoken in India with the appropriate accent. The contest had competitors recreate a speaker’s voice in real time, and the team’s novel AI model only required a three-second speech sample to accomplish this task. 

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Brigitte Keslinke (MClass’19) was named winner of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation/Donald and Maria Cox Rome Prize in the category of ancient studies by the American Academy in Rome. The highly competitive Rome Prize fellowships support advanced independent work and research in the arts and humanities. Keslinke will receive a stipend, workspace, and room and board at the academy’s 11-acre campus in Rome, starting this September.

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Megan Thiede (Mgmt’19) was named a Fulbright finalist for the 2024–25 academic year by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Thiede graduated from the Leeds School of Business in 2019 and has since worked in strategy-focused roles across the outdoor retail, technology consulting, human-centered design and architecture industries.

She will pursue a master’s degree in accessibility and diversity in digital services at Tampere University in Finland. Through research and collaboration with local nongovernmental organizations that partner with UNESCO learning cities, Thiede will explore how to co-design instructional practices for city residents to improve digital literacy.

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Bennett Black (Fin’23) was honored with the Entrepreneur of the Year award by About Boulder for his remarkable achievements in the digital marketing industry. Black founded Bold Slate, a digital marketing firm specializing in website design and online marketing services for home service businesses. The company focuses on local SEO, website design and targeted lead generation campaigns to help businesses expand their reach and thrive in a competitive digital landscape.

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