
Spring 2009
Features
Shopping with Donnie
Donnie Lichtenstein, a CU marketing professor, is considered a national expert in pricing.
Read MoreFrom Soldier to Student
David Hoch is one of an estimated 400 military veterans who attend CU Boulder today.
Read MoreWhen Sputnik and the Beatniks Ruled
During the late 1950s, Bob Harvey and his friends listened to folk artists like the Kingston Trio, played guitar and ruminated on the deeper meaning of Jack Kerouac’s 1957 anti-establishment treatise, On the Road.
Read MoreKidding Around on the Slopes
Skiing down the mountain at Steamboat Ski Area with former Olympic racer Billy Kidd is no fast feat.
Read MoreCenter for Community Leads Building Boom
Young students of the class of 2014 will arrive to see a campus transformed from the one students experience today.
Read MoreDepartments
New Multicultural Sorority Debuts
Representing Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, African American, Mexican American and Taiwanese backgrounds, CU’s newest multicultural sorority celebrated its chapter’s emergence on the Boulder campus last fall.
Read MoreClicker Sticker Rings up Change
From iPods and Crocs to coffee mugs, it seems everything’s about customizing to your own taste, and junior Jesse Saba has brought this trend to CU classrooms.
Read MoreBraddock Peak Named for Prof
After spending his life making maps of Colorado’s Front Range, professor emeritus William Braddock now appears in them.
Read MoreRegents Most Diverse Board in History
In November Colorado voters elected two first-generation Americans — also among the youngest ever elected — to serve on the CU Board of Regents, making it the most diverse board ever.
Read MoreNew Doctoral Programs Blaze Technological Trails
Developing sensing and imaging systems in everything from cars to medical equipment may be lines of work for future alumni of CU’s new graduate program in computational optical sensing and imaging.
Read MoreWho Knew ESTER Was So Cool?
Mike West, director of education for CU Biodiesel, has taught everyone from postgraduate students to second-graders how to brew their own biodiesel, showing how simple it is to create cleaner, more sustainable fuel from waste.
Read MoreGrammy Takes Note of Takács
They’re in company with this year’s Grammy nominees Coldplay and Radiohead. CU Boulder’s resident string quartet, the Takács Quartet was nominated for a Grammy this year in the category of best chamber music performance.
Read MoreBenson Says Give Us Dough or Let Us Go
With severe state budget cuts looming, CU President Bruce Benson and other frustrated higher education leaders are asking lawmakers for the flexibility to raise tuition as they feel necessary.
Read MoreNASA Moonstruck with CU
CU-Boulder will play a crucial role in NASA’s future explorations of the moon, thanks to two NASA grants totaling $11 million in early January.
Read MoreHigher Education Provides Ongoing Return
The president's column from the spring 2009 issue.
Read MoreAlumni Stories Demonstrate the University’s Enduring Value
The chancellor's column from the spring 2009 issue.
Read MoreHawk Seeks 10 Wins in 2009
The football team failed to earn a bowl berth for the second time in coach Dan Hawkins’ first three seasons as head coach, but he is aiming for a big improvement in 2009.
Read MoreTennis Players Backhand Opponents in Fall
Three tennis players finished with at least 10 singles victories during the fall portion of the season.
Read MoreBooters Marshall for World, NCAA Title
Junior soccer player Nikki Marshall helped the U.S. win the women’s under-20 World Cup title in December.
Read MoreFreshman Drives to New Record in Golf
Freshman Emily Childs recorded the lowest fall stroke average in the history of CU’s women’s golf and was named Big 12 female co-golfer of the month for November.
Read MoreHarriers Race to Fall Honors
Runner Jenny Barringer, who won the 2008 NCAA steeplechase title and placed ninth in the Olympics, was chosen female college athlete of the year by the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame.
Read MoreAiu Dismissed After 12 Seasons as Coach
Six weeks after ending a season in which the volleyball team lost seven of its final eight matches, athletic director Mike Bohn fired head coach Pi’i Aiu (DistSt ex’89) on Jan. 12.
Read MoreFormer Ski Champ Dies in Plane Crash
Bryan Sax, the last CU skier to win a men’s NCAA giant slalom title, died when two small planes collided over the Florida Everglades on Dec. 6. He was 37.
Read MoreGrowing Pains for Bzdelik’s Buffs
The men’s basketball team finished the nonconference season with an 8-6 record for the second consecutive year under coach Jeff Bzdelik.
Read MoreK-Mac’s Buffs Finish Strong in Non-Conference Play
The women’s basketball team capped off its nonconference schedule with five straight wins and a championship in the Paradise Classic in Hawaii, where forward Brittany Spears was named most valuable player.
Read MoreChina Exhibit Features Revolution
When Lelia Hinkley arrived in Peking, China, in 1921, she was greeted by a famine that placed nearly 20 million Chinese teetering on the brink of starvation.
Read MoreAlumni College Focuses on Obama
Spring will be in full force and the Obama presidency will be four months young.
Read More’59ers Jitterbug Their Way to Reunion
Recall the magic and memories of the late 1950s during this year’s class of 1959 reunion May 7-8.
Read MoreStudents Look to Alumni in Tough Times
Students tend to think their college years are “crazy” and that the “real world” starts after graduation, but Erlinda Kiefel Stafford says the adventure continues long after you receive your diploma.
Read MoreProfile: Trevor Martin
As on-site reporter for MTV’s Choose or Lose campaign at the Democratic National Convention last summer, Trevor Martin’s reporting gig wasn’t about taking notes in a traditional reporter’s notebook with an editor waiting back at the office.
Read MoreLiving the James Bond Life
Gordon attended CU on a Naval ROTC scholarship and commissioned, graduated and married within a 24-hour period in June 1958.
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