Susan Thomas and Xóchitl Chávez with musicians Sam Medina and Gilbert Medina.

The music of Pueblo: Xóchitl Chávez blends expertise, heritage in research project

July 26, 2022

Alumna Xóchitl Chávez, a cultural anthropology and ethnomusicology expert who grew up in Pueblo's east side, has partnered with CU Boulder on a research project that blends her work and cultural heritage.

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In stride with jazz alumna Annie Booth

July 26, 2022

Annie Booth shares how the College of Music continues to impact her career as an award-winning jazz pianist, band leader, composer/arranger and educator—and offers valuable career advice.

Judy and Jill Sigel

CU tennis twins aced role as Title IX pioneers

June 27, 2022

When Judy Sigel Freeman and Jill Sigel Greer joined CU tennis in 1972, it was the dawn of a new era with the signing of Title IX. The legislation prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or education program that receives federal funding.

Children in Afghanistan skateboarding thanks to the Skateistan nonprofit

Education on the quarter pipe

June 23, 2022

Alumnus Rory Burke is working with a nonprofit called Skateistan to help kids across the globe achieve academic goals through skateboarding.

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

June 22, 2022

John W. Comerford, who discovered the power of film at CU Boulder, arranges major gift to its Stan Brakhage Moving Image Art Forum and Studies Collection.

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An ‘easy-button’ approach to user testing

June 22, 2022

Recent ATLAS graduate Elsy Meis proposes Dashboard Zero, an approach to user testing that is both simple and immediate, in a paper she will present later this month at the Human Computer Interaction International Conference.

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Alumnus shines light on history of LGBTQ community in American West

May 31, 2022

Gregory Hinton is a California-based author, historian and the founder of Out West, a national museum program series exploring the contributions of LGBTQ communities to Western American history.

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Buffs among first to volunteer as Peace Corps resumes global operations

May 27, 2022

CU Boulder alumni Lisa and Peter Waugh are among the first Peace Corps volunteers to return to service overseas after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted.

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Alumni spotlight: Alicen Kandt of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

May 19, 2022

Kandt is using her mechanical engineering degree to support the fight against climate change and help build energy-resilient communities and organizations around the globe.

Karin Schuster, Wolfgang Schuster, Sharron Land Gegenheimer and Bernd Kottmann reunited in Munich, Germany in 2019

Alumna endows scholarship to help students study abroad, connect with the world

May 18, 2022

For Sharron Land Gegenheimer, living and studying abroad was life-changing—and now she wants other students at CU Boulder to have the same kinds of experiences.

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