Alumni in Focus
After moving up the ranks from custodian to principal, Michael Atkins has his sights set on an even broader goal—transforming the education system.
Alumna Barbara Bentree returns to the College of Music with her new film. She reflects on her time at CU and her early career, the importance of music and the process of honoring one of the industry’s greats—Dave Grusin.
“When I’m singing or studying music, everything else in the world just melts away,” says Sue Baer. “It’s all I think about. It nourishes my spirit.”
Put rural communities on the map and you might literally be building roads to prosperity. For Walker Kosmidou-Bradley, that’s the plan.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Boulder Food Rescue is stepping up even more to serve the growing needs of the Boulder County community.
Students and alumni have helped spread awareness about how to maintain a safe environment; raised funds to help support students, staff and faculty; and led efforts to donate and 3D-print personal protective equipment.
Becoming an aerospace engineer for The Boeing Company, a Paralympic medalist in downhill skiing and an advocate for blind or visually-impaired children takes perseverance, intellect and heart. Glen Abramowski has done it all, and all while legally blind.
Tricam CEO Ryan McMunn has called on business partners in China to help protect Boulder medical professionals.
It was less than three hours until Apollo 11 was set to leave planet Earth, and Stew Woodward had found a leak in the line supplying liquid hydrogen fuel to the massive Saturn V rocket. The first manned mission to the moon was in jeopardy.
Anna Blakney, a third-generation alumna of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, is among the researchers working to develop a vaccine for the COVID-19 virus at Imperial College London.