Alumni in Focus
- Viola performance graduate Lauren Spaulding, a CU alumna and diversity, equity and inclusion advocate, this month joined the acclaimed Thalea String Quartet at the University of Maryland.
- Lindsay Kirk, who was an aerospace engineering graduate in 2008, works for NASA and is part of a new envoy program that will help build collaboration between the agency and the university.
- CU Boulder alumna Katie Kramer found her calling at the helm of a leadership-focused foundation.
- Forever Buff Melissa Stockwell is representing Team USA at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Not her first time on the world stage, Stockwell is competing in triathlon. She also gave a repeat performance as a flag bearer at the opening ceremonies.
- Matanya Horowitz's company produces artificial intelligence-aided robots to automate identifying, sorting and processing the myriad items that are collected for recycling—at a rate the company says is twice as fast as humans and 99% accurate.
- The University of Colorado track and field aluma Sage Hurta was named a Co-Pac-12 NCAA Woman of the Year nominee along with USC’s Anna Cockrell.
- CU Boulder aluma Flora Duffy took first place in the Tokyo Olympics women’s triathlon, securing Bermuda’s first gold medal in Olympics history.
- Author and CU Boulder alum D. Eric Maikranz offered a cash reward to any reader who could help get his book on the big screen. The novel idea led to a film out this summer starring Mark Wahlberg and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
- David Bolen's accomplishments in the 1948 Summer Games were only the start of a lifetime spent creating impact on a global scale.
- Alumna Sage Hurta is the NCAA women’s indoor track champion in the mile. The self-described perfectionist reveals how embracing failure and a short-term memory are propelling her success.