Fall 2019

Chris Carlson's art will rise up and grab you. Chalk it up to an open mind.

Low-income and minority families still bear the brunt of toxic pollutants. Jill Harrison wants to know why.

CU's new president, a former congressman who later led the University of North Dakota, talks about his small-town youth, the future of work and his vision for CU.

Rodney Sauer bought a cultural treasure sight unseen — a vast trove of silent film-era musical scores. Then he gave it all away.

From up close and from miles away, CU Boulder's red-orange tile rooftops signal it's no ordinary place.

Making music is a physical pursuit. The CU Music Wellness Program helps performers stay fit.

Tom Garfinkel, a big success in the business of the NFL, proves a Buffalo can become a Dolphin.

If it’s icky, slimy or smelly, it’s fair game.

Colorado Law professor Helen Norton examines the nature, complexities and limits of government expression — including whether the president may block you on Twitter.

CU researchers will join a year-long Arctic expedition to study the changing Earth from an icebound ship

On Sept. 5, 1877, the day CU opened, Joseph Sewall was on the steps of Old Main to shake every hand.

English professor Adam Bradley is the author of The Poetry of Pop and co-author of The New York Times bestseller One Day It’ll All Make Sense, the 2012 memoir of rapper and actor Common.

A metal-extracting bacterium could change mining as we know it.

Super microscope, Buff Stampede beer and nail salon hazards

Visiting cards, also known as calling cards, were popular among both men and women in the 19th century.

In August, more than 700 CU Boulder students moved into the university’s newest and largest residence hall, Williams Village East.

During winter break 1971, around Christmas, a disheveled band took the Tulagi’s stage on The Hill. The heater was broken, the club was frigid, the crowd was small. One of the musicians strummed a banjo in gloves.

CU Boulder’s backyard, a natural playground of canyons and rock faces, draws and inspires rock climbers from around the world, including many Buffs.

Changes affect recent undergraduate alumni and graduate alumni of all years.

The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences includes a bioastronautics lab, a payload operations center with a real-time communications link to the International Space Station and an indoor drone testing space.

The mental health and wellness of our students.

Animated by a team trip to Europe during the World Cup, CU soccer has enthusiasm to burn.

CU Women's Track and Field, Golf and more.

First-year head football coach Mel Tucker talks about clean slates, preparing to win and “turning it loose” at Folsom Field.

Linda Sasser researched memory as a CU doctoral student and built a career as a national speaker helping people improve their brain health and strengthen their memory power.

In June, pilot and lawyer Kent Holsinger of Denver set a world flight speed record for the 528-mile route between North America’s highest- and lowest-situated airports.

Lee Knight of Denver is a front-end software developer by trade, and also a musician, youth minister, choir director — and bull rider.

In 2018, Denver attorney Jordan Lipp wrote Is There Apple Juice in My Wine?: Thirty-Eight Laws that Affect the Wine You Drink, detailing some of the odd, unique and unknown facts about wine.

Lynn Baker, Bill Brundige, The Silver & Gold, CU's new president and more.

It wasn’t much to look at, but it was the start of a CU Boulder institution. The first issue of this magazine appeared as The Colorado Alumnus in May 1911.