Summer 2012

Amid concerns about the country's shortage of workers in science and technology, CU Boulder is a leader in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education.

From Top 10 music singles to naked dancing, here's how three 1960s campus bands made it to the top.

Journalist Kate Fagan has risen from a CU basketball star to a columnist for ESPN-W. How did playing on a winning team shape her career as a sports journalist?

Celebrate summer by taking some time for yourself and reading a book. To assist in compiling your summer reading list, a handful of professors and alumni who have been featured in the Coloradan during the past year have shared their favorite books.

What do you get when you pair adventurers with scientists? A better understanding of everything from grizzlies to ice worms.

Molecular virologist Julie Overbaugh has unlocked the mysteries of AIDS by studying sex workers, mothers and babies.

Score the best local deals with Danny Newman's app Roximity, which will appear in 4 million Ford vehicles next year.

Alfalfa's co-founder Barney Feinblum helped transform the natural food industry from a hippy niche to an $81 billion enterprise.

That chocolate bar you just ate may be harder to burn off than you initially thought.

The factory for Nobel Prize winners on campus grew by 56,000 square feet in spring.

Before you throw your sneakers away and frolic down running trails barefoot this summer, read this.

Sound travels at approximately 760 miles per hour. What can travel faster than that?

Paul Danish contemplates the 50th anniversary of Scott Carpenter's flight.

A 280-pound bear climbed a tree next to Williams Village at the end of April before being tranquilized and relocated 50 miles west of Boulder.

For the first time in 58 years, a sitting U.S. president gave a speech on campus this spring.

The dawn of the space age and the creation of the Peace Corps set the stage for graduates of 1962. Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano describes their impact on today.

The 2011-12 season was one to remember for the CU women’s golf team.

In what was supposed to be a rebuilding season, the CU men’s basketball team lowered the boom on many an unsuspecting opponent.

Ideally, spring practices are supposed to resolve many issues for a college football team. But for CU, the spring produced almost as many questions as answers.

Ann Elliott made history March 26 when she became head coach for the new CU women’s lacrosse program, which begins play in spring semester 2014.

The gem-encrusted Presidential Chain of Office is worn by the university president during commencement ceremonies.

Forever Buffs who have passed away.

Rappelling into a flooded canyon in Utah’s Zion National Park, photographer Jeff Diener was sweating in his wetsuit in the 100-degree heat.

Richard Pattenaude may be chancellor of the University of Maine System, but his first love is teaching — teaching political science, to be more precise. But he almost became an economist.

Joel Bloom’s predicament was this: fresh out of college, degree in hand and a career path that was wide open.

Art professor emeritus Ron M. Bernier died Jan. 25, 2012, as a result of complications arising from multiple sclerosis.

Letters to the editor from the summer 2012 issue.

The center spread image from the summer 2012 issue.

The featured photo from the last two pages of the summer 2012 issue.