Summer 2018

CU’s Alena Grabowski is helping a new generation of amputee athletes reimagine what’s possible.

John Branch, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times, shared what he learned about America’s most successful rodeo family.

Long overlooked, the first black woman to graduate from the University of Colorado comes alive in a new book by CU Boulder’s Polly McLean.

Snowboarder Arielle Gold won a medal at the Olympics in February. This summer, you might see her around campus.

CU Boulder pioneers a MOOC-based graduate degree in electrical engineering.

About 100 CU Boulder students are undocumented immigrants with federal DACA status. They’re doing amazing things. But planning for the future isn’t easy.

Tucker Hamilton and Aaron Frey are test pilots for the U.S. military’s most sophisticated fighter jets ever. Their journey together started in middle school.

Boulder’s Third Flatiron is notorious for drawing climbers with wild ambitions. In January, CU Boulder senior Rilyn VandeMerwe put his own stamp on the tradition.

Ming H. Chen, an associate professor at Colorado Law, directs the CU Immigration Law & Policy program and serves on the Colorado Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Die-hard veterans of CU’s Trivia Bowl test their mettle again.

I wouldn’t have gotten to know Frank Oppenheimer if I hadn’t crashed the Conference on World Affairs (CWA) party at his house.

CU Boulder gets serious about greens.

Takács Quartet, the Ralphie pool and the power of a lover's touch.

Larger-than-life cultural figures make their way to CU Boulder every year. Spring 2018 offered a conspicuous bounty.

Boulder’s first nonprofit community FM station, 88.5 KGNU, began broadcasting in 1978.

In the last 20 years, CU Boulder has developed 29 buildings and additions totaling nearly 4 million square feet.

In September, the Buffs and the Cornhuskers lock horns for the first time since 2010.

CU Boulder Next, Homecoming, 2019 Roaming Buffs trips, Alumni Golf Outing.

On May 3, nearly 3,000 graduating seniors celebrated the end of the spring semester during Grad Bash, an annual farewell celebration hosted by the CU Boulder Alumni Association at Koenig Alumni Center.

CU Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano discusses the CU Boulder Next program.

Wins Pac-12 regular season title, falls to Stanford in conference championship game — but still makes NCAA tournament.

One Buff heard his named called during April’s NFL Draft, and as many as nine others will get a chance to earn roster spots this summer.

Ceal Barry coached women’s basketball at CU Boulder for 22 seasons, winning more games — 427 — than any other CU head coach in any sport. She’ll be inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame this summer.

Bruce Bartleson, 83, and his wife Deirdre, seek out untouched ice for “wild” ice skating.

Since his win on Top Chef in 2009, Hosea Rosenberg has firmly established himself as one of Boulder’s own top chefs.

When Emma Oosterhous was growing up in Colorado Springs, she longed for more resources and support related to gender and sexuality. She’s on a mission to make sure the next generation of queer youth has what she lacked.

Student excitement surrounding Commencement 2018.

A motel in Memphis. A hotel in Los Angeles. The streets of Baltimore, Chicago and Washington. Combat zones across Vietnam. The year 1968 shook with violence.