Kimberly Hess with mountain range in background

Alumni in Focus: Climbing the 7 summits

March 26, 2019

Over seven years, Kimberly Hess and brother Steven climbed the tallest mountain on each of the seven continents. Next up: A trek to Earth’s poles.

SoulCycle co-founder and CU alumna Elizabeth Cutler

Alumni in Focus: The birth of SoulCycle

March 14, 2019

In 2015, SoulCycle co-founder Elizabeth Cutler launched a spin sensation. The key to her success? A focus on community.

Christopher Bell poses with Gamora and Black Widow action figures

Alumni in Focus: Fighting for female superheroes

Jan. 30, 2019

UCCS professor and Pixar consultant Christopher Bell has some ideas about how Hollywood can do better. And thanks to his 2015 TEDx Talk, he's found significant influence in the entertainment industry.

CU alumni at Lockheed Martin Space pose for a photo

Asteroid probe scoops up alumni

Dec. 3, 2018

After traveling for more than one billion miles, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at the asteroid Bennu on Dec. 3. CU Boulder graduates have played a big role in that historic encounter.

Tom Windham

Alumni in Focus: Passion for education born in civil rights struggle

Oct. 23, 2018

Known for creating learning and mentoring communities, Tom Windham credits his experience participating in the 1963 March on Washington for propelling him toward a keen interest in education.

F-35 pilots Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton and Aaron "Amber" Frey

Alumni in Focus: F-35 pilots take parallel paths from middle school to Mach 1.6

Aug. 7, 2018

Middle school friends Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton and Aaron "Amber" Frey reacquainted as aerospace engineering majors and then again, years later, as two of the U.S. military's ace test pilots.

Kim Christiansen

Alumni in Focus: CMCI alumna is new voice of Denver's airport train

March 1, 2018

Longtime 9News anchor and CMCI alumna Kim Christiansen will be the new female voice of Denver International Airport's "Train Call" announcements.

Madalyn Kern stands in the Idea Forge with a prosthetic leg

Alumni in Focus: Adjustable prosthesis offers mobility to the masses

Nov. 21, 2017

As an amputee's residual limb inevitably changes shape, the prosthetic leg socket will no longer fit, becoming nearly useless. Enter CU Boulder mechanical engineering PhD graduate Madalyn Kern.

Wiley B. Rutledge pets dog

First U.S. Supreme Court justice from CU known as model of collegiality

June 29, 2017

Often overlooked due to his short tenure, Wiley B. Rutledge was the first CU Boulder graduate to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. He was sworn in 19 years before Byron White joined the nation's highest court.

Brothers display their insect food product including crickets on a plate.

Alumni innovate locally and globally

June 15, 2017

From bringing a family recipe to the hot sauce market; to helping debut an all-female orchestra in Afghanistan; and normalizing the superfood of insects in the American diet, CU Boulder alumni are innovating near and far.

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