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.