Tyler Huggins (PhDCivEngr) and Justin Whiteley (PhDMechEngr) completed the first round of venture investments for their company Emergy Foods, which uses a proprietary protein to produce meat alternatives. They can grow the equivalent of a chicken breast overnight. The two friends met in graduate school, and plan on having Emergy products in Boulder area restaurants during the early part of 2020.

Posted Feb. 1, 2020

In 2016, Lauren Zavala (ArtHist) founded her company Zavala Bespoke and began applying her art to unique surfaces, including clothing, purses, fabrics and a variety of other 鈥渃anvases.鈥 In June, Lauren and Zavala Bespoke were featured in Forbes.

Posted Oct. 1, 2019

Zoe Yeros (Fin) is an analyst at the Chartis Group, a healthcare management consulting company. Before joining the Chartis Group, Zoe worked for DaVita, a healthcare company headquartered in Denver. She lives in Chicago.

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

From June to August, Shelby Neil (Neuro, Psych) volunteered at hospitals in Tanzania and Nepal. She worked in health clinics, shadowing health care professionals and helping to suture wounds and deliver babies, give vaccinations and perform patient checkups. Since CU, Shelby has worked as a medical assistant for a pediatric gastroenterologist聽in Lonetree, Colo. She hopes to attend medical school in the near future.聽

Posted Nov. 30, 2018

This year, Ryan Stevenson (Biochem) completed the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), the second-longest hiking trail in the United States. The 2,650-mile-long PCT begins at the United States-Mexico border and weaves through California, Oregon and Washington, ending at the United States-Canada border in Manning Park, British Columbia. After CU, Ryan worked for the Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp). He left his job in April to prepare and pursue this four-month hike.

Posted Nov. 30, 2018

Michelle Bernier聽(MDance)聽writes she is now executive director of the Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema. The Colorado-based festival celebrated its 15th anniversary and featured dance films聽from 13 countries at eight screening events in Boulder and Lafayette. The films聽premiered at CU鈥檚 ATLAS Blackbox Theater Sept. 14 and 15 and featured local dance companies Sweet Edge Dance and Life/Art Dance Ensemble.聽

Posted Nov. 30, 2018

Rachael Kaspar聽(EnvSt, EPOBio), a research assistant at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, recently published聽a scientific article in the journal Animal Behaviour. Her research, which was based upon her undergraduate honors thesis, examined honeybee behavior and how bees fan their colony to cool it. She aims to enter graduate school by fall 2020.

Posted Nov. 30, 2018

"Bio battery" gurus Tyler Huggins (PhDCivEngr) and聽Justin Whiteley聽(PhDMechEngr) received an alumni campus sustainability award from CU鈥檚 Environmental Center. The duo, who co-founded the startup technology company Emergy Labs, are transforming wastewater from聽the beer brewing process into energy cells for 鈥渂io鈥 batteries.

Posted Jun. 1, 2018

Filmmaker Eric Stewart (MFA) is working on Off Country, an experimental documentary film and oral history archive that examines the nuclear landscapes of three regions in the West 鈥 the former Rocky Flats Plant, the White Sands Missile Range and the Nevada Test Site.

Posted Dec. 1, 2017

Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan, (EngrPhys, MPhys), founder and CEO of Surya Conversions, a Boulder-based startup that provides hybrid conversion kits for vehicles in developing countries, will travel to India to test the kits for efficiency and emissions reduction. Maithreyi founded Surya Conversions in October 2013 while a student at 蜜桃传媒破解版下载. The Superior, Colo., native graduated in May.

Posted Sep. 1, 2016

Although she graduated in the spring, 蜜桃传媒破解版下载 club triathlete and Denver native Brittany Warly (MechEngr) qualified to represent the U.S. in the World University Championships in Switzerland in August by winning the USA Triathlon Collegiate Club National Championships. Brittany began her post-collegiate career as a professional triathlete on July 9 by racing in the Balanced Art Multisport Triathlon in Utah.

Posted Sep. 1, 2016

After winning the聽Vuelta a Espa帽a in聽September and becoming the first American聽in a decade to win a聽Grand Tour in cycling,聽Sepp Kuss (Advert鈥17)聽planned a celebration of聽his win in his hometown聽of Durango, Colorado,聽Oct. 17. Sepp and his聽wife live in Andorra.聽

Posted Nov. 6, 2023

In September聽笔丑颈濒濒颈辫听尝颈苍诲蝉补测 (Comm鈥17)聽joined the weekday after-noon show lineup at the聽104.3 The Fan radio station in Denver. His show,聽鈥淭he Drive with Zach Bye聽and Denver, Colorado鈥檚聽own Phillip Lindsay,鈥 airs聽from 2鈥6 p.m. Phillip is聽a former Denver Bronco聽and Pro Bowl running聽back. He most recently聽played football for the聽XFL鈥檚 Seattle Sea Dragons. At CU, he was team聽captain for the Buffs and聽was the all-time leader聽in all-purpose yards and聽yards from scrimmage.聽

Posted Nov. 6, 2023

颁辞尘别诲颈补苍听Morgan Gallo (StComm鈥17) is the聽creator, producer and聽editor of the聽Let鈥檚 Fight聽蜜桃传媒破解版下载 It podcast, which聽features comedians and聽artists debating topics聽such as McDonald鈥檚 versus Wendy鈥檚, the worst聽type of pants or time travel. She took her comedy聽on tour this fall. Morgan聽is based in Denver.聽

Posted Nov. 6, 2023

Matt Isola聽(Advert鈥17;聽MStComm鈥18) started the聽nonprofit Generation Exchange while he was still聽a CU student. Generation聽Exchange is a program聽that links together young聽adults and elders to swap聽knowledge, advice and聽stories. Matt came up聽with the idea after being聽assigned a project at CU聽to fix a social issue. He聽helped his grandfather鈥檚聽friend set up a new iPad聽and gained a close friend聽out of the experience. 鈥淚聽unlocked a mentor that聽day,鈥 Matt said in an聽article written by聽Sarah聽McKinney Gibson聽(Mktg鈥98) for PBS鈥檚聽Next聽Avenue. 鈥淚 thought I聽was going over there to聽help him, but he helped聽me 10 times more with聽life.鈥 More than 2,000聽people have participated聽in Generation Exchange聽workshop.聽

Posted Nov. 6, 2023

Muhammad Khan (MBA鈥17) is a community gardener and environmental activist who has won several awards for his tireless work in the environmental domain. His day job is in digital advertising at Adcellerant, a digital marketing company, where he also is the head of the company鈥檚 charitable arm, Adcellerant Gives, and the sole proprietor of Adcellerant鈥檚 zero waste initiative. He helped earn the company Denver鈥檚 Certifiably Green Business designation and a zero-waste designation in less than two years. Muhammad served as an activist with Boulder-based Eco-Cycle, an advocacy group for zero-waste policy and business practices.

Posted Jul. 10, 2023

Since graduating from CU, Frederick 鈥淔lick鈥 Mooradian (StComm鈥17) has launched a sparkling tequila company, Tequio. A tequila cocktail in a can, Tequio is made with 100% additive-free blue agave tequila, sparkling water and a hint of lime. The word 鈥渢equio,鈥 which means 鈥渃ommunity service鈥 in the Aztec language, was the inspiration for his brand. Tequio supports local Mexican communities that make its business possible. Tequio has won a gold medal in the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and raised close to $1 million in funding. Tequio is created in Arandas, Jalisco in partnership with the family who started Cazadores Tequila.

Posted Mar. 6, 2023

Brothers Sean Chenoweth (EnvSt鈥17) and Wylie Chenoweth (ChemBioEngr, MCDBio鈥12) founded Aircada, an industrial augmented reality HMI (human machine interface) and SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) company, which helps maintenance and manufacturing teams simplify their operations. Wylie taught industrial automation after graduating from CU, and saw a need for industrial technicians to have better access to their facility鈥檚 data. Aircada offers augmented reality displays of plant data so workers can point their camera at their equipment and see 3D meters, machine schematics, maintenance records and other documentation. Visit .

Posted Jun. 21, 2022

Sean C. Slattery (Soc鈥17) graduated from the New York City Police Academy in December 2021. Sean is currently working as a police officer in Manhattan.

Posted Mar. 11, 2022

In his free time, Garrett Cease (Engl, Phil; MEdu鈥20) can be found rock climbing, skiing, meditating and practicing yoga. As a teacher, he often uses methods learned from rock climbing, such as risk mitigation and staying present, to guide his actions in the classroom.

Posted Jul. 2, 2021

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