Tad Boyle completed his first season as head coach of the CU men鈥檚 basketball team with a record 24 wins and a trip to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) semifinals.
In 1951 professor Dick Jessor arrived in Boulder expecting to 鈥渟lum for awhile before moving to civilization on either the West or East Coast.鈥� Instead he founded the university鈥檚 Institute of Behavioral Science and stayed for six decades.
At age 24, CU student Anthony Hull has already hosted several television and online programs, including for Fox Sports Net. He is an actor who produced a documentary about the CU student experience last spring.
Charged with preserving and promoting CU history, the CU Heritage Center is located on the third floor of Old Main. Director Kay Oltmans has been the primary caretaker of everything from a moon rock to the stuffed head of Ralphie I.
Before vice chancellor of student affairs Julie Wong arrived two years ago, she was preparing to travel the world on Semester at Sea. Today she oversees a multitude of departments from Wardenburg Health Center to the Alumni Association.
Assistant professor Najeeb Jan of geography moved from the United Kingdom to Pakistan as a teenager, creating experiences that play out today in his classes from 鈥淗uman and Political Geography鈥� to 鈥淧olitical Islam.鈥�
When the Buffs host Colorado State on Sept. 6, Dan Hawkins will begin his fourth season as CU鈥檚 head football coach. He talked with Coloradan contributor Mark Wolf about football, music and kidney stones.
