Alumni in Focus
- Under direct pressure from organizing groups and a civically engaged public mobilized by state violence against Black men, women and children, school districts are reducing or eliminating contracts with police, specifically school resource officers.
- When Colorado went on lockdown last March, alumna Jessica Gilman was in her lab analyzing air samples. Gilman had spent the previous summer in a plane as part of research into wildfire smoke, its chemistry and effects on human health.
- A Forever Buff is using his technology background to help small and medium-size companies order personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Barbara Pierpoint reflects on the importance of the arts in communities and how her love of the oboe lead her to a passion for music education.
- While researching for her dissertation, Evelyn Skoy found that Black Lives Matter protests are not associated with upticks in crime but are linked with fewer police killings of Black people.
- Learn about the work and achievements of several distinguished members of the CU community in a special series of videos. The series showcases how CU women have made a positive impact both on campus and in their own communities.
- Gerardo Muñoz says his favorite experience at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ was simply discovering professors who "genuinely cared" about teaching. Muñoz himself now cares about teaching so much that he was named Colorado’s teacher of the year.
- Rock climber and ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ alumnus Garrett Cease uses wellness techniques with his students to bring a sense of balance into the classroom.
- Through his research, a ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ history graduate inspired the removal of a "Lost Cause" scholar’s name from a prestigious Civil War book award.
- Akhil Rao has won a dissertation award of which only two are given annually in recognition of unusually significant contributions to one's discipline.