Features

Tanya Ellis

Catalyzing Change

This edition of the Coloradan calls out unrelenting injustice, and a new chapter in our university’s long history of amplifying student and alumni voices to catalyze change.

Essayists

Beyond a Moment, a Movement

CU Buffs share experience with racial injustice on campus and illuminate paths toward anti-racism.

Wil Srubar with a student and holding a living brick

Living Buildings

¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ’s Wil Srubar found the bacteria to create buildings that grow, fix themselves and clean the air.

Joris Alawoe

Empty Campus

RA recounts life at CU during a global pandemic.

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¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ Changed

How the university has adjusted to protect students from COVID-19.

Marco and Whitney Uribe

Stronger Together

Marco and Whitney Uribe met at CU in 2008. While living in New York City for Marco’s medical residency, he fought COVID-19 head-on.

vote lawn sign

The Upside of Yard Signs

New research suggests these simple, century-old campaign tools matter — often in a good way.

fake news illustration

The Truth about Fake News

Those on the ideological fringes spread most of it, but in the end it hurts us all.

Departments

History Class Norlin Library

Unique Classrooms

When fall semester classes began in late August at ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ, wide-open building spaces and campus lawns became makeshift classrooms to prevent the spread of COVID-19

Richard Wobbenkind

The COVID Economy

Senior economist Richard Wobbekind, associate dean for business and government relations, has worked for the Leeds School of Business since 1985. Here he discusses our nation’s economy in a pandemic world.

Biomedical robotic hand

Re-creating the Hand

CU researcher aims to bring a sense of touch to amputees' hands

Tesla Charging station

Tesla Town

In Boulder County, there are more than 1,580 Tesla cars registered. The number keeps growing, and many ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ alumni are among the proud owners of the famed electric cars.

Washington Football Team

New Name for NFL’s Washington Team

¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ law professor helps champion the change

HAMR-Jr.

Campus News Briefs Fall 2020

With a $25 million National Science Foundation award, ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ is launching a new quantum science and engineering research center.

CU's old main bell

Saving the Bell

Campus lore says the first bell cracked following a football victory over Colorado School of Mines in 1926. Others claim it happened during the off-season.

Baker Hall

CU in Color

Year round, ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ is alive with color.

Marvin Caruthers as a postdoc student

Patent for Human Health

CU distinguished professor Marvin Caruthers helped change the course of global human health.

buffalo graphic

Infographic: Silver and Gold

The top-floor terrace of the CASE building offers a moment of solitude, unobstructed Flatiron views and a friendly presence — a magnificent bronze buffalo named Silver and Gold.

Chancellor DiStefano

Empathy, Courage and Hope

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated during my final semester in college. Two days before graduation, Robert F. Kennedy was shot and killed immediately after declaring to his cheering supporters that the country was ready to end its fractious divisions.

Forever Buffs Network open on a cell phone

Forever Buffs Network Launch

The new Forever Buffs Network connects CU alumni worldwide.

Evan Battey celebrating

Buffs With a Brand

Coinciding with the latest NCAA sanctions, a new CU Athletics program teaches student-athletes personal branding, entrepreneurial skills and financial literacy.

CU Twins

Sports Briefs Fall 2020

The Buffs lost legendary fan Betty Fitzgerald Hoover, one of the "CU Twins."

CU Athletic Director Rick George

Taking the Lead

Rick George, the sixth full-time athletic director in Buffs history, is now in his eighth year at ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ. Here he talks about transforming CU’s facilities, leading in a pandemic and taking Sundays to cut the grass.

G. Brown author of On Record

The Music Guru

As a journalist for the Denver Post, G. Brown covered music for nearly 30 years. Today he’s executive director of the Colorado Music Experience and author of On Record.

Edna Ma and family

Embracing the Challenge

Edna Ma has worked in the Los Angeles area as a private practice anesthesiologist since 2007. The mother of two children also is author of two bilingual children’s books featuring English, Mandarin and pinyin.

Corey Cappelloni running

Run for Ruth

After COVID-19 hit, it didn’t take long for Corey Cappelloni to tire of video chat. He wanted to see his Nana — Ruth Andres, 98 — face-to-face.

UMC with Flatirons

In Memoriam Fall 2020

Our Forever Buffs who have passed away.

The Connection

Feedback Fall 2020

Readers comment on the Shakespeare Festival, The Connetion bowling alley and nostalgic memories from their time at CU.

CU Cottonwood trees in 1909

Before Mackey

¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ's largest concert hall began construction in 1909. It was completed in 1922.