A new study of 50-million-year-old cricket and katydid fossils sporting some of the best preserved fossil insect ears described to date are helping to trace the evolution of the insect ear, says a new study involving the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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A new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder could be a wake-up call for parents of toddlers: Daytime naps for your kids may be more important than you think.
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Walter Koelbel Sr. (Mktg’47), a Forever Buff who contributed his time, money and heart to CU, died during the holidays. After a $4 million gift toward the $38 million renovation and expansion of the Leeds School of Business, the building was named for his family.
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University of Colorado Boulder Provost Russell L. Moore today named Robert Boswell as CU-Boulder vice chancellor for diversity, equity and community engagement effective Jan. 1, 2012.
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Read about what every politician should know, how women forged careers during World War II and a gripping story about Neal Beidleman’s (MechEngr’81) ascent of Everest 15 years after surviving the tragedy that left eight climbers dead.
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Alumni event Get $69 ski tickets at CU Ski Day Save 30 percent on lift tickets for the entire family at our ski day at Winter Park on Saturday, Jan. 28. And join us for a black and gold après ski party with free appetizers plus great drink specials. Here’s more information. Lift ticket reservations must be received by Friday,
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The University of Colorado Boulder will hold its winter commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 16, in the Coors Events Center on campus. The ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. and is free and open to the public.
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University of Colorado Boulder Provost Russell L. Moore today announced that a search committee for the vice chancellor for student affairs has named Deborah J. “Deb” Coffin the sole finalist for the position. Coffin has served in the post in an interim capacity since July 2011.
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University of Colorado Cross Country coach Mark Wetmore has been named the 2011 Pac-12 Men’s Coach of the Year, announced by the conference on Tuesday afternoon. CU also placed eight Buffs, four men and four women, on the All-Pac-12 First and Second Teams.
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Anthony Hull (PolSci’11), featured in the March 2011 Coloradan, appears in a cell phone commercial.
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The Colorado Buffaloes snapped their horrendous 24-game out-of-state losing streak here Friday afternoon, dominating the first half then holding on to defeat Utah 17-14 in Rice-Eccles Stadium.
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Oklahoma State University women’s basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna were killed when their plane crashed on the way to a recruiting trip in Arkansas, university officials said Friday.
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Daniel Schaefer, a University of Colorado Boulder doctoral student in communication, recently created an Android app that turns everyday language into a Twitter syntax used during disasters.
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On Monday, the women’s and men’s cross country teams will compete in the 2011 NCAA Cross Country Championships.
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Purchase your spectacular 2012 CU wall calendar with large campus photos displayed in a much larger format than in recent years. This year’s calendar runs from January 2012 through December 2012 with unparalleled photography that reflects the changing seasons on the Boulder campus.
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“Managing Stress and Creating Your Next Career,” three Thursdays, Dec. 1, 8 and 15, 6-9 p.m. (free), led by two of Denver’s most well know job-seeking consultants: Linda Sollars and stress management expert Dr. Sandra Thébaud.
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The CU-Arizona football game this Saturday, Nov. 12, features a Student Veterans of America pregame party to honor all military, veterans and family members. It goes from 10 a.m. to noon on the south patio of the University Memorial Center. There will be a live band and door prizes. Pregame tickets $10; football game are also $10.
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November 2011 Alumni Calendar Purchase the perfect holiday gift Need a holiday gift for the Forever Buff who seems to have everything? Purchase a 2012 CU wall calendar for $15 with stunning photography that portrays the changing seasons on the Boulder campus. Preview the photos and purchase here. CU Voices We don’t remember days; we remember moments By
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Tony Monell, a CU alum who works for the White House, traveled to Boulder for the USC game Friday night. He sent us a photo of him with his Buff flag. Go, Tony!
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Attend the road trip to the Nov. 30 CU vs. CSU basketball game. Tip-off is at 6 p.m. in the Moby Gym in Fort Collins. Sign up early as this trip will be first come, first serve. Contact Josi Carlson with CU Special Events at 303-492-3213 to make a reservation.
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By Kim Bristol Adams (Engl’91) It started with a phone call from an old friend. Not even an old Forever Buff friend. An old work friend who had moved to Oregon a decade ago, but we still keep in touch. “My son,” he said (who, gulp, was not even born when we first met) “is looking at colleges and I
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CU linebackers coach Brian Cabral (Rec’79), center, shakes the hand of President Barack Obama at the White House during a visit with the president to celebrate the Chicago Bears win in the 1986 Super Bowl. Former Buff player Emery Moorehead (Comm’77) also was at the reunion. The Bears didn’t go to the White House that year because of the space shuttle Challenger explosion.
Friday night marks her last assignment as a Denver Post reporter, as long-time college beat writer Natalie Meisler is retiring this weekend and asked that her last assignment be from the Fred Casotti Press Box and to write a sidebar about the CU-USC game.
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Because Boulder has had two snow storms of 8-plus inches in the past two weeks, we have to cancel our Ralphie’s Corral pregame party before the USC game this Friday, Nov. 4. The Whitewave Kids Zone will still take place on the plaza located on the southeast side of Benson Earth Sciences building. We look forward to holding our pregame before the Nov. 12 game vs. Arizona.
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Alumni are invited to the Joe Ben Wheat Benefit Silent Auction of Navajo Weaving sponsored by Toh-Atin Gallery of Durango, Colo., to benefit the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History’s textile preservation program, Thursday, Nov. 3, noon-7 p.m., in the Denver Post lobby, 101 W. Colfax Avenue, Denver.
Macky Auditorium’s time capsule was refilled, resealed and returned to its resting place under the cornerstone of the auditorium. Campus officials and community members gathered for a formal ceremony to place the time capsule back into the cornerstone.
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Laurie Armstrong Bartholomew (Fin’83) wrote to us that her family moved back to Boulder three years ago, and as shown in the photo, they “have converted our children to Buff fans.” She says that her oldest son, Bradley Bartholomew, is a current CU student, a sophomore computer sciences major, and that “even our dog Baloo is a big Buff supporter!”
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October 2011 – Colorado Edition Read this email in a browser Alumni Calendar Buy your 2012 CU wall calendar Our 2012 CU wall calendar has beautiful photography that reflects the changing seasons on the Boulder campus. The calendar runs from January through December 2012. Preview the photos and purchase here. CU Voices At home in the city By Stephanie Ann
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October 2011 – National Edition Read this email in a browser Alumni Calendar Buy your 2012 CU wall calendar Our 2012 CU wall calendar has beautiful photography that reflects the changing seasons on the Boulder campus. The calendar runs from January through December 2012. Preview the photos and purchase here. CU Voices At home in the city By Stephanie Ann
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Three Forever Buffs enjoy the company of Chip before the CU-Stanford game at the Saturday, Oct. 8 pregame.
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By Stephanie Ann Harper (Engl’09) I work every day in downtown Denver. To get there from my home in the suburbs, I take the train, which lets me off on 16th Street, a grand pedestrian mall of red and gray granite lined with planted trees, shops and eateries, all against the backdrop of skyscrapers and renovated historic buildings. It’s a
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U.S. Geological Survey research ecologist Sarah Reed (PhdEBio’08)is going to the White House Oct. 14 to accept a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the US government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of independent research careers.
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Brittany Conklin (Comm’01), CU-Boulder Alumni Association board member and a very proud Forever Buff (Comm ’01), stands in front of Mirror Lake on the Ohio State University campus with her boyfriend Ryan Ferguson who attended OSU. On their first date last year, he brought up the fact that CU would play OSU this season and they vowed to go.
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Fans crammed Folsom Field for the Washington State game on Saturday, Oct. 1. Shown here is Folsom looking west to Sugarloaf Mountain in the distance.
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Lucas Otten, (Econ’06) of Denver married Alisa Wohlfarth in Beaver Creek, Colo., on July 9, 2011.
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For the second year in a row, the University of Colorado Boulder saw an increase in companies seeking to hire CU-Boulder graduates with full-time job postings on campus jumping 23 percent for the 2010-11 school year, compared with 2009-10.
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Join Professor Dennis Van Gerven for an evening of reading the clues and discovering the tales that the dead have to tell us about life and death in Ancient Nubia, an African region along the Nile River. Thursday, Sept. 29, 7 p.m. Free and open to the public.
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Join us for the 2011 Residence Life reunion, Oct. 21 – 23. This is also CU’s Homecoming weekend! Your $35 reunion fee includes residence hall tours, dinner at Folsom Field Club level on Friday night, pregame and watch party Saturday night, water bottle and a guaranteed great time with old friends.
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Beginning Monday, Sept. 12, you will receive a 15-30% discount* on your entire purchase of CU Logoed Merchandise based on the number of touchdowns the football team made in their most recent game. (Regularly priced merchandise) One touchdown 15%; two touchdowns 20%; three touchdowns 25%; four or more touchdowns 30%.
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