Dear Alum, Nine years ago I returned from living for three years in Santiago, Chile. I still have several friends there, who needless to say I e-mailed the day of the Feb. 27 8.8 magnitude earthquake. As of this writing I have heard from three of them, and I continue to be extremely preoccupied about them and the situation in
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Dear Alum, In a Colorado Daily article last week, CU President Bruce Benson (Geol’64, HonDocSci’04) discussed how he pays a great deal of his CU expenses out of pocket, and said, “If we do not educate the less fortunate people in this country, we’re going to become a third-world country.” Kind of a good thing for the president of a
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Dear Alum, In a Colorado Daily article last week, CU President Bruce Benson (Geol’64, HonDocSci’04) discussed how he pays a great deal of his CU expenses out of pocket, and said, “If we do not educate the less fortunate people in this country, we’re going to become a third-world country.” Kind of a good thing for the president of a
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Dear Alum, We’re doing something different in this month’s Buffalum Notes. We’re producing a Colorado issue with all the Boulder and Denver events for all alums in Colorado and a shorter national issue for those beyond our state borders. We hope this will make it easier for all alums to engage with other Buffs and find the events and programs
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Dear Alum, We’re doing something pretty different starting with this month’s Buffalum Notes. We’re producing a Colorado issue with all the Boulder and Denver events for all alums in Colorado and a national issue that is more relevant to those beyond our state borders. We hope this will make it easier for all alums to find the events and programs
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Dear Alum, Greetings! Have you read the latest summaries of alumni and professor-penned books on the Coloradan magazine online site? There are also web-exclusive articles featuring faculty research and student projects on campus and the Hill, plus the complete March and September Coloradans. If you’ve moved or changed e-mail addresses, let us know. And don’t forget, you can always find
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Dear Alum, It’s October, so not surprisingly, last week in Boulder we had a 70° degree day followed by snow the next. Here’s a follow up to last month’s report that Sierra magazine named CU-Boulder the top “green” university in the nation: Arnett Hall is the first dorm on campus to become LEED certified, a U.S. benchmark for “green” building
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Dear Alum, Have you noticed? The Coloradan alumni magazine has a dynamic, interactive new website. You’ll find the complete content of the published magazine, including all classnotes, along with web-exclusive articles and short summaries of books by alumni and professors. Think you might like to write a thoughtful or funny “CU Voices” article about almost any CU topic, similar to
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Dear Alum, It’s the season for late summer rainstorms and the rainbows that sometimes accompany them. See the beautiful photo by CU photographer Casey A. Cass below! We’d really like you to tell us what you think. We are constantly examining how we communicate with you, our alumni, and here’s a question related to the frequency with which you would
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Dear Alum, We’ve been sharing our news with you about Forever Buffs – our new inclusive membership program designed to connect alums with other alums and students – since the end of last year. Now we’d really like to know what you think of it. Please e-mail feedback to Melanie. CU’s Fiske Planetarium website has a great reminder: July 20
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Dear Alum, It’s super green right now in Boulder because of all the rain we’ve gotten recently – wonderful! Note that CU’s Continuing Education has two items below offering ways for you to complete a degree or take a Saturday-only summer class. What great ways to reconnect with the “U”! Think you might like to write a thoughtful or funny
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Dear Alum, Wow! The staff at the Heritage Center, the CU history museum, has absolutely outdone themselves with the mounting of their new, three-part exhibit on China, including an exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service exhibit called Documenting China: Contemporary Photography and Social Change, is only here until mid-August. Learn more below under “Programs.” Campus quiets down for
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Spring always comes out slowly here. Over the years I’ve noticed trees and flowers don’t blossom on campus until the students leave for summer, unfortunately. What do you remember about spring at CU?
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It seems as though just about everyone from Henry Kissinger to Eleanor Roosevelt has been here for it. Yes, the Conference on World Affairs, which has been called the conference on everything conceivable, takes place for the 61st time April 6-10 on the CU-Boulder campus. Despite the snow in the accompanying photo, many of you will recognize the flags that
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Dear Alum, We had a freak February warm spell last week (shorts and flip-flops everywhere!), but I’m sure there’s more snow to come. Did you know March is our snowiest month, followed by November and April? Is this cool or what? CU’s beloved costumed mascot Chip won the 2009 Universal Cheerleaders Association Mascot National Championship in January in conjunction with
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Dear Alum, The weather here has turned brisk and the leaves have mostly fallen. As I contemplate the upcoming holiday season, I think of giving as much as receiving. The university is a fine place to think about giving. If you’re near Boulder (and half of all CU alums live in Colorado), there’s an extensive list of ways to volunteer
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Dear Alum, Attention skiers! Last weekend the first significant snow fell in the high country. Down here in Boulder it was dreary, but after some six weeks of beautiful, Indian summer weather, we can’t complain. And students have less to object to in their busy lives now that Left Right Tim “improve/stand-up/sketch” comedy group is performing twice a month on
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Dear Alum, We’re proud to offer you a redesigned Buffalum Notes, featuring a tighter look and section heads to help you find your way. Please send your reactions, as well as your stories and photos, to Marc Killinger. If you’ve moved or changed e-mail addresses, let us know. And don’t forget, you can always find the latest CU happenings at
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Dear Alum, The summer finally stopped sweltering (after all, it could snow soon!). We’re previewing a raft of football events below as the season is fast approaching. And the news item below about CU’s record-breaking research dollar take last fiscal year is certainly worth crowing about as well! The photo below of the new (in 2006) Wolff Law building and
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Dear Alum, It’s been hot, hot, hot this summer, but it’s to be expected and is a nice balance to the last couple of very cold winters we’ve had. We had plenty of snow and rain in the last few months, so the campus is a verdant blend of many shades of green kissed by flowers of many hues. We
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Dear Alum, I’m excited about the plethora of non-football events and programs that the Alumni Association has been sponsoring or helping out with recently. In this issue there’s the Hispanic Alumni Association’s Chile Open Golf Tournament, Cafe Scientifique for erudite discussions, our ongoing Roaming Buffaloes trips around the world, a journalism school get-together in Chicago and an invitation to volunteer
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Dear Alum, With the graduation of 5,488 students last week, the campus has almost emptied out and staff members can experience the campus in a calmer, perhaps more contemplative light. However, there are dedicated students here this month, taking one of 125 intensive Maymester courses for three weeks. They run five days a week for at least three hours a
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Dear Alum, The campus bicycle registration and repair station has reopened on the east side of the UMC, a sure sign of spring. So are the dumps of wet, cold white stuff we’ve been getting on a regular basis recently! Below are two items about the important new Energy Initiative on campus. CU is already at the leading edge of
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  Dear Alum, Hank Brown (Acct’61, Law’69) stepped down from his post as CU president on March 7. During his nearly three-year tenure he was widely credited with rebuilding the university’s image after scandals and controversy. A tenured faculty member in political science on the Boulder campus, Brown will teach a Maymester class at the law school. With Brown’s departure
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Dear Alum, Another snowstorm has draped the Flatirons in white, and it’s heavily overcast. But as you well know, it’ll be warmer and sunny soon. With Kent’s departure, we’re replacing his Kent’s Corner column in Buffalum Notes with a revolving one called CU Voices written by alumni, faculty, students and staff. It should be interesting! If you’d like to contribute
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Dear Alum, Medium-well, mayo, whole wheat, no cheese that was all you ever had to say. Minutes later the feisty waitress would slide that oval white plate across the table, fries steaming, lettuce, tomato and onion ready to go, yumm! Depending on the day, there was always a scoop of comforting macaroni or potato salad and the bun was toasted
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Dear Alum, Leggo my Lego! Or maybe not. This Sat., Nov. 17, young people from 37 Colorado middle schools converge on CU for the eighth annual First Lego League competition. The students don’t actually build things with classic Legos, but it still sounds pretty cool: they use advanced Lego robotics to solve real-world engineering challenges, develop important life skills and
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Dear Alum, We‘re having a spectacular fall here in the People‘s Republic, with very cool nights and warm days, turning the leaves to that perfect mix of fall colors. Of course, our Buff football team is on the upswing from last season, and there‘s even talk of contesting the Big 12 championship. Send your ideas and photos to Marc Killinger.
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