CU Athletic Director Rick George

Taking the Lead

Nov. 10, 2020

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

Tanya Ellis

Catalyzing Change

Nov. 10, 2020

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.

Philip Hart

An American Reckoning on Race

Nov. 9, 2020

In quarantine, I’ve realized in addition to a COVID-19 virus vaccine, we desperately need a vaccine for the virus of racism, COVID-1619.

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Forever Buffs Network Launch

Nov. 9, 2020

The new Forever Buffs Network connects CU alumni worldwide.

Shamika Goddard

Grace and Dignity through Tech Chaplaincy

Nov. 9, 2020

Born in 1949, on Juneteenth — the day celebrating the end of slavery — my grandmother, one of nine children, could barely read, but she understood the meaning of equity. On her 71st birthday this year, I launched a social justice-minded business to provide technological/digital literacy training to faith communities and mission-driven organizations.

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Dirt Road Main Street

Nov. 4, 2020

by Cynthia L. Clark (Econ'82; Law'85) (Outskirts Press, 278 pages; 2020) Buy the Book When good-looking Ben “Tano” Montano, of the Boulder Colorado based rock band “Badge”, encounters a pretty red-headed girl stranded after a concert in San Angelo, Texas, he offers her a ride home to the Oklahoma Panhandle...

Coloradan List of 10

10 Recent CU Politicians

Oct. 23, 2020

With the 2020 election nearing, here is a look at CU's 10 most recent politicians, ranging from the Colorado House of Representatives to governors' mansions.

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Letters That Moved My Father

Oct. 21, 2020

by Romayne Kazmer (DistSt'61) (Willow Books/Aquarius Press, 138 pages; 2020) Buy the Book Author Romayne Kazmer attributes her love of travel and curiosity of the world to her year abroad in 1959/60 studying at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and summer school at the University of Oslo in Norway...

CU players scrimmage in full pads

Photo of the Week: Full Pads

Oct. 14, 2020

It's halfway through the fall semester, and the Buffs had their first full pads practice Oct. 12.

The Power of Choice: My Journey from Wounded Warrior to World Champion

Oct. 14, 2020

by Melissa Stockwell (Comm'02) (Post Hill Press, 197 pages; 2020) Buy the Book Melissa Stockwell has been a restless force of nature from the time she was a little girl speeding around her neighborhood on her bike, to her tumbles and spills as a high-level gymnast and Olympic hopeful, to...

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