Arvada, Colo., resident Maureen O’Brien (Law’90) received the annual Award of Merit by the 1st JD Bar Association. This award is the bar’s highest recognition for lawyers who have provided distinguished service to the bar and the community.
Posted Mar. 1, 2013
Last winter Chris Anthony (Kines’90) paid tribute to the iconic 10th Mountain Division infantry unit with a Warren Miller Entertainment segment he shot in Colorado. The 10th Mountain Division was made famous by their unique mountain-based contribution during World War II. Chris lives in Edwards, Colo., and was featured in the March 2011 Coloradan.
Posted Dec. 1, 2012
CU environmental studies professor Roger Pielke Jr.Ěý(Math’90, MPolSci’92, PhD’94) received an honorary doctorate of philosophy from Linköping University, one of Sweden’s top universities. Linköping officials wrote that Roger’s “outstanding achievement in interdisciplinary climate research is a bold and refreshing voice in the climate debate.” He lives in Boulder and is a fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences.
Posted Sep. 1, 2012
´ˇłÜłŮłó´Ç°ůĚýYing Compestine’s (MSoc’90) children’s book Crouching Tiger (Candlewick) appeared on the Huffington Post’s January list of best new children’s books. She is author of 16 books, including her cookbook Ying’s Best One-Dish Meals (Sellers Publishing ). She is a spokesperson for Nestle Maggi and Celestial Seasonings and lives in Lafayette, Calif.
Posted Jun. 1, 2012
After 18 years David Elowe (Econ’90, MBA’93) has relocated to Boulder to work on a real estate high-rise development project in Denver with his company Urban West Group.
Posted Jun. 1, 2012
Named after David Steinmann (Phys’90), a new species of pseudoscorpion was discovered in a cavern in Glenwood Springs, Colo. It has venom-tipped pincers and is camouflaged to blend in with cave walls. David is a zoology department associate at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. An avid caver he has discovered more than a hundred new invertebrate species in Colorado caves.
Posted Jun. 1, 2012
Dumpster diving is an adventure for Aaron LaPedis (Soc’90) every spring because of the huge amount of valuable items thrown away by university students and skiers alike. As a guest columnist for theDenver Post, he wrote an article about the treasures that can be found in trash bins near ski resorts and college campuses. Aaron is an art and collectibles dealer and author of The Garage Sale Millionaire (A Beautiful Media). He lives in Denver.
Posted Dec. 1, 2011
Carmel, Ind., resident Kevin Seibert (ChemEngr’90) works at the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly. He received the 2010 Excellence in Design award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for his contribution to Quality by Design for Drug Substance to advance smarter approaches to drug development. He was one of the award’s first recipients.
Posted Dec. 1, 2011
D. Eric Maikranz (Russ’91) and Marcos Perez (Psych’97) recently finished the narrative non-fiction book The Next Good Thing: A True Story of Positivity and Transformation in 10 Lessons. It tells the true story of a man whose life is transformed when he takes an unlikely caretaking job for a disabled 87-year-old man who is more than he seems.
Posted Jul. 15, 2024
Gibson Smith (Econ’91) has worked in several financial positions, including as founder and CIO of Denver’s Smith Capital Investors, LLC. Gibson is passionate about asset management, security analysis, economics and finance. Gibson and Laura Smith’s (Intl’93) son, Charlie Smith (RealEs’24), will graduate from CU in May. He is a fifth-generation Forever Buff through Laura’s family, a fourth-generation Forever Buff through Gibson’s family and has many Forever Buff aunts and uncles.
Posted Mar. 4, 2024
°äłó°ůľ±˛őłŮľ±˛Ô±đĚý˛Ń˛ąłó´Ç˛Ô±đ˛â (Jour’91) is the assistant director of employer engagement at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Prior to accepting this position, Christine was a journalism professor and spokesperson for CU Boulder and managed the CMCI internship program. Christine has also worked as a journalist in Las Vegas, Denver, Sacramento and Flint, Michigan. Contact her at her new email, Christine.Mahoney@unlv.edu.Ěý
Posted Nov. 6, 2023
Sage Martin (Comm’91) serves as executive director of the , the longest-continuously-running documentary film festival in the U.S.ĚýThe festival began in 1979. Sage manages a nine-person staff, including Laura Hoover (Anth’19) and ł§łó˛ą±đĚýł˘˛ą±Ę±ô˛ął¦±đ (Advert’18). The festival highlights film and art centered around adventure as well as cultural, social and environmental justice. “The common thread is the celebration of indomitable spirit,” Sage wrote. Guests have included Oprah, mountaineer Jimmy Chin and Wild author Cheryl Strayed.ĚýThe next festival is May 23–27, 2024, in Telluride, Colorado.Ěý
Posted Nov. 6, 2023
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) published Clean Energy Innovators: NREL People Working to Change the World, a softbound book written by NREL’s Ernie Tucker. The book, which can be downloaded online for free, tells the stories of NREL’s people and the technologies they’ve advanced to help confront the climate crisis. The book features several CU alumni including catalyst researcher Kim Magrini (PhDChem’88), hybrid electric vehicles researcher Rob Farrington (PhDMechEngr’92), battery system researcher Matt Keyser (MechEngr’91) and Olympic biathlete Tim Tetreault (MechEngr, MS’04).
Posted Jul. 10, 2023
In fall 2021, Christine Mahoney (Jour’91) took the role as public information officer and spokesperson for the CU Boulder Police Department (CUPD). In her position, she manages external communications, including emergency messaging, public relations, social media and media relations. A former journalist, Christine has also taught journalism and managed a media internship program in CU Boulder’s former School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She has worked at CU since 2012.
Posted Mar. 6, 2023
˛Ń˛ą°ů˛µ˛ą°ů±đłŮĚý±á˛ą˛â˛Ô±đ˛őĚý(MBA’91) has been announced as Right At Home’s CEO. Haynes has more than 25 years of senior management experience, including a decade on the leadership team at Right at Home — eight of which were spent as the COO. Right at Home, a leading in-home senior care brand, has over 650 franchise locations in the U.S. and seven other countries.ĚýMargaret previously served as senior vice president of financial services at First Data Corporation. She lives in Bellevue, Nebraska.
Posted Nov. 7, 2022
Hong Kong resident Dana Magenau (Chin’91) is the vice president of commercial and corporate partnerships at the Kai Tak Sports Park, a more than 70-acre mega complex that includes a 50,000-seat stadium with a retractable roof, a 10,000-seat indoor sports arena, a public sports ground and 600,000 square feet of retail.ĚýDana’s colleague and fellow Buff, Meg McWilliam (ArtHist, EnvDes’05, MArch’07), associate principal architect at Populous based out of Los Angeles, is the lead architect of the main stadium.ĚýKai Tak Sports Park will be Hong Kong’s largest sports and entertainment structure. The raising of the over 6,000-ton roof trusses was recently celebrated with a traditional Bai Sun Ceremony.
Posted Nov. 7, 2022
Mark Solomon (MElEngr’91) was named president of intellectual property law firm Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds. He specializes in intellectual property rights and has won various awards for his work. He also served as president and founding co-chair of the Boston Patent Lab Association. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
Right at Home, an in-home senior care company, elected Margaret Haynes (MBA’91) as CEO. With 25 years of experience, Margaret will continue to grow the company through job creation and expansion. She lives in Bellevue, Nebraska.
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
This spring, the CU Boulder College of Music recognized Leenya Rideout (Mus) as a distinguished alumnus of the college. Leenya has lived in New York City for the past 25 years. In 1997, she played violin, sang, danced and acted in the Broadway show Cabaret. She also wrote her own musical, Wild Abandon, about herself and her mom, which was shown off-Broadway in New York in 2018. “I feel like art can do so much right now for the world,” she told the music college. “The world needs a lot of healing and a lot of bringing people together.”
Posted Nov. 5, 2021
After receiving his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, Albert Flynn DeSilver (Art) became an internationally published poet, memoirist, novelist and nonfiction writer. He has created the Mindful Authors Accelerator, a wisdom school for creative writers. “There are so many ways CU helped shape my transformation, and it’s one ofthe many reasons I keep connected to Colorado,” he writes.
Posted Jul. 2, 2021
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