Life coach, speaker and author Jenn McRobbie (Comm) wrote the book Why Is She Acting So Weird? A Guide to Cultivating Closeness When a Friend Is in Crisis. The book was born of her experiences interacting with friends after her diagnosis with breast cancer. It was an Amazon best seller in three categories and the “#1Hot New Release” in the friendship category. Jenn also was selected as a finalist for the 2015 International Book Awards in the relationships self-help category. The book is available in paperback and digital format on Amazon.com. Jenn lives in Fairfax, Va.
Posted Sep. 1, 2015
Sarah Kauss (Acct), the inventor of a popular, sleek, stainless-steel water bottle in 2010, was named to Forbes’ “40 Under 40” list. Sarah has sold millions of the bottles, available through J. Crew, Starbucks and other retailers. She even received a nod of approval from Ellen DeGeneres.
Posted Jun. 1, 2015
Last October Joy Roberts (Soc) was awarded the 2014 Specialized Prosecutions Attorney of the Year Award from the Association of Deputy District Attorneys. Joy is a deputy district attorney in the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
Posted Jun. 1, 2015
Former English teacher Melinda MacInnis’s (MEngl) trip to Swaziland seven years ago led her to take an eye-opening trip around the globe to film The Price a documentary about rhino poaching and the issues that arise from it. She was honored as one of National Geographic’s 2014 Travelers of the Year for her efforts. Melinda lives in Boulder.
Posted Mar. 1, 2015
Harper’s Magazine’s art director, Stacey Clarkson (A&S’97), and photojournalist Tomas van Houtryve (Phil’99) spoke last spring at CU-Boulder about technology, society and privacy. The event was part of the recurring ATLAS Speaker Series.
Posted Dec. 1, 2014
This summer Matthew Larsen (PhDGeog’97) was appointed director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, which aims to determine the importance of tropical nature on human welfare. In his role, Matthew oversees 300 employees, a budget of $23 million and the institute’s research facilities in Panama and field sites in 14 countries.
Posted Dec. 1, 2014
As Facebook’s director of sales and account management, Kelly Keaveney Graziadei (Jour’97) has seen technology and the Internet’s impact on lives. In October 2013 she led a panel at CU-Boulder about Facebook’s influence on innovation and team leadership. Read more about her in this issue.
Posted Sep. 1, 2014
Professional chefs’ attention to detail as they chop or season the meal inspires admiration in amateurs. “Top Chef” season five winner Hosea Rosenberg (EngPhys’97) awed judges on the show and has continued to gain respect in the Denver/Boulder area with his catering business, Blackbelly Catering, Events, and Farm.
Posted Sep. 1, 2014
Mexican American writer Luis Alberto Urrea (Engl’97) received a Canadian award from the Blue Metropolis Foundation for his novel Queen of America. This book is a sequel to his bestseller, The Hummingbird’s Daughter, and tells the story of a young woman moving to America. Luis lives in Naperville, Ill., and is a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Posted Sep. 1, 2014
Being a part of America’s oldest general-interest magazine, Harper’s Magazine, is an honor. The magazine first began printing in 1850. Stacey Clarkson (A&S’97) is the magazine’s art director. She has helped lead Harper’s to numerous art awards and has received awards for her work as picture editor. She lives in New York.
Posted Sep. 1, 2014
Director of global marketing solutions at Facebook Kelly Keaveney Graziadei (Jour’97) spoke at the CU-Boulder journalism and mass communication Cultural Caffeine series in October. Kelly discussed the culture at Facebook and the impact it has had on innovation and team leadership. She is responsible for North American sales and account management. Previously she worked as the global account director at Yahoo! Kelly lives in San Francisco.
Posted Mar. 1, 2014
On June 4, 2013, Julie Bartsch Riley (ApMath, Geol’97) and David Riley (Aero’97) welcomed a baby boy, Cooper Jackson Riley, who joins his big sister, Avery. The family lives in Arlington, Va.
Posted Mar. 1, 2014
The U.S. Forest Service promoted Scott Tangenberg (Geol’97) from San Bernardino National Forest mountaintop district ranger to deputy forest supervisor for the Stanislaus National Forest in northern California. Scott’s accomplishments include extensive fuels reduction, replanting projects, renovated roads and receiving state off-highway vehicle grants to help maintain roads in the forest. Scott lives in Big Bear City, Calif.
Posted Mar. 1, 2014
The Denver Post featured Boulder resident Allen Lim (MKines’97, PhDIntPhys’04) in the August article about athletes and their diets. “A lot of the stuff athletes put in their bodies while training and in a race is stuff that wouldn’t be serviceable to eat at home,” he told The Post. “It’s not food.” Allen says this is why so many athletes suffer from cramps, bloating nausea and more. He is a nutrition expert and founded Boulder-based Skratch Labs, a company that provides food and drink products made from real ingredients that optimize performance.
Posted Dec. 1, 2013
New York-based vocalist Keith Miller (Art ex’97) performed in a concert with the Longmont Symphony Orchestra. The concert, “An Evening on Broadway,” took place in May at the Vance Brand Civic auditorium. Keith lives in New York City with his wife and sings at the Metropolitan Opera in Manhattan.
Posted Sep. 1, 2013
Writer and historian Andrew DeRoche (PhDHist’97) is planning a research trip to the museum in Las Animas, Colo., that houses the personal papers of former ambassador Llewellyn “Tommy” Thompson (A&S’28). Tommy worked closely with U.S. presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Nixon. He also played a key role during the Cuban Missile Crisis by advising President Kennedy how to respond to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, with whom he had lived for a time. Andrew writes no historian has ever had access to the diplomat’s personal papers before, so he is excited to see what they have. Andrew has published two books and many academic and encyclopedia articles. He lives in Longmont, Colo.
Posted Jun. 1, 2013
South by Southwest featured The Pool, an interactive art installation in Republic Square Park near Austin, Texas, created by Jen Lewin (EvnDes’97) of Jen Lewin Studio and her studio assistant, environmental design student Daniel Nordson. Her piece consisted of large illuminated circles that, when stepped on, flashed from blue to pink.Ěý°Âľ±°ů±đ»ĺĚýfeatured Jen’s art in March. She lives in Boulder and has been creating large interactive pieces for the public for 15 years.
Posted Jun. 1, 2013
Dawn Velásquez (Span’97) and Matthew Pollard welcomed their first child, Dante Augustin, on May 24. Dawn lives in Denver and writes she is hopeful Dante will be a future Buff.
Posted Dec. 1, 2012
CEO and co-founder of Quick Left Ingrid Alongi (Phil, WomSt’97) appeared in the Daily Camera speaking about her firm and Boulder’s startup and technology scenes. Quick Left is a web engineering firm. “The biggest thing we do with our customers is help them with their product strategy,” Ingrid told the °ä˛ąłľ±đ°ů˛ą.ĚýShe lives in Boulder.
Posted Dec. 1, 2012
Design Concepts added Carter Marshall (Anth’97, MArch’09) to its team as a landscape designer and he is working on municipal park projects in Colorado, including the redesign of Wulf Park in Evergreen and a recreation area master plan for Nederland. He also is working on such school landscape projects as the historic Mapleton School in Boulder. Previously, Carter worked for Belt Collins West in Boulder as a park planner for such federal agencies as the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service.
Posted Dec. 1, 2012
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