Paul Lichty

Boulder engineering grad builds world-leading materials science company

Aug. 3, 2023

Paul Lichty’s journey from doctoral student to running one of the world’s top atomic layer deposition companies was shaped by his time at Boulder.

Linda Villarosa

Linda Villarosa and racial disparities in health care

June 16, 2023

Since working as a health editor for Essence magazine in the 1980s, Boulder alumna Linda Villarosa has dedicated herself to unveiling racial disparities in the health care system.

Nancy Fisher Wilhelms

Career maestro offers tips for the next generation

June 9, 2023

Boulder alumna and businesswoman Nancy Fisher Wilhelms shares her secrets for a successful, fulfilling career with her book, “Yes! You Can Do It! The Young Woman’s Guide to Starting a Fulfilling Career.”

Oakland Bay Bridge

Civil engineering alumna advancing disaster risk reduction

March 28, 2023

Casie Venable currently works in San Francisco for Arup, a global collective of designers, engineers and consultants dedicated to sustainable development.

Katie Chambers in front of the U.S. capitol building

Certificate programs and research shaped civil engineering alumna’s time at Boulder

March 22, 2023

With a full-ride scholarship for a doctoral program, Katie Chambers studied water, sanitation and hygiene in low-income settings during her time at Boulder. She now works for the U.S. government.

Historic image of students gathering around The Sink and sitting on the rooftop, likely for a Greek life event

100 years of The Sink

March 22, 2023

Assuming ownership of a longtime college hangout sounds like a tricky proposition, especially if you’re just barely out of college yourself. Yet Mark Heinritz, his brothers Chris and Jim, and their friend Cameron Stainton—all in their mid-20s in 1992—felt up to the challenge of running The Sink, the venerable University Hill institution just steps from the campus.

Sarah Stoneback holding her trumpet

Alumna builds career on multifaceted Boulder experience

March 16, 2023

Sarah Stoneback was already an accomplished musician when she enrolled in the College of Music master’s program in 2008. It was her experience at the college, however, that helped steer the course of her chosen career.

A painting by Jodocus Sebastiaen van den Abeele illustrating Franciscan monks in a cloister

Historian’s work on mindful, medieval monks gets rave reviews

Feb. 28, 2023

Boulder alumna and University of Georgia history professor Jamie Kreiner thinks a lot about thinking. She shares “medieval cognitive practices” with her students to help them manage distraction, and her new book on the topic has earned rave reviews from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and more—a rare feat for a scholarly work.

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Having built a business in Russia, alum fled as war began

Feb. 23, 2023

Benjamin Lourie’s career has made twists and turns, taking him to outer Mongolia and back to Moscow, where he opened a Tex-Mex restaurant near Red Square—two weeks before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Jay Parry

Boulder alumna is planning Super Bowl LVII

Jan. 23, 2023

Growing up, Jay Parry got a healthy appreciation for sports from her father. Decades later, the former banking executive would make her name working for the WNBA and NBA. Today she serves as the public face of the group responsible for Super Bowl LVII.

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