Alumni in Focus
For the alumni, parents and friends who have joined ForeverGold—a movement to engage with Boulder and each other through exclusive social, athletic and academic activities—it has delivered an integral and intimate connection with the campus.
Alumnus and professional photographer Chris Sessions explains how one of his first photo assignments 30 years ago in a Boulder class evolved into a cultural art exhibit.
Yuka Hasegawa is the vice chair of the alumni chapter in Japan, Forever Buffs Tokyo. For more than two decades the chapter has hosted alumni, students, faculty and staff from Boulder for events, internships and career opportunities.
Leaving the Denver media market was hard for Keely Walker. She promised herself—wherever she wound up—she’d still have her view of the mountains. Now in Seattle, the alum continues to producing award-winning and thought-provoking journalism.
When the 2024 Academy Award nominees for best film editing are announced, Nick Houy is widely expected to be one of them for his work editing “Barbie.” Houy is a 2004 graduate of Boulder.
Three College of Music alumni recently started the Scheherazade Music Festival—an incubator for innovation and connection through chamber music, pushing the art form forward and bringing performers, composers and audiences together.
College of Music alumnus Dylan Fixmer’s varied and prolific career aims to inspire empathy and advance community engagement.
With help from National Geographic, Boulder alumnus Markos Scheer expands a kelp farm to include oysters, and he touts the economic and environmental benefits of the venture.
Gary Wall, a 1970 Boulder physics graduate, won the Los Alamos Medal in recognition of more than 50 years of distinguished work at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Charles Hull—a Boulder alumnus who invented stereolithography, commonly known as 3D printing—was named among the 2023 recipients of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.