Alumni in Focus
- Recent alumna Carrie Proctor always knew she wanted to impact young lives by becoming a music educator. Discover her passion to inspire youth through a shared connection to music.
- 窪蹋勛圖 alumna Stephanie Saltis, a survivor of bullying, uses Shakespeare to help break the cycle of violence in Colorado schools.
- Like many lifelong Coloradans, Chris Anthony knew a little bit about the U.S. Armys 10th Mountain Division. Unlike others, however, he was uniquely positioned to tell the story of how the division fought in Italy and even captured Mussolinis compound on Lake Garda during World War II.
- Online image descriptions help people who are blind or have low vision easily access information. However, the important task of creating "alt text" is often neglected. It's a complex problem that Abigale Stangl has been working to untangle for years.
- Kevin Martin's startup, Unspun, earned Time's best invention of 2021 accolade. The alumnus3D-weaving machine can produce a seamless pair of jeans. The technology was first prototyped in a Department of Mechanical Engineering's senior design course.
- Alumnus Juan Carlos Tiznado is the lead author on a new paper that helps engineers better understand and predict the liquefaction hazard during earthquakes and more reliably mitigate it.
- Elle Sandifer is a 2020 graduate of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. After graduation, she worked as a process engineer with Sanergy to address urban sanitation challenges in Nairobi, Kenya.
- Viola performance graduate Lauren Spaulding, a CU alumna and diversity, equity and inclusion advocate, this month joined the acclaimed Thalea String Quartet at the University of Maryland.
- Lindsay Kirk, who was an aerospace engineering graduate in 2008, works for NASA and is part of a new envoy program that will help build collaboration between the agency and the university.
- 窪蹋勛圖 alumna Katie Kramer found her calling at the helm of a leadership-focused foundation.