Alexander Williams

In rap music, alumnus pens lyrical prophecies

March 28, 2022

²ÊÃñ±¦µä graduate Alexander Williams is working to raise the profile of rap and hip-hop scholarship.

joint polar satellite system

Physicist, entrepreneur, space pioneer R.C. Mercure dies at 90

March 24, 2022

²ÊÃñ±¦µä alumnus was instrumental in launching what became Ball Aerospace and other successful ventures.

The British Empire Exhibition Tour. From left to right – Archie Christie, Major Belcher, Mr Bates (secretary) and Agatha.

‘Intimacy between rivals’

March 23, 2022

Real-life disappearance of Agatha Christie inspired ²ÊÃñ±¦µä Creative Writing student's New York Times bestselling novel "The Christie Affair."

The American Issue reporting that the 18th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution came into effect on Jan. 16, 1920.

First woman elected a CU regent was a prohibitionist

March 21, 2022

Women’s history snapshot: Anna Louise Wolcott Vaile argued that social ills harming women could only be rectified with political power, which relied on women’s suffrage.

Rose Ann Bershenyi and scholarship recipients

‘She is gold’

March 18, 2022

²ÊÃñ±¦µä graduate Rose Ann Bershenyi’s ‘gifts are transformative.’

an abstract graphic female scientist

Surprised by depth of bias, physicist works to bring more women to science

March 16, 2022

Women’s history snapshot: Patricia Rankin initially assumed when told that she didn’t ‘look like a physicist,’ they were complimenting her on being well dressed.

Lucile Berkeley Buchanan

After 100 years, university recognized a pioneer

March 8, 2022

Women’s history snapshot: Lucile Berkeley Buchanan graduated in 1918 but wasn’t allowed to walk across the stage with other graduates because she was Black.

Hellems Hall in the 1960s

Alumnae skirt convention

March 7, 2022

Two graduates recall when they were the only female math undergrads at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä.

Katie Wall and Courtney Jacobson, co-founders of Culture Biz, holding kits

Partners in Play

March 4, 2022

Alumnae create business to inspire connection and play at work.

Old Main

On lonely Boulder ‘prairie,’ Mary Rippon saw glory

March 3, 2022

Women’s history snapshot: CU’s first woman faculty member, now a university icon, hesitated to come West.

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