Boettcher Scholar Maureen McNamara Featured in Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine
Decades from now, when Maureen McNamara looks back on her career, she says that she will still vividly remember the defining moment when she knew that she wanted a space-related career.
How many people can say that a chance meeting with a Nobel laureate inspired them on their education and career path? McNamara, now a senior in integrative physiology with minors in space and leadership studies, can. McNamara was a sophomore attending a session in Washington, D.C., on science policy with the CU in D.C. program. One of the scheduled activities was visiting the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. While there, she encountered the person who changed the course of her life. Read more...