Non Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Alumni Association 459 UCB PPCO Boulder, CO 80309-0459 with Racism Reckoning to CU’santi-racistfuture Lifting voices of hopeiskey Alumni MagazineFall2020 NOWAUGUST 25, 2020 When fall semester classes be- gan in late August at CU Boul- der, many were online. For the courses that did meet in person, wide-open building spaces and campus lawns became makeshift classrooms to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Here, professor Honor Sachs teaches “Historical Thinking & Writing” to undergrad- uates in the Norlin Library’s sec- ond-floor research wing.

Casey A. Cass FEATURES EDITOR’S NOTE

When global events happen, CU Boulder often gets involved. The university’s breadth of research and experts makes it an information hub for the world. In mid-August, for instance, we used our own saliva-based COVID-19 test with quick results to monitor on-campus Buffs before a similar test was widely available. Re- searchers hope to expand the test beyond CU. These massive events require the university to reflect inward. National protests and the Black Lives Matter movement have highlighted the sometimes painful expe- rience of Black students and other students of color on this campus. As you’ll read from the personal essays on racial injustice and anti-racism, a clear theme emerges: CU must chart a new course. There are COVER Paris Ferribee 05 31 (Comm, Mktg’17) wrote Catalyzing Change CU Boulder Changed students, faculty, alumni New plans and actions are being taken to catalyze Faculty, staff and student Buffs are working hard to that her CU experience and staff willing to lead the was both “a blessing and a change and anti-racism at CU Boulder. innovate and protect our Herd from COVID-19. way, and it’s going to take curse.” Photo by Matt Tyrie. all of us to make it happen. Maria Kuntz, the Betty Fitzgerald 17 33 ABOVE Beyond a Moment, a Movement Stronger Together Coloradan’s newest Hoover (A&S’46), one of the CU Buffs share experience with racial injustice on and Marco (Soc’12) and Whitney Uribe (Jour’12) met editor-in-chief, oversaw famous “CU Twins,” died around campus and illuminate paths toward anti-racism. at CU in 2008. During Marco’s New York City the collection of these poi- Aug. 5, 2020. The Buffs medical residency, they fought COVID-19 head-on. gnant essays. We welcome superfan (pictured right) her in a time of change — became a CU football sea- 25 Living Buildings one we need and we want son ticket holder in 1958. 37 Photo by Glenn Asakawa. CU Boulder’s Wil Srubar found the bacteria to create The Upside of Yard Signs the world to see. buildings that grow, fix themselves and clean the air. New research suggests these simple, centuries-old campaign tools matter — often in a good way. Christie Sounart (Jour’12)

27 Empty Campus CONTACT THE EDITORS AT An RA recounts life at CU during a global pandemic. 39 Fake News [email protected] Those on the ideological fringes spread most of it, but in the end it hurts us all. DEPARTMENTS

1 NOW 9 Campus News 29 Infographic Silver & Gold 47 Chancellor’s Essay 61 Feedback A New Start 13 LOOK Campus Colors 45 Alumni News 49 Sports 65 THEN 7 INQUIRY Poplar Trees Richard Wobbekind 15 ORIGINS CU Patents 46 Boulder Beat 55 Class Notes Paul Danish

3 COLORADAN FALL 2020 4 Catalyzing Change This edition of the Coloradan calls out I, along with campus leadership and unrelenting injustice, and a new chapter stakeholders, am implementing the in our university’s long history of am- multiple priorities of our Inclusion, plifying student and alumni voices to Diversity and Excellence in Academics catalyze change. (IDEA) Plan, which will continue to serve Six essayists have shared their personal as our campus blueprint to strengthen experiences with racism on and around climate, culture and leadership. This fall, the CU Boulder campus and throughout we announced the search for a new chief their lives, as well as insight on anti-racist diversity ož cer who will report directly actions, to commence a united e• ort to to me as we make fi nancial investments create the equitable and just community in recruitment and retention. Moreover, we are capable of becoming. we will fi nd and initiate ways to honor al- We cannot look away from the ums, students, faculty and sta• who have genuine and harrowing experiences contributed to CU’s rich history. and perspectives of our students and We must swing the pendulum of CU’s alumni. Their stories serve to illuminate history in a new direction. We are building our fault lines and failures as we strive the foundation of cooperation, compassion to be a better and more inclusive insti- and talent to make meaningful change. tution. The essayists also provide vision At this moment in time, it is critical and tangible steps to move forward as a Bu• s join the movement and take action community. to create positive impact. Read and We listen to these voices. We see our listen to the essays, both in print and the fellow Bu• s. And we acknowledge that expanded collection online, familiarize anything short of participating in holistic yourself with the diversity plan and fi nd change isn’t enough. an area to engage in and further this As civil rights legend and longtime con- conversation while we build community, gressman John Lewis said, “If you come understanding and change. together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you When we work together, progress will can make the impossible possible.” carry the day. We have to take decisive, immediate action. As a university defi ned by diver- sity, equity and inclusion, it is incumbent upon all of us to act together, swiftly, meaningfully, in unison. Now. Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano

Essayists, clockwise from top left: Obinna Onyeali, Paris Ferribee, Shamika Goddard, Philip S. Hart, Olivia Pearman, Ruth Woldemichael 5 COLORADAN Matt Tyrie; Ruth Woldemichael; Arnold Turner (Philip S. Hart) FALL 2020 6 INQUIRY Richard Wobbekind

economy who can least levels of consumption and likely obvious, are the The COVID Economy afford it. We knew before investment, will rule the day. replacement activities this happened that there That said, vaccines such as e-commerce for Senior economist Richard Wobbekind (PhDEcon’84), were income inequality are not 100% effective conventional retail and associate dean for business and government relations, issues, but the nation had so we will have to show commercial groceries for has worked for the Leeds School of Business since a 3.5% unemployment that those infected can restaurants. In addition, 1985. Here he discusses our nation’s economy in a rate so most people need- be treated successfully. those companies that pro- pandemic world. ing a job could fi nd one. Those changes will enable vide or support internet Richard The issue was whether Wobbekind that job paid a living IT WOULD BE A CATASTROPHE wage. Now people once How do you best February that supply we have seen some parts concerned about earning TO SUFFER THROUGH THIS describe your job? I chain disruptions were of the economy with a a living wage have the think of myself fi rst and likely to occur due to the V-shaped recovery but oth- highest unemployment EPISODE AND NOT HAVE HUGE foremost as an educator. severe impact on the er parts on a much slower rates. The jobs lost have I describe the work we do Chinese economy. The path. The resurgence of disproportionately impact- POSITIVE IMPROVEMENTS in the research division as severity of the impact on cases wasn’t a surprise ed women and minorities, a way to provide informa- the U.S. economy didn’t for us since we have been who have higher concen- AS THE OUTCOME. tion for businesses and really strike me until the following the medical side trations of employment government that assists in middle of March when the closely. One can argue in the most impacted their decision-making pro- closures (including live whether we should have industrial sectors. more travel, less distanc- technologies are thriving. cesses. My teaching role CU classes) began. kept the economy closed ing and basically return us Biological research is follows the same theme, longer, but the economic Are there positive to economic effi ciency lev- booming. Beyond those providing a framework for Have things unfolded devastation was so vast outcomes you foresee els seen before the virus or more obvious areas, decision-making and de- as you expected since that we anticipated states arising from this time? potentially even higher. however, there are others scribing the best sources March? Early on I was ex- would reopen. Unfortu- We will know the actual in high tech and defense of information dependent pecting a more V-shaped nately that led to rollbacks answer to this sometime in How many years of that are doing quite well. on the industry sector a recovery. By the middle of in a number of states. the future, but I believe so. recovery could it take student might pursue. April, it became obvious Some of the most impact- for the economy to How has Boulder fared that there was so much What is the most con- ed individuals will develop rebuild? This is of course compared to similar When did the econom- uncertainty with the virus cerning aspect of this new skill sets which will the great unknown. My cities during this time? ic reality of COVID-19 that a longer and slower pandemic for you? The hopefully raise their wages. best estimate is three to Based on the limited data fi rst hit you? It be- path to recovery was like- disproportionate impact We will use communica- three and a half years. If that we can see at the city came clear to me in late ly. Since that point in time on the people in our tions technology in more you assume a vaccine and county level, Boulder productive ways (increas- sometime in the fi rst half of appears to be holding up ing economic effi ciency). 2021, the full recovery will nicely. A little lower unem- The U.S. will invest more in likely take until the second ployment rate, a decent medical research. half of 2023. This time- retail sales bounceback, line is based on the level a lower concentration in What are a couple of economic disruption leisure and hospitality em- of things people can COVID-19 caused and the ployment and strong high expect from the U.S. extent of the recession. tech and biotech sectors economy moving We should actually be on are a few of the reasons. forward? Unfortunately, a reasonable growth path until a vaccine is found, the the second half of 2021, Any last thoughts? It economy will continue to but when you consider how would be a catastrophe cycle with the number of many displaced workers to suffer through this new cases and the rate of need to be retrained and episode and not have increase or decrease. The how many failed business- huge positive improve- fi scal stimulus has helped es need to be replaced, ments as the outcome. If stave off what would you begin to see why it will we don’t have improved have been a signifi cant take several years. medical care, educational drop in consumption, but capabilities, technological consumer and business Are there areas of effi ciency and labor force confi dence remain the business that are skills, shame on all of keys. Until we get this performing better us. INTERVIEW BY CHRISTIE under control, uncertainty, than others right now? SOUNART (JOUR’12). CON- and therefore diminished A few areas, that are DENSED AND EDITED.

7 COLORADAN iStock/ andresr FALL 2020 8 CAMPUSnews CAMPUSnews Re-creating the Hand CU researcher aims to bring a sense of touch to New Name for NFL’s amputees’ hands Washington Team umans do a lot of things with their hands: We squeeze avocados at the grocery store, scratch our dogs behind the ears and hold each CU Boulder law professor helps champion the change others’ hands. These are things that many people who have lost limbs can’t do. n July, after 87 years, Washington, D.C.’s, professional football team CU Boulder’s Jacob Segil is working to bring back feeling to announced a search for a new name and logo. H amputees' fi ngertips, including veterans of the wars in Iraq and The NFL franchise, formerly known as the Washington Redskins, Afghanistan. The biomedical engineer is an instructor in the Engi- will assume the name Washington Football Team until a permanent neering Plus program and a research healthcare scientist at the U.S. name is chosen. Department of Veterans A• airs (VA). I A Colorado Law professor helped make the historic change happen. “In my fi eld, we have a gold standard, which is the physiological For over 15 years, Carla Fredericks, director of CU Boulder’s Amer- hand,” Segil said. “We’re trying to re-create it, and we’re still so far o• .” ican Indian Law Clinic, has campaigned for the name change, most Far o• , but closer than you might think. Segil is a participant in recently as director of First Peoples Worldwide, a joint CU law and a long-running research e• ort led by Dustin Tyler at Case Western business program addressing the social and environmental impacts of Reserve University and the VA. The team has used a unique neural development in Indigenous communities. interface and a series of electronic sensors to recreate a sense of “I just remember seeing that mascot, and thinking ‘that doesn’t look touch for a small number of amputees who are missing their hands. like me,’” Fredericks told CU Boulder Today. In a study published in April 2020 in the journal Scientifi c Reports, First Peoples Worldwide organized a group representing more the group demonstrated just how e• ective this sensory restoration tech- than $640 billion in assets and, on June 26, sent letters to the heads nology can be — helping one amputee experience his hand adopting a of the Washington team’s sponsors, including Nike, FedEx and Pepsi series of postures, such as a gesture resembling the thumbs-up sign. calling on them to cease use of the name, deemed by the group to be For Segil, who recently received a $1 million Career Develop- racist, dehumanizing and inhibiting to Native people. ment Award from the VA to continue his work in Colorado, the A CU law Days later, Nike pulled the team's apparel from its online store; CU biomedi- professor cal engineer project is a chance to use his engineer- July 2, FedEx publicly called for Washington to change the team's had a hand Jacob Segil ing skills to help people. name. The franchise launched a review the next day. in the name is restoring “As a VA researcher, your “This is part of a much larger movement going on that Indigenous change for a sense of work can help people who have peoples are situated in, and it is a long time coming,” Fredricks told the NFL’s touch to served our country,” Segil said. Washington The Washington Post in July. “I think that for anyone who is associated amputees’ BY “It’s a powerful motivator.” Football with the movement for racial justice this is a signifi cant gain, and this hands. DANIEL STRAIN READ MORE AT COLORADO.EDU/TODAY. Team. is a signifi cant moment.”

9 COLORADAN Courtesy Jacob Segil Courtesy Washington Football Team FALL 2020 10 ARTIFACT Old Main Bell High Praise “The University bell is a Manual Boulder County good one.” No More News, CAMPUSnews October 1877. The current DIGITS bell’s clapper Cannabis and about one foot per second. is controlled While in quarantine, Pregnancy According to Jayaram, electronically. CU Boulder professor of Marijuana use during there are a lot of potential piano David Korevaar pregnancy has been linked applications with HAMR- Strong Bronze performed and recorded to childhood sleep prob- Jr., such as airplane engine All three bells A Half Ton all of Beethoven’s lems for up to a decade, inspections or human have been made This bell sonatas on his living according to a CU Boulder surgeries. "I want to build of bronze. room piano. weighs 1,300 study, which is the fi rst to robots that can get out of pounds. suggest marijuana use can the lab and run around like impact children’s sleep bugs,” Jayaram said. long term. As legalization spreads, roughly 7% of New Center pregnant women in the to Advance U.S. are using marijuana Quantum Science to help curb morning and Engineering sickness. Lead author John With a $25 million National Years on faculty at Hewitt, director of CU’s Science Foundation award, 21CU Boulder Institute for Behavioral CU Boulder is launching Genetics, said, “This study a new quantum science is one more example of and engineering research 3.23.20 why pregnant women are center, led by physicist and First sonata posted advised to avoid substance JILA fellow Jun Ye. The cen- to YouTube use, including cannabis.” ter will partner with 11 other research organizations in Teensy, Fast the U.S. and abroad — Ohio Made and Strong including Harvard, Stanford All three bells were Inspired by cockroaches, and MIT — to create new cast in the Buckeye mechanical engineering technologies using ad- Bell Foundry by assistant professor Kaushik vancements in areas related Vanduzen and Tift in Cincinnati, Ohio. Jayaram created one of the to quantum entanglement, Third Time's the Charm Weeks to complete world’s smallest, fastest quantum sensing and more. Three bells have hung in Old Main: 6the sonatas robots, HAMR-Jr. Weigh- “We’re asking how we • Bell 1, 1877–1926 ing less than a paperclip, can take advantage of re- • Bell 2, 1926–1928 the four-legged robot is cent advances in quantum • Bell 3, 1928–present 10:19:00 roughly the size of a penny. physics to actually solve Total playing time It is able to carry 10 times useful problems for soci- its body weight and moves ety,” said Ye.

Heard Around Campus Saving the Bell Campus lore says the fi rst bell cracked following a football victory “EVERYTHING ... CONNECTS over Colorado School of Mines in 1926. Others claim it happened BACK TO WANTING TO during the o• -season. Regardless of how Old Main’s 1,300-pound bronze bell cracked, it MAKE SURE THAT BLACK was replaced by a new one, and the original university bell was stored 32Sonatas performed WOMEN IN PARTICULAR in the Carlson Gymnasium on campus for safekeeping. For a little while, anyway. — [AND] BLACK PEOPLE In 1948, Mines students stole the bell, claiming it belonged to their IN GENERAL — GET TO school. They buried it in a clay pit near Golden, Colorado for two years 17,621 before returning it with an addition — a carving of a large, thin “M.” YouTube views PURSUE [THEIR] DREAMS The bell was permanently relocated to the Heritage Center on the as of Oct. 8 IN THE DAYTIME, NOT third fl oor of Old Main in the 1980s after spending years in the base- ment of Macky Auditorium. JUST WHEN EVERYONE The second bell lasted only two years — witnesses reported it defi - ELSE IS ASLEEP.” nitely cracked after a CU football victory — and was replaced in 1928 2020 by the bell that remains functional in Old Main today. You can hear it 250th anniversary of — Alicia Garza, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, during a ring during commencement and other special occasions. Beethoven’s birth virtual panel for CU students, faculty and staff on Sept. 16.

11 COLORADAN Mona Lambrecht, CU Heritage Center FALL 2020 12 LOOK Colors of Campus

CU in Color

Year round, CU Boulder is alive with color. Its vibrant hues evoke nature, beauty and serenity — a deep maroon on a building’s roof, the brilliant gold of fall foliage, forest greens cloaking the campus pines. We want to know: When you think of CU Boulder, what colors come to mind? Email us at [email protected].

13 COLORADAN Casey A. Cass FALL 2020 14 ORIGINS CU Patents

Patent for Human Health

n 1954, solar energy pioneer and CU Boulder engineering professor Caruther’s work involving oligonucleotide synthesis, along with George Löf was granted patent US2680565 for a solar heating appara- other prominent DNA sequencing research of the time, jumpstarted tus and method. It was the first patent associated with the university. the now multi-billion-dollar biotechnology industry. Nearly 30 years later, CU received another inaugural patent. This While continuing his research at CU Boulder, Caruthers co-founded one helped change the course of global human health. both Applied Biosystems — which sold protein sequencing and DNA Above: CU I Patent US4415732, filed in 1981 and granted in 1983, was CU’s first synthesizing instruments — and Amgen, which focused on genetic distin- patent following the 1980 Bayh-Dole Act, which allowed universities to engineering in the early 1980s. guished hold patents for federally funded inventions. Distinguished chemistry In addition to his responsibilities at CU, Caruthers directed a group professor and biochemistry professor Marvin Caruthers — who remains on CU’s of Amgen scientists in Boulder to synthesize DNA for treatments to Marvin faculty — and research chemist Serge Beaucage — now chief of the help the critically ill. One such treatment helped patients with severe Caruthers as FDA’s Laboratory of Biological Chemistry — were co-inventors on the kidney disease. Another greatly reduced infections associated with a postdoc patent, which helped pave the way for Amgen, now the world’s largest chemotherapy. in famed independent biotechnology company. Today, Caruthers maintains a small research group at CU and biochemist Har Gobind “There was never any doubt that my life’s work would somehow focuses on humanitarian interests including the development of new Khorana’s be involved with one of the natural or biological sciences,” wrote chemistries for the treatment of rare and fatal genetic diseases. The MIT labora- Caruthers in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. revolutionary days of the ’80s still stay with him. tory. “Phosphoramidite Compounds and Processes” patented a new class Said Caruthers: “In my laboratory, basic research is always a co-op- of nucleoside phosphoramidites, a chemical that allowed scientists erative activity involving many colleagues. This patent is an example. to create short DNA or RNA sequences in the lab. These synthesized Several, in addition to Beaucage, improved and modified the chemistry sequences — called oligonucleotides — helped initiate research on so that today, almost 40 years later, these methods for chemically syn- bacteria, human growth hormones, DNA testing and more. thesizing DNA and RNA remain state of the art.” BY CHRISTIE SOUNART

15 COLORADAN Courtesy Marvin Caruthers FALL 2020 16 Beyond a Moment, a Movement Against the backdrop of the Black Lives Matter movement and widespread protests for racial justice, six Forever Bu•s — students and alumni — share deeply personal stories about systemic racism and injustice on and around campus and illumi- nate pathways forward. Three are published here, and all six appear online accompanied by audio re- cordings of the essayists reading them aloud. As contributor and president of the Black Student Alliance Ruth Woldemichael (IntlAf’22) says, “I’m dreaming of a time when this does not have to be the next gen- eration’s fight.” Visit colorado.edu/coloradan to Shamika God- dard (PhDInfo- experience them all. Sci’24) founded the Tech Chap- laincy Institute. — Maria Kuntz, Editor Read her essay at colorado. edu/coloradan. 17 COLORADAN Matt Tyrie FALL 2020 18 That Could Have Been Me

Obinna Onyeali

The murder of Elijah McClain trig- racism. It was dižcult to be a Black stu- gered me more than I ever thought dent in a predominately white space, possible. It made me feel the same so I joined the BSA and ASA leadership anxiety I felt 16 years ago as a fresh- teams and the Arts & Science Student man at CU Boulder. I come from a Government — catapulting myself diverse community in Aurora, Colora- into student activism. Who knew that do. I grew up in a loving and nurturing, I would have to fight for my freedom traditionally African household. My while enhancing my education? parents taught my sister and me to As the president of the BSA, I joined respect that which is different from committees and task forces and attend- you as it is part of our existence in ed meeting after meeting after meeting, this world. At Gateway High School, I intending to make the university began cultivating my cultural networks administration recognize the pain and and identity. The acknowledgment of anguish the student body was facing varied cultures, styles and languag- while on their self-discovery journeys. es were held in the highest regard We fought to have a seat at tables that amongst students and staff. As a were not inherently welcoming. first-generation Nigerian I never felt It’s crazy — 16 years later — we that I did not belong. I truly felt seen are up against the same issues. I am and heard. thinking about the same traumatizing My experience at CU Boulder things I thought I could forget and changed that. Attending CU was a cul- move on. Not that I feel my time for ture shock. It was the first time in my activism is over — rather, a natural life that I was the only Black student change of the guard has taken place. in my classroom. It was the first time I was once the young people, so I I felt all eyes were on me everywhere unapologetically support them and I went. Honestly, I only felt comfort - love them, and I understand them on a able with the community I found in spiritual level. the Black Student Alliance (BSA) and The young people protesting have African Student Association (ASA). We my undying support because I know created a safe space. We felt safe in how they feel. I remember what it was the BSA and ASA office in the UMC, like to begin the journey of self-dis- and even at the number of tables we covery while simultaneously fighting commandeered and called Chocolate to be seen as worthy. I was Elijah City. At Chocolate City we studied, McClain — a young vibrant, dream played cards and listened to music. We chasing, fun loving, ambitious young formed ties that felt familial. We be- Black man just trying to live. His life came each other’s network of support was tragically stolen by hate. That through the good and the bad. could have been me. Therefore, it was especially hurtful As I continue on my journey of life, I — and honestly terrifying — when we look forward to further curating spaces received racial threats through the BSA for others to have the opportunity to ožce and one of our sisters received create their personal narratives and racial death threats and hate mail. This share their story with the world. thrust us into what seems like years of student protests. I spent the majority of Obinna Onyeali (Comm’09) is the past my time at CU split between my studies president of CU Boulder’s BSA and the and my activism; I wanted to create a current co-president of the Forever Buffs space at CU Boulder that was safe for Black and African American Alumni Club. me, my friends and for those who would Since graduation he has worked at CU, the follow us. Daniels Fund and the Denver Scholarship It was a hard fight. I was thrust into Foundation helping students and scholars an era of change against systemic to navigate higher education.

19 COLORADAN Matt Tyrie FALL 2020 20 A Blessing and a Curse

Paris Ferribee

CU Boulder was a blessing and a curse. They deserve all of the fun, carefree adven- A blessing because I was gaining an Ivy- tures their white classmates experience. League (public) education. I was learning I’m scared for myself, my friends and new ways of thinking from globalized pro- family. We can’t run outside, ride bikes fessors. I was becoming equipped to be a or grocery shop without the possibility of “Forever Bu• ” — an alum who represents being murdered in broad daylight — simply tradition, passion and infl uence. for being Black. My credentials don’t matter At CU I was hyper-involved. I main- in a world where I don’t matter. The fact is: tained two jobs, was president of Black I’m a disposable Black woman in America. Student Alliance, earned three majors and What can you do about it? Pandemic or two minors, was treasurer of Delta Sigma not, get uncomfortable. Breonna Taylor’s, Theta Sorority, Inc., sat on the Chancellor’s Elijah McClain’s, Sean Reed’s [#SAY- Committee for Diversity & Inclusion and THEIRNAMES] murderers are working did a stint on CUSG’s fi nance committee. and leading normal lives. Posting a black But what if I hadn’t pressed myself to stay square to Instagram isn’t enough. dedicated despite my race? Engage in dialogues with colleagues or CU was also a curse. An ideal student family members around the current state on paper, my reality was perplexingly of our democracy. Sign petitions, make di• erent. According to CU’s Diversity Re- some calls and send emails! Contribute ports, in 2012 — my fi rst year on campus to bail funds. Educate yourself! Support — 391 Black undergrad students enrolled local Black-owned businesses! Volunteer at the university. In 2019, that number had digitally. Lobby. Donate. Share info! VOTE! only increased by 0.04%. Support your former student groups. Join Imagine being a part of what Regent your company’s Black employee resource Carrigan deemed a “blemish” on CU’s group. Be persistent and stay abreast of campus. I was a part of one of the smallest changes within your industry, company racial communities, which was not easy. I and at your alma mater that directly impact can count on one hand the BIPOC friends BIPOC communities. I met at, and who graduated from, CU. I’d As CU alumni, we have a duty to exem- been egged, called racial slurs, was wrongly plify what it means to be inclusive, global arrested and immediately released. I was citizens. I am honored to align with the stopped by police to “gut check” the vehi- current co-presidents of the Black Student cle that I OWNED. It was gruesome. Alliance, Ruth Woldemichael (IntlAf’22) I was exhausted, anxious, fearful. I and Olivia Gardner (EthnSt, WomSt’20), learned to survive in a world that situated who urged Chancellor DiStefano to me in last place and to endure a system and demonstrate his commitment to this work its institutions that forced me to work hard- by critically analyzing the budgeting of er, smarter. I maintained the ability to love both the Boulder Police Department and and transmuted negativity into passion. CU Police Department. Graduating in 2017 was one of the How will we set the precedent for future best moments of my life. I attended every generations of Black, Indigenous and people gloomy, cold commencement ceremony of color (BIPOC) students and alumni who before mine… but the 2017 ceremony was deserve to thrive at CU, in their careers, and magic. It was a beautiful clear-skied sum- as American and universal citizens? mer day. All the work had paid o• . At least I thought it had. Paris Ferribee (Comm, Mktg’17) is These last few months prove the impor- an advocate for underrepresented tance of advocating for #BLM at the local, communities (POC and Womxn) in the en- national and global levels. I don’t want fu- tertainment industry. During her time at ture generations of Black students to endure CU Boulder, she was the president of the what I endured. They deserve to be at CU. Black Student Alliance, winner of the 2015 I’m saddened students of color are fi ghting Forever Buffs student award and held nu- the same battles my peers and I fought. merous campus jobs and leadership roles.

21 COLORADAN Matt Tyrie FALL 2020 22 An American Reckoning on Race

Philip S. Hart

My parents moved to Denver in 1940 40 years after the camps closed, President from Kansas thinking it was a good city Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act o• er- to raise a family — despite the Ku Klux ing a formal apology and $20,000 to each Klan presence exemplifi ed by fi ve-term Japanese American survivor. Denver mayor Ben Stapleton, a member According to a recently commis- of this white supremacy group. Growing sioned reparations case analysis by BET up in the 1950s and 1960s, Denver’s founder Robert Johnson, America's fi rst Black community was segregated in Five Black billionaire, each of the 40 million Points. Racism was less intense than in African Americans in the U.S. are owed St. Louis or Kansas City, but it always $350,000, for a total of $14 trillion. lurked around the corner. In addition to reparations from the Having been quarantined at home in federal government, if universities that Los Angeles since March 11 due to the benefi ted from slavery, including Yale, COVID-19 pandemic, I have had ample Harvard, Princeton, UVA, Georgetown and time to think about growing up in Denver Wake Forest, allocated 1% of their 2019 en- and going to college at CU. The murder dowment funds for reparations purposes, of George Floyd, which set o• a massive $1.05 billion would be available — annually protest movement in this nation and — as a higher education reparations fund. abroad, took me back to Aug. 11, 1965. Similarly, corporations like the 334-year- Approaching my senior year at CU, old Lloyd’s of London that benefi ted from I was completing my third summer the Atlantic slave trade could devote 1% of working as a mailman. I was walking their annual market capitalization to create along Stout Street to hop a bus home corporate reparations funds. to Northeast Denver when a white In 1991, a video camera captured white newspaper vendor running toward me police ož cers beating Rodney King. In shouted, “This is the United States of 2020, iPhones captured George Floyd’s America! This can’t be happening here!” murder by a white police ož cer. We have The newspaper headline was about the advanced in technology, but not in terms rioting in Watts, a Black neighborhood in of addressing racial violence and police Los Angeles. “The Negroes are rioting” brutality aimed at Black Americans. blared headlines across America. From To this end, just as we witness radical 1965 to 2020 the story remains the same. changes in the world of technology, let’s In quarantine, I’ve realized in ad- challenge ourselves to take radical steps dition to a COVID-19 virus vaccine, in order to eliminate racism and white we desperately need a vaccine for the supremacy in American society. virus of racism, COVID-1619. Africans As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stated at the were brought in shackles to Jamestown, 1963 March on Washington, “I look forward Virginia, in 1619 and racism and white to the day when my children will be judged supremacy have guided the country’s by the content of their character, not by the evolution since then. color of their skin.” What a revolutionary Along with racial protests there are idea whose time has fi nally come. The three energetic calls from across the business R’s: racism, redemption and reparations, world and many communities to support defi ne this American reckoning on race. Black business. But supporting Black businesses today is not enough. It’s time Philip S. Hart (Soc’66) is a member of that the country, the business world and CU’s Distinguished Alumni Gallery, civic yes, universities, right the wrongs of the leader, educator and award-winning au- past with reparations. thor and documentarian who studies the Japanese Americans received repara- history of Black aviators in the U.S. He and tions after WWII to acknowledge the harm his wife created the PBS documentary done when the U.S. government confi ned Dark Passages: The Story of the Atlantic them to internment camps and forcibly Slave Trade in addition to numerous books took their homes and businesses. In 1988, and movies that examine Black history.

23 COLORADAN Arnold Turner FALL 2020 24 Wil Srubar imagines a of the biochemistry depart- future in which buildings ment, and Sherri Cook and will come alive. Mija Hubler of CEAE. The materials that The group experimented make up houses, or even with a type of cyanobac- much bigger buildings, teria. The researchers will grow and multiply. discovered that they could They’ll heal their own mix their microbes into a cracks, suck toxins out of solution of sand and gelatin the air and glow on com- and, with a few tweaks, mand. Constructing these nudge them to produce cal- biological structures cium carbonate. The result will also generate much was a brick so hard you less carbon dioxide than could step on it without today’s corpse-like sky- breaking it. scrapers or office towers “It’s a lot like making made out of concrete. Rice Krispies treats, where That future may be a you toughen the marsh- long way o•, but Srubar, an mallow by adding little assistant professor in CU bits of hard particles,” Boulder’s Department of Srubar said. Civil, Environmental and These living bricks can Architectural Engineering also reproduce under the BUILDINGS CU BOULDER’S WIL SRUBAR WANTS TO CREATE BUILDINGS THAT GROW, FIX THEMSELVES AND CLEAN THE AIR. HE’S FOUND THE BACTERIA TO GET STARTED. BY DANIEL STRAIN (CEAE), is working to right conditions. The make it a reality. group found that if they “We already use chopped one of their biological materials in bricks in half, they could our buildings, like wood, use each chunk to grow a but those materials are brand-new brick. no longer alive,” Srubar While there is still a said. “We’re asking: lot of work left to do, Why can’t we keep Srubar hopes that one them alive and have that day suppliers could mail biology do something out sacks filled with the beneficial, too?” desiccated ingredients for In January, he and his making his living bricks. colleagues published a Just add water, and peo- study in the journal Mat- ple on-site could begin to ter that described their grow and shape their own strategy for making living microbial homes. bricks — largely by tap- “Nature has figured ping into the potential of out how to do a lot of single-celled organisms. things in a clever and The e•ort also included ežcient way,” Srubar CU Boulder assistant pro- said. “We just need to

fessors Je•rey Cameron, LIVING pay more attention.” 25 COLORADAN Ellen Weinstein The days had a rhythm to them. Wake up, Despite the strangeness, Alawoe grew read. Watch a recorded lecture, study, pick to appreciate the solitude. up dinner. Go for a walk around a nearly “I FaceTimed my friends a lot, so that’s empty Norlin Quad. FaceTime a friend. probably what helped,” he said. “But it was Empty But life defi nitely was not normal. defi nitely lonely.” Joris Alawoe (PolSci’22), from Denver, Julia Hooten (SLHSci’21), who also was one of about 600 CU Boulder students stayed on campus, created a quarantine bub- who continued living on campus during the ble with several friends in Willard Hall. She Campus fi rst months of the coronavirus pandemic, found solace in leaning on that community. when most of the student body returned “So much was scary and unknown, RA recounts life at CU during a global home to continue their studies online. and it was comforting to be able to “Normally I live with guardians, but spend time with the people I was in pandemic. BY EMILY HENINGER they were in close contact with their par- quarantine with,” she said. “When so ents, who are fairly elderly,” said Alawoe, many things were up in the air, I had 21, who was a resident advisor (RA) in people who I could count on and they Sewall Hall. “That made going back home could count on me.” actually not a possibility.” As other schools around the country shut As COVID-19 rapidly spread through down their campuses completely, CU Boul- Boulder and the U.S., mid-March became a der prioritized staying open — and safe blur of cancellations and clo- — for students like Alawoe sures. Alawoe had made his and Hooten. decision, though. When the The days “CU Boulder is both campus announced class- an institution of higher es would be fully remote had a learning as well as a local starting March 16 — a week community,” said Chan- before spring break — he rhythm cellor Philip P. DiStefano helped other students move in March. “To many of our out and handled his RA du- residents, this is their only ties in a rush of activity. to them. home. We have hundreds And then — the quiet set in. of students and employees who live here In Sewall, Alawoe had an entire fl oor to full-time, rely on our services and do not himself. After months of dealing with fre- have the option to leave. Because of this, quent 3 a.m. knocks on his door, he was our campus will remain open to serve the grateful, at fi rst, for the total silence. But many needs of our community.” the novelty wore o• quickly. Even with a robust system of support, “Campus was weird,” he said. “Melan- campus was a quiet, sometimes lone- choly — there was that feeling on campus. some place. But that left room for mo- But there was also this feeling of tranquility.” ments of clarity. Eventually, as the campus consolidated During a regular semester, Alawoe feels its services and residence halls, Alawoe so busy that he doesn’t have much time for moved to Baker Hall and fell into a routine. refl ection, he said. But the shutdown gave Noon to 5 p.m. became his work time, him space to ask questions about himself, when he would watch online lectures or his society and his path in life. study. Meal times were his “people-seeing “It forced me to really … sit down and times,” he said, when he would venture ask those hard questions, like who am I? from his room and spot other students What am I trying to do?” he said. grabbing packaged takeout food from the He also learned how to get comfortable Center for Community. with uncertainty — perhaps the defi ning “It’s not like you could really even talk feeling of the pandemic. to anyone,” he said, “but you were still “Right now we don’t know when we’ll seeing people.” get that [certainty] back,” said Alawoe, After dinner, he would go for a walk or who is living o• -campus with his fresh- call a friend. man roommate in central Boulder for the In some sense, being on campus helped 2020 fall semester. “And that’s okay. But Alawoe maintain a sense of structure. we will get it back.” “When I’m back home, I’m not really in One thing’s for sure: Alawoe will re- that school mindset,” he said. Being on member the experience forever. campus helped remind him that school “History isn’t just something you read. was still going on. We’re living it.”

27 COLORADAN Glenn Asakawa FALL 2020 28 INFOGRAPHIC Silver and Gold The artist studied The Making of Silver and Gold

The top-fl oor terrace of the CASE building o• ers a moment of solitude, unob- structed Flatiron views and a friendly presence — a magnifi cent bronze bu• alo named Silver and Gold. The statue, created by Denny Haskew in his studio in Loveland, Colorado, has quickly become a must-see for visitors and campus residents alike. The sculpture joins a host of other bu• alo sculptures on campus, including the iconic grazing bison outside of Folsom Field.

–ton crane installed the sculpture herds of buffalo in 90on the third-floor terrace of the northern Colorado and 3Wyoming for the piece. C C C C C C C CC CASE building May 9, 2018.

900approximate weight in , pounds of the sculpture. 41campus421 tour participants — prospective students and their guests — saw the buffalo in 2019.

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29 COLORADAN Glenn Asakawa The university is adjusting to protect students during the COVID-19 pandemic BY ULA CHROBAK

During the initial days of school this 41 students at a time are allowed for Some lectures take place outside tradi- “We are laser-focused on making August, Julia Beattie (MechEngr’22) instruction. For some classes, a portion tional classrooms. Spaces now reserved sure the fall hybrid model is safe,” of Centennial, Colorado, briefl y visited of enrolled students attend the lecture for teaching include the Glenn Miller said Kang. campus. It was peaceful, but the usual in person on a given day, while the rest Ballroom, conference rooms and hotel The science and severity of the pan- back-to-school commotion and energy tune in for a live stream. Some classes meeting spaces near campus. demic is constantly shifting, and Kang was drastically muted. are fully remote. At mealtimes, students order their acknowledges the need to be fl exible. “I'm excited for it to someday get back Returning students and faculty mem- dining-hall food ahead of time through Facilities sta• meet daily to discuss to the bustling campus it normally is," bers have been adapting since March, an app or stop by to pick up ready-made updates to COVID-ready procedures as said Beattie, a junior. while new students are learning the ropes. meals, and eat outside. Throughout cam- guidance, science and policy related to For now, a physically distanced CU “Done with [the] fi rst Zoom class of pus, signs remind students to “Protect the virus evolve. Boulder is the norm. the semester,” tweeted CMCI assistant Our Herd,” including by standing one From Aug. 24 to Oct. 7, the univer- Over the summer, facilities sta• met professor Jed Brubaker the second day of bu• alo-distance apart. sity reported 1,097 positive results daily to hash out how to maintain the class. “Students were so nice! They were “It’s building culture,” said JT Allen, for COVID-19 from diagnostic testing space, sanitation and ventilation needed engaged, interested and ready to learn. director of facilities for housing and through CU Boulder Medical Services. to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmis- In 75 [minutes] I’ve shifted from terrifi ed dining services. “It’s this ongoing dis- As of printing, the campus planned to sion to students, faculty and sta• . to ecstatic!” cussion of taking personal responsibility resume in-person and hybrid teaching “How do we make sure we provide a The whirring HVAC systems are and responsibility for your fellow Bu• s.” Oct. 14, following a period of re- meaningful experience, and how do we working overtime. Over the summer, In lieu of holding ož ce hours in mote-only instruction that slowed the do that safely?” said David Kang, CU’s facilities sta• upgraded the ventilation their ož ces, professors can opt to meet spread of the virus. vice chancellor for infrastructure and systems to ensure frequent air replace- students under the tents or in larger In August, Beatriz Sanchez (A&S’24), sustainability. ments. In naturally ventilated buildings, indoor spaces. Many university sta• an incoming freshman from Boulder In CU’s hybrid model of study, stand-alone units circulate air through in customer-facing roles work behind living in Stearns West residence hall, students may take both remote and fi lters fi ne enough to capture virus-laced plexiglass, and many more work from expressed both excitement and nervous- in-person classes. They wear masks on respiratory droplets. their homes. ness about the semester. campus. Upon entering a classroom, stu- After a morning classroom lecture, a Before moving into the residence “I think it’s important that we all dents are greeted with a sanitizing wipe student might head to one of the many halls this August, every student living practice safe social distancing, especial- station to sterilize their hands, personal open-air tents that have sprouted up on campus was tested for COVID-19, ly at a college of this size,” she said. “We items and seat. Inside lecture halls, most across the campus and log in to their either within fi ve days prior to arrival or are already sad about our [high school] chairs remain empty. next class — an online course. On their upon arrival using CU-provided options. senior year, and we are doing all that we Capacities across campus are down way, they don’t shoulder through the Students are also cohorted based on can to preserve the little milestones that by 70 percent or more, said Kang. usual crowds. Passing periods are now their academic college and are screened we have in life.” The CHEM 140 lecture hall, for in- longer. The day is also longer — classes weekly for the virus using a saliva test COVID-19 numbers and campus oper- stance, normally fi ts 491 — now, only are held from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. developed by CU researchers. ations are accurate as of print on Oct. 7.

31 COLORADAN University of Colorado FALL 2020 32 STRONGER TOGETHER

MARCO AND WHITNEY URIBE MET IN THEIR CU RESIDENCE HALL IN 2008 AND HAVE BEEN A COUPLE SINCE. MARCO’S ASPIRING CAREER AS A PHYSICIAN HAS MOVED THEM ACROSS THE COUN- TRY, INCLUDING TO A NEW YORK CITY HOSPITAL WHERE HE FOUGHT COVID-19 HEAD-ON.

BY CHRISTIE SOUNART

The beeping was constant. ask a family to answer this question?’” In the chaos of rushing between ICU Whitney said. patients and making critical decisions Marco added, “Many nights I stay on the spot, calls fl ooded Marco Uribe’s up thinking about those conversations (Soc’12) pager. with families.” People desperate for an update on It was March 2020 and Marco was their mother, father, spouse. Needing to three months away from completing know — unable to see or speak to them his fi rst year of residency through the — their conditions. CU School of Medicine’s advanced Marco had to explain on the phone to anesthesiology program. The residen- families that their loved one was dying cy includes three years of specialized from the COVID-19 virus, sometimes training after completing an intern year. being forced to ask if their ventilator CU assigned Marco to a hospital system could go to someone else with a higher in the Bronx for his intern year, which probability of surviving. began in June 2019. One shift, he became overwhelmed. “New York was defi nitely a surprise for He slipped into an empty room in the us,” said Whitney. Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, But as the pandemic ripped through New York, to call the person he needed the city, the couple realized they were to speak to most — his wife, Whitney exactly where they were supposed to Lewis Uribe (Jour’12). be. New York was an experience to “I remember him calling me com- learn, grow and lean on each other — pletely shaken, asking, ‘How do I even just as they had for the past 12 years. 33 COLORADAN Matt Tyrie FALL 2020 34 HALLETT HALL Whitney’s support, he continued with Marco and Whitney met in August 2008 medical school. during freshman move-in day at CU Marco and Whitney married in July 2017 Boulder. Marco was coming from Austin, in Steamboat Springs. Two years later, Marco Texas, to start a pre-med track, and Whit- graduated and pursued residency options. ney from Steamboat Springs, Colorado, CU’s advanced anesthesiology program at to study journalism. They were on the the Anschutz campus was his top choice. same floor in Hallett Hall. “Anesthesia really came to me,” said “We both caught each other’s eye,” Marco. “When Marisa was really sick, said Whitney. an anesthesiologist gave her an epidural When Marco’s mom and sister, Mari- catheter which greatly helped in manag- sa, came to visit for Homecoming, he ing her pain so we could spend quality solicited Marisa to invite Whitney to join time together. It gave me some of the them at a family tailgate — and 13-year- most cherished time with my sister.” old Marisa was very insistent. After Marco was accepted into CU and “The litmus was how Whitney in- subsequently assigned to New York, the teracted with my little sister, who had couple — both 29 years old at the time special needs,” Marco said. “When I saw — rented a 500-square-foot apartment that she treated Marisa with love and in Manhattan and moved in with their respect, I knew she had a big heart.” 65-pound wirehaired gri•on, Rooster. As their relationship developed, Whit- IN MID-APRIL, MARCO, TOP, SECOND FROM LEFT, WAS FEATURED ON CBS NEWS ney learned how special Marisa was and WHEELING A RECOVERED COVID-19 PATIENT OUT OF A NEW YORK CITY HOSPITAL. how much she meant to Marco. Doctors diagnosed her with brain cancer as an in- ied. There didn’t seem to be anything obtain supplies, sta• and space for dying fant, and the chemotherapy and radiation concrete,” he said. “In January it became patients, the residents helped run the ICUs. she underwent until age 5 stunted her more of a discussion.” “I quickly learned how to serve my neurological development and altered In February things seemed di•erent. patients as a critical care physician,” her hormonal balance. “I’d go to the emergency depart- Marco said. “She had an extra big capacity to love ment and ask colleagues, ‘What do Whitney helped him create talking points everyone around her,” said Whitney. you think of this COVID thing? Are we for dižcult conversations with families. “She was my reason to go into medi- prepared?’” Marco recalled. “They said Despite it all, Marco knew he was cine,” Marco said. it’s coming and it’s going to hit us like a where he was supposed to be. tidal wave.” “This is why we go into medicine,” he MED SCHOOL Marco prepared to dive in. said. “This is our call.” After graduating from CU in 2012, “I remember the day when he came In mid-April, Marco — wearing a CU Marco applied to medical schools home and he said this is going to be re- Boulder lanyard — was featured on CBS while he skied, fly-fished and waited ally hard and a lot of people are going to News wheeling a recovered patient out tables in Colorado. Whitney moved to die,” Whitney said. “I stopped watching of the hospital to his family. Los Angeles to work for an entertain- the news. I needed to match his fearless “I would have wanted to be in the fight ment production company. They dated energy because he was now going to be whether or not I was in New York,” Mar- long-distance. seeing this firsthand.” co said. “The fact that I was there by luck In 2013, Marco was accepted to medical Marco volunteered to work in his — I thank God for the experience.” MARCO AND WHITNEY MET IN AUGUST school at the University of Texas Health 2008 DURING FRESHMAN MOVE-IN DAY. hospital’s ICU doing critical care for Science Center San Antonio. After a year COVID-19 patients. He started work at RETURN TO COLORADO and a half, Whitney joined him in Texas to Whitney volunteered for a childhood 5:30 a.m. and sometimes wouldn’t return At the end of June, the couple moved work in the nonprofit sector. They were cancer research organization and trained home until 9 p.m. or later. Whitney from New York to a historic house in the engaged near the Flatirons during a trip to to get her certification in Pilates. Marco remembers giving him protein shakes Berkeley neighborhood of Denver. Boulder in 2015, which is where they had worked in the general surgery depart- often as he was too exhausted to eat. “Every time we move to a new city it their first date. ment at a hospital system in the Bronx, “Eight hours of sleep minus the feels like a new chapter,” Whitney said. “We In Marco’s second year of medical where many units were understa•ed and commute time wasn’t a lot, but it trust what is in store for us, good or bad.” school, Marisa was diagnosed with colon overwhelmed before the pandemic. was worth going home,” Marco said. Whitney sought out an advertis- cancer. The couple put their lives on “It was sink-or-swim kind of training,” “I would change out of scrubs in the ing position and is continuing her hold to spend time with her. She died in Marco said. hallway, take my shoes off, put those volunteer work in childhood cancer September 2016 at 21 years old. scrubs in a bag, go straight to the laun- research. In July, Marco began the “We leaned on each other a lot during THE COVID TIDAL WAVE dry and take a shower.” second year of his residency at CU's that time,” said Whitney. “We grew closer.” Marco first heard of COVID-19 in By the end of March, the entire hospital medical campus, focused once again Focusing on his studies was “a December. and every ICU floor was overflowing, and on anesthesiology. serious challenge” during that period, “It was something we knew was out ventilators were running sparse. While But, he added, “We’re excited for Marco said, but after some time o• and there but hadn’t been completely stud- attending physicians frantically tried to whatever could come next.”

35 COLORADAN Matt Tyrie (left), Courtesy CBS News (above) FALL 2020 36 They pop up like dandelions each elec- To better understand why people take tions and three research sites — two in contrast to the often toxic exchanges on tion season, adorning neighborhoods this risk and how it shapes their neighbor- Ohio, one in Broomfi eld, Colorado — to social media. with colorful displays of allegiance to hood culture, Sokhey and co-authors Todd provide unprecedented insight into a sel- The million-dollar question: Do yard candidates and causes. Makse, associate professor at Florida In- dom studied facet of American politics. signs work to get candidates elected? On occasion, we hear media reports of ternational University, and Scott Minko• , As many as one in fi ve people display a Probably some, Sokhey said. “yard sign wars” in which thieves make assistant professor at SUNY-New Paltz, yard sign (about as many as use Twitter). “They can promote name recognition o• with them in the night or vandalize spent years cruising neighborhood streets Men, white people, high-income and turnout and may help a candidate homes displaying them. to plot signs and interview residents. individuals, families without kids and get a couple of extra percentage points.” New University of Colorado Boul- Then they overlaid their observations with churchgoers are most likely to put up Amidst the pandemic and people der research suggests that most of the geo-coded demographic and election data. yard signs, as are — not surprisingly — spending more time in their neigh- time these centuries-old mainstays of The decade-long project included extroverts, ideologues and partisans. borhoods, earlier this year Sokhey political participation are actually good 30,000 households across four elec- Those who stumble upon the signs suspected yard signs might be even for democracy, report intense emotional reactions, more salient in the 2020 election cycle. providing ways with one in five saying they make People are also using yard signs to to show solidari- them anxious, one-third saying they demonstrate support for social and po- ty with neighbors THE make them proud and one-fourth litical movements such as Black Lives when we agree saying they make them angry, the Matter and Science Is Real. and sparking researchers found. “There is something very powerful (usually) civil di- Upside Contrary to the popular narrative of about putting a sign in your yard and alogue when we neighbors one-upping one another with saying this is who I am and this is what disagree. OF opposing signs along property lines, most I believe,” said Sokhey. “People remem- “Putting up a respondents said they display signs in ber these things about their neighbors.” yard sign is not solidarity with like-minded people, rather One downside: For those who don’t like posting a than in defi ance of those they oppose. want to engage in politics, it’s hard to get comment on Face- Yard Signs Even in the most heated of elections, away from a sea of signs on your street. book or saying like those in 2016 and 2020, two-thirds Rather than bristle at those you dis- something to your New research suggests these simple, century-old say they would still interact with a neigh- agree with, he proposes a di• erent way colleague at work. campaign tools matter – often in a good way. bor displaying a sign for the opposite of looking at it: It is a very unique BY LISA MARSHALL candidate. In many cases, the signs even “Would we really want a situation act,” said Anand spark productive conversations — a stark where people are just not engaged?” he Sokhey, associate asked. “At least they care.” professor of polit- ical science and co-author of the book Politics on Display: Yard Signs and the Politicization of Social Spaces. “It is ty- ing you and your identity and what you support to a specifi c place and putting it out there in a way that can be pretty confrontational.”

FALL 2020 38 FAKE NEWS

Those on the ideological fringes spread most of it, but in the end it hurts us all. By Lisa Marshall

39 DougCOLORADAN Chayka FALL 2020 40 “Pope Francis shocks To get at the roots of that trend, networks comprised of diverse individ- truth in it but is slanted in a way that is Ferrucci, Hopp and Chris Vargo, assis- uals,” said Hopp, noting that the spread completely deceiving.” world, endorses Donald tant professor of advertising, have spent of fake news can be slowed when users In decades past, he argued, conspiracy Trump for president!” several years trying to unravel who shares question a post’s accuracy. theories and deviant information certainly fake news, what makes people click on it existed in the public sphere, but jour- “WikiLeaks confirms Hillary and what we can do about it. Fear and Anger Drive Clicks nalists generally ignored it. On the other “We have found that certain types of peo- In the study they published in March, end of the spectrum some things were sold weapons to ISIS!” ple are disproportionately responsible for Hopp and Vargo examined 2,500 posts unequivocally agreed upon as true — and sharing false, misleading and hyper-partisan crafted and paid for by the infamous In- free from debate. This left what Ferrucci “Ireland now officially information on social media,” said Hopp. “If ternet Research Agency (IRA), a troll farm calls “the sphere of legitimate debate.” accepting Trump refugees we can identify those types of users, maybe in St. Petersburg, Russia, which flooded “There is nothing true anymore and every- we can get a grasp on why people do this Facebook with fake content in the run-up thing is subject to debate. That’s the problem.” from America!” and design interventions to stem the tide.” to the 2016 election. According to U.S. government docu- Here We Go Again Few Users, Big Reach ments, the IRA had been creating fake On the eve of another election, with a glob- The good news: “The reality is, most U.S. personas on social media, setting al pandemic raging, the misinformation people do not share fake news,” said Hopp. up fake pages and posts and using machine appears to be ratcheting up again. In the run-up to the 2016 presidential elec- In a recent study published in the targeted advertising to “sow discord” Public health agencies have warned of tion, such patently false headlines spread journal Human Communication Research, among U.S. residents. a “massive infodemic” amid circulating like wildfire across social media, ignited by the team analyzed posts from 783 regular Users flipping through their feeds that rumors suggesting that injecting disinfec- fake news sites or hyper-partisan blogs. Facebook and Twitter users between Aug. fall faced a minefield of incendiary ads, pit- tant or consuming a dietary supplement A few decades ago, such stories would 1, 2015 and June 6, 2017. ting Blacks against police, Southern whites called colloidal silver can cure COVID-19, have been shrugged o• as satire or Seventy-one percent of Facebook users against immigrants, gun owners against or that wearing a mask can somehow dismissed by discriminating journalists. and 95% of Twitter users did not share Obama supporters and the LGBTQ com- boost susceptibility to it. But with the gatekeeping apparatus of fake news or posts from sites identified by munity against the conservative right — all According to news reports, troll farms mainstream media crumbling, trust in watchdog groups as countermedia. coming from the same source thousands of in Russia, Macedonia and elsewhere have government on the decline and social The bad news: 1,152 pieces of fake news miles away. refined their tactics and are again using so- media platforms providing a vehicle for were shared via Facebook, with a single “This wasn’t necessarily about electing cial media to try to influence U.S. elections. anything to go viral, research shows such user responsible for 171. On Twitter, users one candidate or another,” said Vargo. “It Some platforms have taken notice. stories not only got distributed, they some- shared 128 pieces of fake news. was essentially a make-Americans-hate- This summer, Twitter began adding times received more clicks than stories in “We found that Facebook is the each-other campaign.” fact-checking labels to tweets, including The New York Times. central conduit for the transfer of fake In terms of return on investment, the some originating from President Donald “In 2016, you started to see the weapon- news,” said Hopp. campaign was remarkably e•ective. Trump. It also suspended thousands of ization of social media platforms in ways that In the Facebook sample, those who The IRA spent about $75,000 to garner accounts associated with QAnon. I would characterize as dangerous to democ- self-identified as extremely conservative 41 million impressions reaching 4 million Facebook now removes coronavirus racy,” recalled CU’s Toby Hopp, assistant accounted for more than a quarter of all users and generating a 9.2% clickthrough news deemed inaccurate and sends a warn- professor of advertising, public relations and fake news shared. About a third of fake rate — a rate exponentially higher than a ing to those who have liked or shared it. media design, who has made a career out of news shared on Twitter was by ultra-con- typical digital ad. Such steps are helpful, Hopp said. studying what he calls “countermedia” (fake servatives. Ads using inflammatory words (such as In the end, the battle against fake news news). “There seemed to be no boundaries Those who self-identified as extremely “sissy,” “idiot,” “psychopath” and “terror- will require a united front, including govern- anymore in terms of the information being liberal also played a big role in the spread, ist”) or that were designed to frighten or ment, industry, journalists and, of course, communicated and the responsibility to the accounting for 17.5% of shares on Face- anger people did the best. social media users, the researchers say. truth. It was really concerning.” book and 16.4% on Twitter. “The takeaway here was that fear and Ferrucci believes reporters should Fast-forward to 2020, and the “fake “It’s not just Republicans or just Dem- anger appeals work really well in getting stop giving precious column inches or news” phenomenon has become more ocrats, but rather, people who are — left people to engage with content on social airtime to conspiracy theories like QA- glaring. Distant “troll factories” — busi- or right — more ideologically extreme,” media,” said Vargo. non and instead focus on the sphere of nesses where paid writers churn out fake said Hopp. legitimate debate. social media posts intentionally designed Previous studies have shown that Face- When Everything Is True, Nothing Is Vargo suggests users become leery of to sow discontent among U.S. voters — book users 65 and older post seven times Fake ads and patent falsities aside, Ferruc- ads and posts scrolling across their feed are thriving in Russia, Macedonia and as many articles from fake news sites as ci stresses that the term “fake news” itself and look into where they came from — elsewhere. Conspiracy theories like QA- those under 29 years old, and contrary to can be misleading. especially those that make your blood boil. non — which posits, among other things, popular belief, those who are fairly media “When people think of fake news, they If you see something on social media that the U. S. government is filled with literate also spread fake news. think of news that is completely made up that you know is false, the researchers Satan-worshiping pedophiles — circulate Interestingly, the CU team found those from whole cloth. But that is only the tip of agree, don’t be afraid to say so. widely, and potentially dangerous misin- with high levels of trust in their fellow the iceberg,” he said. “We can disagree here and there about formation about COVID-19 abounds. humans are significantly less likely to Countermedia encapsulates a broader things,” said Hopp., “but when we as a “We exist in an unprecedented moment spread fake news. array of content, he said: “We believe society have fundamentally di•erent views of deviant information,” said Pat Ferrucci, “People with high levels of social trust that the most potentially negative about what is true and what is not, democ- associate professor of journalism. are more likely to compile online social information is that which has a kernel of racy becomes very hard to maintain.” 41 COLORADAN FALL 2020 42 BANK LIKE A BUFF!

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43 COLORADAN FALL 2020 44 Federally insured by NCUA BOULDER BEAT Paul Danish ALUMNInews Tesla Town Forever Bu‹ s Network Launches Online community offers Buff-to-Buff connections

echanical engineer Chip Bollendonk (MechEngr, MS’17) wants to meet other Bu• s in his fi eld, especially those working near him in the Denver area. He also hopes to reconnect with former hallmates from his fi rst year on campus. The new Forever Bu• s Network makes it easy to meet new Bu• s M and fi nd old friends. The online community for CU Boulder alumni launched this September and functions like a CU-only social media platform The new allowing Buffs to connect with each other over jobs, businesses and In Boulder County, there are more than 1,580 Tesla cars registered. The number keeps grow- Forever CU memories. ing, and many CU Boulder alumni are among the proud owners of the famed electric cars. Buffs “Within my fi rst 15 minutes on the platform, I had imported my Network professional profi le from LinkedIn and was reminiscing about my The fi rst time I saw a And for lots of di• er- Tesla Club, who has connects residence halls, clubs and activities at CU as I noted my di• erent Tesla in Boulder I nearly ent reasons. about 225,000 miles on CU alumni world- až liations,” said Bollendonk. rear-ended it. I’ve been Kyle Liss (MMus’21), his Model S, which he wide. In addition to mentorship and volunteer opportunities, alumni can on the lookout for them who lives in Westmin- bought four years ago. He post jobs, individually message former classmates or search and add ever since. ster with his wife, saves said three years ago the to a business directory with Bu• -owned That was four years $150 a month on gas club had 75 members. businesses in a given area. ago. At fi rst, I’d see the commuting to his teach- Today it has 1,500. “I can’t wait to get o• a all-electric car every two ing job in Frederick. “It reminds me of the plane in any city and search or three months. Now Brian Cairns (Comp- early days of Apple com- for a Bu• -owned restaurant for it’s two or three a day. Sci’09; MS’11), who puters,” he said. dinner that night,” said Julann So I fi nally called up the works at Google, likes Bruce Comstock Andresen (Mktg’85), Alumni Boulder County Clerk the autopilot. He said it (Econ’66) — my for- Association senior director of and asked just how many takes 10 to 20 minutes to mer CU roommate and events and outreach who helped Teslas are registered in top o• his batteries with now-retired hot air launch the network. Boulder County. As of the supercharger. “I’ll just balloonist extraordinaire, The network — which is July 14, it was 1,585. By sit here until I fi nish my who lives in Ashland, compatible with LinkedIn — now there are probably a burrito,” he said. Oregon — has been includes names and basic degree lot more. Jack Ursetta (AeroEn- driving a Tesla Model information for more than Who are these peo- gr’18) and Monica Maly 3 for about a year. It 270,000 alumni. Once an alum ple? To find out, I went (IntPhys’18) had just goes from 0 to 60 mph officially registers, information to the Tesla supercharg- returned from Brecken- in 4.1 seconds. such as employment, location, ing station in Boulder, ridge in a Model Y, Tesla’s He said: “I’m really former CU residence hall and just east of Trader Joe’s. latest model. glad I got it, because it more can be made visible to other (For geezer alumni like “It’s super smooth,” means I’m connected Buff users. me, that’s just south of Jake said. “It actually han- with the future of auto- The Forever Bu• s Network will the old Arapahoe Chem- dles like a sports car. It mobiles.” soon include CU Boulder students, icals plant site, which is doesn’t drive like a hatch- Will 0 to 60 in 4.1 faculty, sta• and parents for even now Target.) back, that’s for sure.” seconds shut down a broader engagement. Smaller I hung out for about “I love the instant gazillion Boulder Sub- groups, tailored to colleges and an hour. There were torque,” said Saber Boud- arus? As Yogi Berra said, schools or až nity groups, allow always four or five cars jada (MCDBio’14), who’s “It’s tough to make pre- Bu• s to connect and share across charging. driven a Tesla for three dictions. Especially about common experiences and interests. So how did Tesla own- years. He said it costs the future.” Said Andresen: “This tool allows ers — many of whom are “fi ve bucks to [charge] But a shift certainly Bu• s to connect no matter where CU alumni — like their from dead.” seems like it’s here. BY PAUL they are in the world.” Find out rides? They all said: “I I called Sean Mitchell, DANISH Disclosure: Paul more or register for the Forever BuŽ s love it.” president of the Denver Danish owns Tesla shares. Network at foreverbuŽ snetwork.com.

45 COLORADAN Courtesy The Denver Tesla Club FALL 2020 46 CHANCELLOR'S ESSAY Philip P. DiStefano

Empathy, Courage and Hope

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated I hear you. I see you. It breaks my heart. during my final semester in college. Two As Cornel West said, “Empathy is not days before graduation, Robert F. Kenne- simply a matter of trying to imagine what dy was shot and killed immediately after others are going through, but having declaring to his cheering supporters that the will to muster enough courage to do the country was ready to end its fractious something about it. In a way, empathy is divisions. Amid the deep despair and predicated upon hope.” uncertainty of 1968, I found hope in the I strive to constantly step outside words of our graduation speaker, Walter of my comfort zones — to listen and Cronkite, the voice and understand dižcult conscience of our coun- NO MATTER truths and learn from try: “We must lead, or at those with di•erent least join, the revolution WHERE WE experiences and against that which is evil perspectives. In these in our society. Let our COME FROM spaces lie the way- new gentry — the gentry points to guide new of the educated and the OR WHAT modes of thinking and wise — become radicals changes in policies and seek bold new solu- POSITION OF that engender the same tions to our problems.” POWER WE kind of revolutionary, Cronkite challenged radical and necessary my generation to revolt HOLD, IT’S movement my genera- against the status quo tion demanded. in service of history. I NECESSARY This is a deeply found my calling in the troubling time as we classroom, teaching our TO LISTEN TO confront the same future leaders to be ed- entrenched, intractable ucated and wise, radical COMMUNITIES issues of not just 50, but and bold, and use that WHO ARE hundreds of years. We education for the better- have failed too many ment of humanity. IMPACTED generations in too many I have served one ways, as a society and as university — CU Boul- BY OUR a university. der — since 1974. I The change we seek have seen it through the DECISIONS. will be filled with more lens of a parent, profes- roadblocks and failures. sor, dean, provost and But our north star is chancellor. I have drawn strength from a empathy, courage and hope. I continu- student’s revealing experience, a professor ously aim to lead with these traits — to be contemplating a transformative idea, and a radical and bold — and I will educate and colleague excitedly sharing that their child empower others to do the same. will attend CU. No matter where we come from or what position of power we hold, Philip P. DiStefano is the 11th chancellor it’s necessary to listen to communities of CU Boulder. A first-generation college who are impacted by our decisions. student who received his doctorate in This is especially true for Black commu- humanities education from The Ohio State nities and other communities of color. They University, DiStefano began his education have told me that, too often, they don’t feel career as an English teacher near his safe, comfortable or welcome at CU Boulder. hometown of Steubenville, Ohio.

47 COLORADAN Glenn Asakawa FALL 2020 48 STATS Buˆ s Bits (EBio, EnvSt, Geog’13) was By Andrew Daigle (PhDEngl’16) Women’s Basketball Hall named manager of the Ral- SPORTSnews of Famer Ceal Barry retired phie Live Mascot Program. July 1 after 43 years in She served as assistant college athletics. At CU, she coach for the last four years. Twotwins born in May to CU coached women’s basket- ... Senior women’s golfer ball for 22 years before Kirsty Hodgkins (MechEn- lacrosse head coach serving in administration gr’21) reached the Round of Ann Elliott Whidden the last 15 years. ... Richard 64 at the 120th U.S. Wom- Rokos, head ski coach en’s Amateur in August. ... for the past 30 seasons, CU men’s basketball star announced 2021 will be his point guard McKinley 3.491 last year. Since his hiring, Wright IV (Ethn’21) will average Spring 2020 the Bu• s have qualifi ed for return to play with the GPA for all 338 stu- every NCAA championship Bu• s for the 2021 season. dent-athletes, a new and won eight of them. ... The Pac-12 announced single-semester high ... Track stars Dani Jones Aug. 11 that no fall sports (Psych, SLHSci’20), Joe would be played in 2020. Klecker (BioChem’20) and In late September, howev- Makena Morley (Anth, er, the conference released Four Engl’20) announced they a shortened football sched- returning senior men’s Bu‹ s with a Brand are forgoing remaining sea- ule with games beginning golfers for 2020-21 who sons of eligibility to pursue Nov. 7. ...On Sept. 16, the had their original fi nal Coinciding with the latest NCAA sanctions, a new CU pro careers. ... With the NCAA granted a Nov. 25 season cut short last year Athletics program teaches student-athletes personal departure of John Graves start date for men’s and branding, entrepreneurial skills and fi nancial literacy. (Mgmt’09), Taylor Stratton women’s basketball. en’s basketball’s Evan Battey (Jour’22) envisions a career in sports 500+ broadcasting when his playing career is over — and the gregarious Betty Hoover of the CU student-athletes, “Mayor of Boulder” would be a natural on camera. staff and community Yet, how can he and other athletes capitalize on their fame while “CU Twins” dies at 95 participants in June’s they are still students? A fi rst-of-its-kind CU program will help. The Bu• s lost legendary fan Betty Fitzgerald Hoover Buffs March to protest M After the NCAA ruled in April that student-athletes may profi t on (A&S’46), twin sister to Peggy Fitzgerald Coppom racial injustice name, image and likeness (NIL) starting with the 2021-22 academic (A&S’46), to pancreatic cancer Aug. 5, 2020. As CU year, CU Athletics launched Bu• s with a Brand to educate students on athletic director Rick George said, “If you know CU personal branding, entrepreneurial skills and fi nancial literacy. Athletics you know Betty and Peggy.” Hoover held sea- The program will help Bu• student-athletes like Battey navigate son tickets for football since 1958 and basketball since 909 André Buffs with a compensation from third-party endorsements, social media opportuni- 1979 when the CU Events Center opened. The “CU days from when Brand helps ties, personal appearances and businesses they start. Twins” grew up on Colorado’s eastern plains before Roberson (Comm student-ath- Lauren Unrein, assistant director of leadership and career develop- moving to Longmont in 1939 and then to Boulder a year ex’14) ruptured his left letes with ment, coordinates the voluntary program, which is open to all current later. Attendance at Boulder High and CU followed, as patellar tendon and entrepre- student-athletes in CU’s 17 intercollegiate sport programs. did husbands and seven children between their two returned to play for the neurship, NBA’s Oklahoma City financial “Prior to the NIL decision, so many students would talk to us about families. For the last 30 years, Betty and Peggy were literacy and wanting to start their own companies,” Unrein said. “We wanted to inseparable. They garnered national attention and local Thunder this July more. give them the opportunity to learn how to be entrepreneurs.” a• ection for their match- Beginning this fall, participants will meet remotely once a month. ing outfi ts, pompoms and Erick Mueller, faculty director of entrepreneurial initiatives at the enthusiasm. Women’s Leeds School of Business, will lead the hour-long sessions. Entre- basketball head coach JR preneurial mentors will work directly with students who will also Payne said, “Betty and Peg- participate in a branding program designed by Jeremy Darlow, gy have blessed so many best-selling author of Brands Win Championships. with their unwavering spir- “It’s doing and acting versus just talking about it,” Mueller said. it and love for everyone.” Students may craft a hypothetical business or one they intend to Hoover connected with capitalize on eventually, such as a sports camp or apparel company. numerous student-athletes However, Bu• s with a Brand will focus more on long-term success as well: Men’s basketball’s than immediate capitalization. Evan Battey (Jour’22) “It’s unlocking and unleashing the entrepreneurial spirit already wrote of Hoover, “Thank within them,” Mueller said, “[and] giving them the confi dence to say, ‘I you for giving me a shoul- “If you know CU Athletics you know Betty and Peggy,” said can do this.’” der to lean on.” CU athletic director Rick George. Betty is pictured left.

49 COLORADAN Courtesy CU Athletics FALL 2020 50 SPORTS Q&A Rick George

The Pac-12 Medical letes continue their the same during basket- Taking the Lead Advisory Board listed practice and work- ball season. three major concerns outs? Our facilities will Rick George, the sixth full-time athletic director in Buffs history, is now in his they had about starting continue to remain open How often have you eighth year at CU Boulder. Here he talks about transforming CU’s facilities, competitions. Commu- for workouts throughout ordered takeout from leading in a pandemic and taking Sundays to cut the grass. nity prevalence of the this fall. We will provide local restaurants virus in much of the for our student-athletes since the pandemic Pac-12 footprint, a need in all areas just as years began? Two or three In 2013, you were the indoor facility, but [track What have been the for more information past. We will follow Pac- times a week. We’ve president of baseball coach] Mark Wetmore guiding influences on long-term effects of 12 and NCAA guidelines got great friends and operations for MLB’s came to me. We built a as you navigate this the virus and a need when it comes to allow- partners that own Texas Rangers. Then rooftop terrace, which time? I want to continue for increased testing able practice hours. restaurants. A lot are the athletic direc- has been home to many to provide proper support resources were the suffering. People are tor (AD) role at CU weddings. for our student-athletes. main reasons why post- You’ve worked in losing their jobs, and we opened. What about it That’s been a real focus poning all competitions football, the PGA and don’t take that lightly. appealed to you? Hav- What are the most of mine. Health and to the spring was the MLB. If all three are ing been here before, my important elements wellness are first and best path to protect the playing on a Sunday Do you have a person- wife and I had a love for of a successful foremost as we make health and safety of our afternoon, what is al fitness routine? I this place. Our youngest collegiate athletics decisions. student-athletes. your TV on? I’m out ride my road bike. I had daughter was born here. program? Leadership cutting the grass and my knee replaced, so I always wanted to be an and communication. What ultimately With most sports doing yard work. It’s my I’ve been rehabbing with AD. The only two places were the factors for competitions post- therapy. I don’t watch a an exercise bike in my I would be interested in Do you have the the Pac-12 deciding poned through the lot of TV during football office. That’s my routine. were Illinois — because chance to con- to postpone most end of 2020, how season because I’m CONDENSED AND EDITED BY I played there — and nect with each sports until 2021? will fall student-ath- usually at a game and ANDREW DAIGLE. Colorado. When the student-athlete? Be- opportunity presented, fore the pandemic, we jumped. I would go down to our Crawford Club, where The Athletic Complex our student-athletes eat expansion trans- every day. I say hello to formed campus’ whoever is down there, sports facilities. What just to see how they're were the challenges doing, and I host a of the $156 million once-a-month session project? When I got that we call Rockin’ with here, our facilities were Rick (it wasn’t my name way behind. We had to choice). I usually feed raise a certain portion them stuff our nutrition- of the money before we ist doesn’t like. We can could break ground. Our talk about anything. It’s donors really stepped up an opportunity for them and got behind this proj- to have access to me. ect. We broke ground on Boulder Buffs, our peer May 2, 2014. We wanted advocate program in it done by football Psychological Health & season. The day before Performance, came out our first home game, we of these gatherings. were still finishing things. I was a little nervous. Have the last few It started as one months with COVID project and ended as been the most chal- another. We hadn’t lenging period in your contemplated the Sports time at CU? It has Medicine Center, then been by far the most our doctors approached challenging experience us. We weren’t going I’ve had in my almost to build a track in the 40-year career.

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53 COLORADAN FALL 2020 54 ’64 This summer managing editor for the CLASSnotes Dwane Starlin American Water Works WE WANT (A&S) of Washington, D.C., Association in Denver. YOUR NEWS! found his copies of the Currently, she is presi- Coloradan — formerly the dent of Colorado Press CU yearbook — from the Women. She is sup- Write Christie Sounart, years 1963 and ’64. He ported by her husband, Koenig Alumni Center, wants to give his class- John, and her three Boulder, CO 80309, or mates a chance to collect children, Devon Nance [email protected] them: If interested, call or (Bus’96), Nicole Nance text him at 202-368-2737. Bank (CommDis, Psych’99) and Tracey Thomas Nance Anderson. ’66 Turman (ArchEngr) lives near his ’69 Tom Baur daughters in El Cerrito, (MAstroPhys), California, for, as he founder of Meadowlark writes, “easy access to Optics and the their sons Owen, Jasper International Society for and Griffen.” After leaving Optics and Photonics, spending time at their CU, Turman spent 45 known as SPIE, cre- cabin in South Park, years in architecture and ated a new endowed Colorado, and visiting engineering in Northern chair at JILA, a joint their three children and California. He loves to institute for CU Boulder five grandchildren. write, and his latest book, and the National Sailors and Dogs Keep Institute of Standards & ’72 Barbara off the Grass, is a novel Technology. The Baur- Valent (Chem; about his time in the Navy. SPIE Endowed Chair in PhD’78) was elected to Optics and Photonics the National Academy ’68 This June, will be funded by gifts of Sciences for her Sandy Michel of $1.5 million from study of wheat blast Nance (Jour) of Wheat Tom and Jeanne Baur, disease at Kansas State Ridge, Colorado, was $500,000 from SPIE and University. Wheat blast awarded the 2020 $500,000 from CU. Tom is a fungus capable of Communicator of lives in Ault, Colorado. destroying entire fields Achievement award that has been found in from the National ’70 In 2019, low- and middle-income Federation of Press William countries around the Women for her ca- Cathcart-Rake (PolSci) world, where wheat is The fall semester looks different this year as the university tries to avoid the spread of COVID-19. reer in journalism and retired from his position often the primary source public relations. After as dean of the Salina of protein. Barbara has graduating from CU, campus of the University led a research team that ’59 For Fred Holden was playing sousaphone affairs. He also served 30 Sandy began as one of Kansas School of studied how the fungus (ChemEngr; (wrap-around tuba) for years as a senior fellow of few women report- Medicine. Salina’s re- works, which can help MBA’78), of Arvada, the marching band in the at the Independence ers working for United gional medical campus with containment and Oh Colorado, Dr. Seuss’ 1957 Orange Bowl. He Institute, focusing on Press International, is the smallest four-year keep it from spreading the Places You’ll Go serves married his CU sweet- budget and fiscal policy. and spent three years medical school in the to the U.S. Star-Tribune as a special theme to heart Dottie (A&S’61) and A father to three daugh- at the country. Prior to his his life adventures. As a they moved to Salt Lake ters and grandfather to in Casper, Wyoming, nine-year tenure there, ’73 Attorney freshman, he lived in Baker City, where he worked several grandchildren, where she was part of William was a practic- William Hall and recalls the pop- for the Hercules Powder Fred has given about a team nominated for a ing medical oncologist Blackwell (Advert) of ularity of Tulagi, The Sink Company on rockets, 1,400 speeches and Pulitzer Prize. She then in Salina. In retirement Zephyr Cove, Nevada, and Timber Tavern. One including the Minuteman published several titles, worked in public rela- he’s enjoyed swimming, will be featured in the Lust for of his favorite memories and Polaris missiles. including his book, Total tions and co-founded (he was on the Buffs documentary Gold, A Race Against After two cross-country Power of One in America: an employee resource swim team in the late READ THE OTHER Time moves, he landed at the Discover What You Need group dedicated to 1960s), hiking the Grand , in the October 2020 DECADES OF CLASS Adolf Coors Company to Know, Why and How advancing women. Her Canyon and playing Arizona Film Festival. It NOTES ONLINE AT in Golden, Colorado, as to Be a More Powerful last position before classical guitar. He and follows a team of adven- COLORADO.EDU/COLORADAN director of economic Person and Citizen. retiring in 2011 was as his wife Ruth also enjoy turers, including William,

55 COLORADAN “ex” indicates a nondegree and the year of expected graduation. Casey A. Cass FALL 2020 56 that are on a quest for small town life in 1950s conducted worldwide gold in the mountains of North Carolina. Her fi rst climate change research FIVE QUESTIONS Unbroken eastern Arizona. novel, , won from 2003 to 2008. He the 2011 WILLA award was the second African ’77 After 43 years for contemporary fi ction. American to earn a CU The Music Guru teaching Her collection of short Boulder doctoral degree The Widow English and writing stories, in geography. at various universi- Smalls & Other Sto- ties across New York, ries, won the 2015 High ’78 Enterprise Maureen King Cassidy Plains Book Awards for Bank in Lowell, (Edu) still keeps in a short collection. She Massachusetts, named touch with her col- lives in Greensboro, Daniel Laplante (Fin) lege friends. Maureen North Carolina. chief investment officer transferred to CU after a Lionel Lyles (PhD- and director of invest- trip to Aspen, Colorado, Geog) published his ments. He has more than her sophomore year of sixth book, Family 30 years of investment college. “Aspen was like Dysfunctionalism and the management experience. another universe to me,” Origin of Codependency He lives in Hancock, she wrote. “I became Addiction, in April. The New Hampshire. totally enchanted with Pikesville, Maryland, the Rocky Mountains, author is planning to ’79 G. Brown (Jour) the people and, of publish his seventh work launched his On Record course, skiing.” She in December, under his book series . arrived at CU having pseudonym Marteaux X. Each of the three vol- never seen the campus Lionel previously spent umes includes images, in fall 1975 and enjoyed 30 years in higher educa- interviews and insights in every moment on cam- tion, including a tenure music for the years 1978, pus. She lives in Oyster as director of the public 1984 and 1991. The series Bay, New York. policy doctoral program is published by Colorado As a journalist for the Denver Post, G. Brown (Jour’79) covered music for nearly 30 Pronghorn Press at Southern University Music Experience, a years. Today he’s executive director of the Colorado Music Experience and author published Jamie Lisa in Baton Rouge, Loui- nonprofit focusing on of On Record, a three-part book series focusing on popular music from 1978 to Forbes’ (Engl, Phil) third siana. With a $6 million Colorado music history, 1998. Volumes covering the years 1978, 1984 and 1991 kick o† the series. Eden book, , a story of grant from NASA, Lionel of which G. is director.

What is Colorado Mu- cause it’s dangerous to territory, but what sic Experience? CoME put beans in your ears! was one time you is a nonprofit cultural were starstruck? and educational orga- What was the gene- My fi rst interview, with On Record nization, a unique re- sis of the Burton Cummings of pository established to series? Collectively, my the Guess Who, a hero preserve the legacies of photo fi les provide an of mine. It was a scene Colorado music history. amazing, one-of-a-kind out of the movie Almost It’s an evolving archive visual history, and while Famous — I was 15, and of podcasts, docu- I mostly remember all I showed up backstage mentary-style videos, the fun I had, it turns out at the Denver Coliseum interview-based profiles that I worked pretty hard wearing my brown wool and photo galleries. as a writer — I conduct- 8th grade graduation ed 3,248 interviews in a suit and tie. What’s your favor- 26-year span. On Record ite trivia fact about is the musicians speak- What’s your favorite Colorado’s music? ing to their music in a memory from your Hmm. How about the particular year. It serves time at CU? Boulder Serendipity Singers, as reference as well as was a happening place in the polished folk-pop high-end nostalgia. the ’70s. Attending class- ensemble organized at es during the day and CU? In 1964, their song As a music journalist, working at the legendary “Beans in My Ears” was interviewing musi- Tulagi nightclub at night banned in Boston — be- cians comes with the was a dream lifestyle. Masks were required this fall on campus, and many classes were offered online.

57 COLORADAN “ex” indicates a nondegree and the year of expected graduation. Glenn Asakawa (left); courtesy G. Brown (above) FALL 2020 58 Elebalance, which aims also the author of the to create a peaceful Moon Handbooks Guide WE WANT CLASSnotes to Denver, Boulder & coexistence between YOUR NEWS! elephants and humans. Colorado Springs and Elebalance feeds into Walking Denver. the Sri Lanka Wildlife This year, Linda Write Christie Sounart, Conservation Society’s Tegarden (PhDBus) Koenig Alumni Center, Project Orange Elephant, was conferred emerita Boulder, CO 80309, or which helps farmers plant status at the Pamplin [email protected] citrus trees to naturally College of Business deter elephants from at Virginia Tech. She their crops. Find out joined the faculty in 1994 more at elebalance.org. and has contributed to Kim lives in Montville, research on technology New Jersey. innovation. She lives in Blacksburg, Virginia. ’91 Adventurer Katie Writer ’94 Eagle, (Geog) of Talkeetna, Colorado- Alaska, is a pilot, based journalist and be found at her website, journalist and photogra- author, Jennifer Alsever BayardandHolmes.com. pher. Her latest piece, (Jour) released her Karla describes herself “General Aviation’s Role latest young adult novel as “a recovering attorney Extraordinary Lies in Studying Climate,” , a who now works from her will appear in the paranormal mystery. home in Colorado.” October issue of the When news about her Trinity Forest Series AOPA Pilot magazine. ’95 As a public See her photography, trilogy was featured in librarian and Coloradan oil and acrylic art at the maga- arts advocate, Cathy katiewritergallery.com. zine several years ago, McKee, now CJ Di Atlanta-based film pro- Mento (Psych), led ’92 Robb Jeffrey ducer Matthew Moore the designation effort (EnvDes, Mktg) (Engl’93) reached out, for, and is now leader The fall semester looks different this year as the university tries to avoid the spread of COVID-19. was accredited as a and they’ve since begun of, one of California’s “Certified Cicerone,” for working on adapting her first cultural districts, his professional knowl- stories for the big screen. the Oceanside Cultural ’81 Kurt Ruttum ’83 Bill Kling basement every day. He edge of beer. Robb began Jennifer credits her District in Oceanside, (Econ) of (Econ) runs a also practiced marimba his beer career at the son Jacob Beauprez California. The des- Portland, Oregon, law and policy practice an hour a day and caught Coors Brewing Company (MechEngr ex’24) with ignation effort was a was named managing in Chicago. He is also a up on 1982 World Series while attending CU. pushing her to write. competitive process, partner at business professor at University Milwaukee Brewers He spent time at Miller Karla McManamon with state legislators and litigation law firm of Illinois at Chicago games he missed while Brewing Company and Miller (Law), under the naming only 14 districts Tonkon Torp. Kurt, who and Kent College of studying hard at CU. Two is now celebrating his nom de plume Piper in the entire state. She specializes in merg- Law, where he teaches of his music composi- twelfth year at Anheuser- Bayard, has three recent writes she is “working ers and acquisitions, students how to engage tions were performed Busch as a training book releases. Spycraft: in a vibrant commu- began his career in law with policymakers to ef- in summer 2020 in specialist. He lives in St. Essentials is a primer on nity to help increase at the firm in 1986. He fectuate change. He has Harrisonburg, Virginia, Louis, Missouri. espionage and the U.S. opportunities for arts and is also on the board drafted and advocated as part of the virtual fes- Despite growing up intelligence community. culture to thrive equita- of directors at Parrott legislation at the federal, tival for the Shenandoah in Boulder, Mindy Sink Key Figures in Espio- bly without generating Creek Child and Family state and local levels. He Valley Bach Festival. (Jour) wasn’t much of nage: The Good, the Bad displacement in a time Services, a nonprofit lives in Elmhurst, Illinois. a hiker until she began & the Booty is a collec- when arts organizations that assists vulnerable Last year, after researching her new tion of biographies of are severely impacted by ’86 60 Hikes Within youth and families. ’84 Stevens Point, over 30 years in book, key fi gures in espionage. COVID-19.” Wisconsin, sales and marketing, Kim 60 Miles of Denver and Timeline Iran: Stone Age Boulder. native and retired music Swilpa (Mtkg) retired She said, “I to Nuclear Age is a brief David Scott READ THE OTHER ’97 professor Geary Larrick to focus on family and want people to know that history of Iran, focusing (Mgmt) was DECADES OF CLASS (PhDMus) took the travel. After a visit to Sri anyone — even a writer on the past few decades selected in March 2020 NOTES ONLINE AT coronavirus shutdown in Lanka she was inspired acting like a hiker — can and recent events. These for the FBI’s Senior COLORADO.EDU/COLORADAN stride, walking laps in his to start the nonprofit do these hikes.” She is books and others can Executive Service,

55 COLORADAN “ex” indicates a nondegree and the year of expected graduation. Jesse Petersen FALL 2020 56 where he serves as ’99 Known as Sundance. He and his chief of the public cor- the “Acoustic wife, Rebecca, live in FIVE QUESTIONS ruption and civil rights Ninja,” Trace Bundy Louisville, Colorado. section in Washington, (CivEngr; MS’03) has Denver’s Caryn D.C. After graduating become recognized for Hartman (Anth, RelSt) Embracing the Challenge from CU and receiving a his unique guitar playing won the 2019 Nautilus commission through the style. After several clips Award for best children’s Army ROTC program, of him made the rounds illustrated fi ction book. Dorje the Yak David served in the U.S. on YouTube, Trace was Her book, , Army as an infantry of- the subject of a short is a dual-language book ficer prior to joining the documentary in 2017, written in both English FBI in 2003. which premiered at and Tibetan.

Edna Ma (EPOBio’99; MD’03) has worked in the Los Angeles area as a private practice anesthesiologist since 2007. The mother of two children is also author of the bilingual children’s books series Travel, Learn and See, featuring English, Mandarin and pinyin. The series is inspired by her young son and his best friend, who met in Mandarin immersion school.

Have you always been ologist mean to you, tough game. Eventually, I a writer? No! At CU, especially during this was voted off the island. Shark Tank I basically lived in the pandemic? Anesthe- And on , I did EPO biology building in siologists are at one not get a deal with the Dr. Anne Bekoff’s lab. of the highest risks for TV investors. I shared my But I like being creative. contracting the corona- “failures” with millions Writing became that virus doing patient care. of people and I survived creative outlet. We are the critical care the process! New chal- physicians of the operat- lenges no longer seem What was the mo- ing room. Until recently, as intimidating. ment of inspiration anesthesiologists were for you to write a the proverbial wizards What else do you like bilingual children’s behind the curtain and to do? I would love to book? I really wanted the general public had see my books become to read to my children in a limited understanding an animated series. Any- Chinese but couldn’t fi nd of our roles in operating one who has learned a any books I could read rooms and ICUs. foreign language knows with my limited literacy in that language is learned Mandarin. There are very You were on both Sur- by seeing, hearing and few books written in En- vivor and Shark Tank. experiencing. glish, Chinese characters What were your key As for reality TV, I’m up Amaz- and pinyin. takeaways from those for any challenge! ing Race experiences? I wanted ? Do you know What does your ca- to quit Survivor; it was a anyone I could pair with? reer as an anesthesi- physically and mentally CONDENSED AND EDITED. Masks are required this fall on campus and many classes are offered online.

57 COLORADAN “ex” indicates a nondegree and the year of expected graduation. Casey A. Cass (left); courtesy Edna Ma (above) FALL 2020 58 dropped everything and seeing the day-to-day Second Language and CLASSnotes ran — literally — to be functions of the public English as a Foreign there for her as best he relations department as Language (EFL) meth- could. An experienced well as managing the ods and advanced EFL ultra-marathoner, Corey club’s digital and social literacy. Juli teaches at spent seven days run- teams. While working on many colleges along the ning the 220 miles from his master’s at CU, Eric Front Range, including Washington, D.C., to his worked as a graduate CU, and lives in Boulder, hometown of Scranton, assistant under associ- along with her husband Pennsylvania, which ate athletic director and and two adult children. was the equivalent of sports information direc- an ultra-marathon each tor David Plati (Jour’82). ’09 French horn day. In the process he player Caitlin raised over $25,000 for ’06 This year, Adam Brody (Mus) was hon- his nana’s nursing home. Creapo (Jour, ored as the U.S. Army’s He spoke to her through MEdu’13) moved from top active duty band a megaphone from the classroom to admin- soldier. Currently serving outside her fifth-floor istration. After teaching as a corporal in the First window when he fin- in Adams 12 and Denver Armored Division (1AD) ished his quest. “I think Public Schools class- band, Caitlin is stationed this will be the highlight rooms he is now an at Fort Bliss in El Paso, of my running career,” assistant principal and Texas. In just the three he told Runners World CareerConnect pathway years since enlisting, this summer. director at Northfield Caitlin has completed a High School. He lives deployment to Iraq, ap- ’05 After 10 years in in Denver with his wife, proximately 300 missions commercial real Amanda, who he met with the 1AD brass quin- estate, Eric Chamberlin while serving as the Buffs tet ensemble, a full-time (Econ) joined Opus volleyball PA announcer, role with the 1AD concert Group’s Denver office and his son, Colt. band and two tours this summer as a senior with the U.S. Army Field manager of real estate ’07 Investigative Band, the premier touring development. He will reporter and Musical Ambassadors of focus on identifying and historian Cody Mcdevitt the Army. Banished executing multifamily, se- (Jour) wrote from Johnstown: Racist nior living and industrial Project manager Backlash in Pennsylvania. ’11 development opportuni- Crystal Boyd ties across the greater The book tells the history (MMuSt) spent five years Denver region. of a 1923 incident where spearheading efforts Aly Jamison (Comm) the town mayor ordered to build the Golden Tanner Rausch (EnvSt’07) with his two dogs, Teryx and Timber, this summer in Luna, New Mexico. won a Stevie American 2,000 African Americans Business Award for her and Mexican immigrants work in the communica- out of the city at gun- WE WANT ’02 After Ryan donated the masks to UC Gunnar was born in tions fi eld. Aly currently point and under threat YOUR NEWS! McMunn (Mktg) Health Boulder and the CU Kansas City, Kansas, and works for the sales train- of imprisonment. Cody and his wife Allie recov- Anschutz Medical Campus. raised in Kansas City, ing company RAIN Group has reported for the Somerset Daily American ered from COVID-19, they Ryan lives in Denver and Missouri, and writes, in San Diego as public Write Christie Sounart, knew they had to act. The also is CEO and founder of “This new position is not relations director. She is in western Pennsylvania Koenig Alumni Center, Tricam Industries CEO BRIC language systems just a great honor, but a also a San Diego Blood and lives in Murrysville, Boulder, CO 80309, or utilized his business expe- and founder of Leroy homecoming of sorts.” Bank “Gallon Donor.” Pennsylvania. [email protected] rience to source hundreds Street Capital. He previously worked as Erich Schubert Juli Sarris (MLing; of masks from a Chinese project manager for the (Jour; MA’08) has been PhDEdu’15) will be a factory that produces lad- ’03 This April, new single terminal at the promoted to senior Fulbright Scholar during ders for his company. They Gunnar Hand Kansas City Airport. director of communica- the spring semester of (EnvDes) started as ur- tions and content for the 2021 at the University of READ THE OTHER ban planning director for While his Denver Broncos. In his Prishtina, Kosovo. She DECADES OF CLASS ’04 the unified government grandmother thirteenth season with will teach second-lan- NOTES ONLINE AT of Wyandotte County battled COVID-19, the Broncos, Schubert’s guage acquisition COLORADO.EDU/COLORADAN and Kansas City, Kansas. Corey Cappelloni (Law) role now involves over- theory, English as a

55 COLORADAN “ex” indicates a nondegree and the year of expected graduation. Courtesy Sandy Rausch FALL 2020 56 great-great aunt Betty USING BICYCLES, THE Wise (PE’42). Ben, Lynn FIVE QUESTIONS and Regan live in High- BOULDER FOOD RESCUE lands Ranch, Colorado. GATHERS SOON-TO-EX- Run for Ruth ’14 Michael Bishof PIRE FOODS FROM (PhDPhys) and Cynthia Perkon welcomed OVER 40 LOCATIONS AND their fourth child in 2019. Winifred “Winnie” Rose DELIVERS THEM TO Bishof was born last October and baptized COMMUNITIES IN NEED. in December at Mary Queen of Heaven Catholic Church in Elmhurst, Valley History Museum Health System. Cara is the Illinois. She joins three old- in Minnesota. In 2019, coordinator of laboratory er brothers in the family. the exhibit received a safety for UCHealth in the Minnesota History Award Denver Metro area, and ’15 David Varel from the Minnesota Amy is a lead medical (PhDHist), affili- Alliance of Local History laboratory scientist at ate faculty at Metropolitan Museums. In 2020, it UCHealth’s Highlands State University in Denver, received a national Award Ranch community hos- published a biography The Scholar and of Excellence from the pital. Visit the Coloradan titled the Struggle: Lawrence American Association for website for an extended Reddick’s Crusade State and Local History. interview with the twins for Black History and Crystal grew up in Golden about their time on the Black Power. Valley and now lives in frontlines of the pandemic. After COVID-19 hit, it didn’t take long for Corey Cappelloni Burnsville, Minnesota. Ben Miller (EnvEngr; (Law’04) to tire of video chat. He wanted to see his nana — Ruth In 2011 Hayden Dan- MCivEngr’13) and Lynn ’16 This year, Luke Andres, 98 — face to face. In June, Corey ran 220 miles from sky (EBio, Phil), along Pruisner Miller (BioChem, Woodruff Washington, D.C., to Scranton, Pennsylvania, in seven days to see with Caleb Phillips (PhD- ChemEngr) are proud to (IntPhys) launched Bump her. He also raised over $25,000 in his Run for Ruth campaign CompSci’12) and Helen announce the birth of their Up, a financial savings Corey for the Allied Services Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Katich (Geog’13), found- daughter, Regan, in April app. In an interview with Cappelloni where his nana lives. VoyageDenver ed Boulder Food Rescue 2020. They write, “Regan , he said, after studying food waste is an extreme CU legacy “Though my current and in Boulder County. Using baby as many of her rel- past endeavors have noth- What’s your normal her documenting Run Allied residents and the bicycles, the team gathers atives are CU grads and ing to do with a career in running routine? When for Ruth, and she still heroic staff was so soon-to-expire foods from will be fourth generation the medical field, I could I am not training for an talks about how much uplifting during a time of over 40 locations and to attend.” Her uncle and not be any more happy ultra-marathon, I typically she appreciated the run madness and hardship. delivers them to commu- both aunts attended CU, with where I am in life.” only run about 35 to 50 when we talk multiple Donations came in from nities in need. Hayden Annie Miller (IntPhys; miles per week, some- times per week. On Aug. family, colleagues, friends remains the executive MS’15), Nick Miller A 24-minute times less. 25, I gave her another and complete strangers, ’20 Global Cycling director of Boulder Food (Mktg’12; MBA’16) and surprise. I appeared on and are still coming in Network Kelly Clarkson Show Rescue, ensuring opera- Paige Pruisner (En- YouTube video What’s the biggest the , at runforruth.com. The tions continue throughout vEngr’14; MCivEngr’16); from August, “What’s the challenge in a multi- and I coordinated with words of encouragement the pandemic. Caleb is both grandmothers, Best Way to Ride Your day run like this? her facility Allied Services connected to the do- a research scientist at CoLeen Pruisner (Pysch Bike: Solo or in a Group,” The lack of mental and to surprise her with my nations helped me stay the National Renewable ‘08) and Kristi Prager featured a cycling shoe physical recovery time, appearance on the show. motivated as I pushed Energy Laboratory and Miller (Mus’81; Edu’82); strain monitoring study and the need to wake up The residents on her fl oor through the miles. an assistant professor at paternal great-uncles by James W Hurt III early the next morning enjoyed watching the CU. Helen is interim CEO Nelson Prager (Chem, (MMechEngr). The study while fi nding the strength show while eating a Run What’s next for you? of Fresh Food Connect, ChemEngr’80; MD’84) found increased longitu- to push through another for Ruth cake. After the pandemic which helps prevent food and Frank P. Prager dinal stiffness of cycling ultra on tired legs. subsides, I would love to waste through technology. (ChemEngr, Engl’84) and shoes does not affect How did it feel raising go on a multi-day trek in Twins Cara (MCD- their fi ve children; pa- performance in short How’s your nana over $25,000? The Patagonia or a gorilla trek Bio) and Amy Faliano ternal great-grandfather uphill sprints. GCN has since the run? We community support for in Rwanda or Uganda. (MCDBio) are working in Frank C. Prager (Che- nearly 2.3 million sub- made a picture book for my grandmother, other CONDENSED AND EDITED. the laboratories of the UC mEngr’49) and paternal scribers worldwide.

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Binder (CivEngr’44) John H. Schultz (Econ’51; Law’53) James C. Ritter (A&S’57) Margaret J. Ausenbaugh (PolSci, PhD’75) John C. Brainerd (PhDHist’94) Evelyn Pellillo Krohn Alfred W. Vance (Engr’51) Jack B. Shellabarger (Fin’57) Econ’65) Jean A. Keeley (PhDEdu’72) Fred Hall IV (MAstroPhys’95) (MedTech’45) Albert M. Woods (MechEngr’51) Larry E. Tripp (A&S’57; MD’60) Charles S. Costello Jr. (MA&S’65) Lolita M. Miller (Acct’72) John S. Hannon (PolSci’95) Ruth Law O’Neal (MusEdu’45) Ralph W. Abelt (Acct’52) Bobby B. Winkles (MPE’57) George D. Di Ciero (PolSci’65; Stephen E. Phinney Mary T. Stecher (PhDBus’95) Mary Jane Miller Remington Roger C. Allen (A&S’52) Earl L. Young (MPsych, MFA’57) MPubAd’67) (MAstroPhys’72) Tyler D. Jackson (Comm’98) (Mus’45) William F. Allnutt (Acct’52) Kathryn Emrich Balfany (Jour’58) Karen Kemp Dunn (Fren, IntlAf, Mark L. Rouch (ElEngr’72) Donnell J. Leomiti (Comm’98) Sarah Nakagawa Sato (Nurs’45) Jane Valentine Barker (A&S’52) C. Howard Ellis (MGeol’58) Span’65) Lois A. Abbott (MBio’73; PhD’77) Mark H. Parsons (Engl’98) James K. Sheppard Anita Henrie Bittle (BusEdu’52) Leonard C. Johanson (MFA’58) Darrel K. Hadley (ElEngr’65) Philip L. Carter (MChem’73) Heather D. Hudson (MEdu’99) (ChemEngr’45; MS’48) Thomas E. Carroll (Mgmt’52) Vincent L. Kontny (CivEngr’58) Melvyn A. Holzman (MPhys’65; India C. Cooper (Engl’73; MThtr’77) Betty Fitzgerald Hoover (A&S’46) Ruth Nagel Dick (A&S’52) Ann Sloan League (DistSt’58) PhD’69) Curtis L. Dickinson 2000s Virginia T. Leonard (Soc’46) Constance Kent Doud (A&S’52) Norman L. Stice (Acct’58) Ronald L. Hunt (ApMath’65) (MTeleComm’73) Kelly Bourke Bevilacqua Patricia McMahan Miller (Bus’46) Delbert D. Fix (PhDChem’52) Adele Oberg Tarkington (A&S’58) Randall H. Lortscher (Soc’65; Ramona J. Duran (Edu’73) (MCompSci’01) C. Geraldine Proctor (Bus’46) Robert C. Gathers (CivEngr’52) David E. Willwerth (EngrPhys’58; MD’69) Erin Drake Gray (Art’73) Michael G. Komarnitsky David F. Bramhall (A&S’47; MA’57) Lawrence V. Gibbons (Advert’52) MApMath’60) Wolfgang F. Mueller (A&S’65; Douglas D. Watson (Acct’73) (AeroEngr’01) Pauline B. Giarratano (ElEngr’47) Paul F. Scheele (ElEngr’52) Elizabeth Hale Withers (Nurs’58) MA’70) Michael J. Blain (PhDSoc’74) Wendy M. Henderson (EnvSt’03) George T. Heppting (A&S’47; Mary Fahey Vidrik (Engl’52) Forrest E. Cook (Law’59) Joseph O. Spano (ChemEngr’65; Jeannette M. Bisant (Rec’74) Tyson A. Preyer (MAcct’03) MD’50) Ouida Drechsler Walker (Soc’52) Thomas M. Ledingham (Law’59) MS’67) Janis A. Kondrat (EPOBio’74) Pravin M. Anand (Bus,IntAf’04) Joan Lillengren Moore (Geog’47) Elizabeth Mossman Walters (Art’52) David M. McRoberts (Mgmt’59; Frederick M. Struble (PhDEcon’65) Larry G. Golden (Mktg’74) Daniel D. LoSasso (PolSci’04) Martha M. Newell (Psych’47; Robert A. Baird (Phys’53) MBA’61) Richard L. Vergauwen (Mgmt’65) Gene Leach (Bus’74; MArch’87) Gwyn E. Lewis (AsiaSt’05) MPerMgmt’49) Robert H. 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Pettigrew (MA&S’61) Robert L. Stratton (MechEngr’49) Thomas R. Larson (A&S’55) Sheyla McNeill Keefe (MedTech’68) Gary F. Piserchia (Econ’78) Robert Gillum, Residence Hall Chef Donald G. Potter (EdD’61) Louis W. Supancic (ElEngr’49) Irwin B. Levy (A&S’55; MD’62) William E. Phillips Jr. (MMgmt’68) Michael E. Ramer (EPOBio’78) William G. Hofgard, Friend Gerald R. Prout (Pharm’61) Virginia G. Thompson (Art’49) Donald G. Roper (Law’55) Jerry L. Pitter (AeroEngr, Marjorie E. Smith (MCompSci’78) Patricia K. Magette, College Keene Swett (MGeol’61) Helen C. Tomita (Art’49; MFA’53) Joseph L. Secrest (MMusEdu’55) ApMath’68) William A. Dimitroff (MEdu’79) of Music Rolland W. Bainter (Bus’62) Felita Sierota Waxman (A&S’49) Gerald J. Starika (Mktg’55) Mercedes A. Thompson Karl E. Montick (IntlBus’79) Aladeen Smith, English Mary Dixon Cates (Nurs’62) George G. Suggs (DistSt’55; (MSpan’68; PhD’77) Fred J. Poss (MEdu’79) Department 1950s PhDHist’64) James C. Enochs (MA&S’62) Sherron Nay Acker (MHist’69) Raymond D. Tomasso Jr. (MFA’79) Margaret Seely Allison (Bus’50) Lynne Ziegler Van Schaack Lynn Fitz Randolph (EngrPhys’63) Raymond K. Brucker Jr. (Psych’69) Jessie Nussbaum Brundage (Art’55) Donald W. Ringsby (A&S’62) Gary D. Campbell (Psych’69; 1980s (Psych’50) William S. Buchanan (PreMed’56; Robert C. Rios (A&S’62) MCompSci’72) Stephen R. Blodgett (AeroEngr’80) Correction: Due Willa Nuckolls Childerston MD’59) Brian H. Albers (MusEdu’63) Thomas G. Dunham (Soc’69) M. Bernice Dinner to an error in our (A&S’50) Martha Chawner (Edu’56) Ronald C. Carmichael (A&S’63) Lee Cotter Durham (Jour’69) (PhDCommDisor’81) Lois Schoon Gaiowski (Spch’50) records, Santiago George G. Hannah (Mgmt’56) James C. Decker (MPolSci’63, Norma J. Goldberg (Engl’69) Thomas M. Hughes (MEdu’81) Richard L. Josselyn (Pharm’50) Gonzales Jr. William L. Hopkins (Soc’56) PhD’66) Linda J. Harberts (A&S’69) Thomas R. Detman (Comp- Joan Lun Knudson (DistSt’50) Donald J. Horst (Bus, Law’56) Charles P. Eddy III (A&S’63) Gerald L. McClurg (A&S’69) (PhDAeroEngr’82) Sci’93; MAcct’05) Frederic S. Nyland (Chem, Homer Jenkins (A&S’56) Clark Johnson (PhDAnth’63) John O. Mecom (PhDZool’69) J. Mark Faoro (Pharm’82) Math’50) was incorrectly Sandra Goodson Lloyd (Edu’56) Aubrey E. Ladwig (Edu’63) Donald D. Wall (PhDHist’69) Regina A. Hart (MEdu’82) Frank S. Potochnik (ChemEngr’50) Gerald M. Marcove (Mgmt’56) Fergus E. Moore (Phys’63) Elizabeth Teas-Hester listed as deceased Patrick Rand (ArchEngr’50) Samuel J. Marcy (CivEngr’56; Rodney V. Replogle (A&S’63) 1970s (PhDCommDisor’83) in our “In Memori- Jack P. Sampson (Jour’50) MS’79) Richard C. Rozycki David G. Camping (Fin’70) Bobby E. Wright (MEdu’83) Patsy Hall Starks (A&S’50) am” section of the Edward McCarthy Jr. (Law’56) (MAeroEngr’63) James B. Heller (Mktg’70) Thomas R. Gaines (AeroEngr’84) Thomas K. Worcester (Jour’50; summer issue. His Helen M. Morgenstern (MPE’56) Jon A. Andersen James M. King (ElEngr’70; Law’76) Geraldine L. Messenger (Jour’84) MEdu’55) Richard W. Riche (Econ’56) (PhDBioChem’64) Robert L. Longfellow Megan L. Baker (Hist’85) father, Santiago Wayne F. Allen (PE’51; MD’60) Richard L. Rodgers (Fin’56) Carl F. Challgren Jr. (MechEngr, (AeroEngr’70) Jennifer A. Boland (Mus’85) Gonzales, passed James C. Crawford (Advert’51) Patricia O’Hara Weaver Mgmt’64) Jeanne K. Mayne (Anth’70; Carol Dugo Schmid (Law’86) Eugene E. Drake (CivEngr’51) away in 2018. We (PolSci’56) Joseph I. Dodson (A&S’64) MGeog’78) Ruth Croft Major (Indiv’87) George P. Koclanes Robert E. Ambler (A&S’57) Melodie Rappe Francis (Edu’64) Carol R. Scott (Pharm’70) Kimberly A. Snider (PerMgmt’88) regret the mistake. (ChemEngr’51) Charles D. Bowling (Fin’57) Frederick G. Frost III (A&S’64) Geraldine A. Kline (EdD’71) Kim Mathers-Heffernan (Advert’89) 59 COLORADAN FALL 2020 60 She was a wonderful This post- woman with whom I was card was FEEDback found in the very close, and who, during her term as house belongings of the Will- mother, ran a very tight son family. ship and was highly re- spected. She grew up in Leadville in the late 1800s during some violent times, saw many bloody occurrences and had no appreciation for fi rearms. Oh how I appreciated “Thinking of You,” when Thanks to Ms. Hirsch the “Thinking of You” we noticed the picture of for the article. postcards in the Summer the Old Main postcard. James Berger Coloradan. The postcard Just a couple of years (Mgmt’56) picturing the bridge over ago, we discovered this Colorado Springs Varsity Lake is special same postcard in some to me. What decades of belongings of Ruth Platt, Picture Perfect student experience the my husband’s paternal I just wanted to tell you bridge could tell us. grandmother who resided how much I enjoyed the The bridge was the in Wyoming and Boulder The Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s origins date back to 1944, when CU librarian and cover art on the Summer route to Norlin Library in the early 1900s. Ruth’s Romeo and Juliet English instructor James Sandoe directed at Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre. 2020 issue. Two seconds study hours, dances in son Lester (A&S’53); her after retrieving the issue the Glenn Miller Ball- grandson, my husband Shakespeare at CU that I think back on the and I co-produced a PBS from my mailbox, I was room, Saturday football Lester (EnvDes’83); and Your summer issue arrived most often. show on the Marshall immediately transported at Folsom Field. It was great-grandson Trevor at a most welcome time Lawrence Chad- Plan that took us to work back to my dorm room in the place of Greek (AeroEng’20) are all grad- for those of us older Buffs bourne (Class’70) for the State Department Cockerell Hall. Cockerell pledge sneaks. The uates of CU. who have been mostly Chapel Hill, North on the renovation of the Hall is located directly meetings of Hysperia, the This year when our staying at home. I loved Carolina Talleyrand in Paris. I’ve across the quad from Junior Women’s Honor daughter Cori (Mktg’23) the nostalgic photos and had many bracing expe- Aden Hall, so the art de- Society. The clandestine began her college career, was especially moved by Please pass along to Sam riences; James Sandoe’s picted is exactly the view passing of class notes we gave her this post- Sarah Kuta’s article on the Sandoe (BioChem, Thtr’80) classes were fi rst. I feasted on for nearly two and exam questions. The card as a reminder of her Shakespeare Festival. how much I treasured, and Eric Christenson years from my dorm room. snow and slush walks family’s connection to Shortly after my still treasure, my freshman (Edu, Engl’60) Even today, 41 years to January fi nal exams. Boulder and CU and she family moved to Boul- year, fi ve-day-a-week Southern Pines, after my graduation, this And many a late-night displayed it on her desk der in 1957, we started classes with his amazing North Carolina is the view in my mind’s romantic kiss. in her dorm room. attending those outdoor father. Dressed in jeans and eye when I think of the Students crossed Kim Willson productions and the a jeans work shirt, he intro- Phi Kappa Tau, years I spent in Boulder. the bridge to the world (CivEngr’96) accompanying 16mm fi lm duced us to a world outside 1950s Great memories! of ideas, challenges of Lakewood, Colorado presentations in the Fo- the Hellems classroom. In the summer issue of Chris Glasow thinking and learning, Coloradan rum auditorium. Although The buttoned-down world the , I noticed (IntlAf’79) the opening of young University Pride my brothers and I didn’t of high school was nothing a letter, “Spring of 1946,” Broadlands, Virginia minds. From the chrysa- Thank you for continuing Coloradan at fi rst appreciate all the like this. I can still remem- written by Ruth Duffy lis of learning, students to send the . I dialogue, we liked the ber some of the questions Hirsch (A&S’49). I am a crossed the bridge into read every one and have sword fi ghts. on his fi nal exam and the Phi Kappa Tau member, Alumni Magazine Summer 2020 adult life. Decades of saved them as well. The I would also like to license his assignments having gone active in grads took with them photos and the articles say hi to Sam Sandoe gave us to see connec- March 1953. I lived in the fond memories of the are outstanding and (BioChem, Thtr’80). Your tions. He inspired us to fraternity house for over bridge and gratitude for a make me proud to be father Jim was a remark- travel through books — we three years. The house CU education. an alum. I graduated in able man, who besides read a lot of history — and mother in the article was Judith Hannemann 1965, so I remember Paul his work on the festival planes. We saw many of my house mother as well, (A&S’57) Danish (Hist’65) well was responsible for the paintings we stud- and this letter serves to Cape Elizabeth, Maine and always look for his making the acquisitions at ied during our 11-week, make a slight correction. column. Please keep the Norlin Library. His class in “Europe-on-$5” adventure The house mother’s name My husband and I are same format. comedy, which I took my — the fi rst of about 20 is Mrs. Rose “Owens,” both alumni and we Sally Adams senior year, is one of the times to cross the Pond. not Mrs. Rose, and she always enjoy reading the O’Connor (Edu’65) Coloradan two or three educational After my 32 years preferred to be called Vintage postcards sparked . We especial- East Hartland, experiences I had at CU teaching English, my wife “Mother Owens.” nostalgia among readers. ly enjoyed this issue’s Connecticut

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The Connection were able to get per- I was a member of the Senior Associate Editor Go Buffs!! Christie Sounart (Jour’12) I was the game room mission to add 3.2 beer. UMC Board during my @red manager and assistant Needless to say — that time at CU. After dinner at Editorial Assistant withasoul Joshua Nelson director [of The Connec- was a big hit — it drew in the Alferd Packer Grill and (Jour’20; MA’22) tion] from 1974 to 1980. beer drinkers and added our meetings on Tuesday Copy Editors I succeeded long-time to the atmosphere of fun. evenings, the whole board Michelle Starika Asakawa (Jour, manager Larry Burkett. I We also brought in na- would go bowling at The Mktg’87), Kelsey Perry was hired by Jim Schafer, tionally known pool trick Connection. Both staff Contributors Glenn Asakawa the student union direc- shot artists as another and student members (Jour’86), Rachel Binder, Patrick Campbell tor, immediately upon my way to promote the participated. The prize (EnvDes’11), Casey A. Cass, Dave graduation in 1974. game room. It was a fun for each member of the Curtin (Jour’78), Paul Danish Ally Dever Before I became job, and a vital part of winning team was a 50- (Hist’65), (StComm’19), Margie Grant, Emily Heninger, assistant director, we the student experience. cent can of pop bought by Kailee Kwiecien, Lisa Marshall modernized it along with We hosted the ACLU the losing team members (Jour, PolSci’94), Tom Needy, Jennifer Osieczanek, Julie having a naming con- games on numerous from a machine located Poppen (Engl’88), Lauren Price test. Therein is how The occasions. on a landing of the main (MJour’17), Kelsey Simpkins Andrew Sorensen Connection got its name. It appears from the stairway. I live in Boulder (MJour’18), Coloradan (Jour’11), Daniel Strain, Matt “The Connection” said it that The Con- and still bowl at The Con- Follow Us Tyrie, Nicole Waldrip (EnvDes’14) all — a place to connect nection has been taken nection sometimes! Design and Art Direction Kate Carroll Schmid Facebook facebook.com/cuboulderalumni with friends and family. to yet another level, all for Pentagram Austin We had a lot of fun the enjoyment of students (Anth, Ger’92) remodeling and modern- and patrons. Boulder Twitter @CUBoulderAlumni #foreverbuffs Mike Nunnery izing the area. We brought VISIT US AT in graphics, colors and (PolSci’74) Letters edited for Instagram @CUBoulderAlumni #foreverbuffs COLORADO.EDU/COLORADAN lights, which brightened Baton Rouge, length and clarity. up the area with life. We Louisiana LinkedIn University of Colorado Boulder Alumni

63 COLORADAN Courtesy CU Connection (top), Jesse Petersen FALL 2020 64 THENC. 1911 When construction for Macky Auditorium, CU Boulder’s largest concert hall, began in 1909, campus was serene. There were 13 buildings and 1,108 enrolled students. Trees adorned the area — including the original cottonwoods planted near Old Main in 1879 and poplars such as these pictured on the dam along Varsi- ty Lake, near the auditorium’s construction site. Construction was completed in 1922. Ash trees, honeysuckle shrubs, American elm trees, lodgepole pine and a Nootka cypress have since replaced the poplars. They’ve served as witness to a number of famous fi gures in Macky’s history, including Eleanor Roosevelt, the Dalai Lama, Jane Goodall, Robin Williams, Antonin Scalia and Buzz Aldrin.

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