Katie Writer (Geog) has been pursuing her journalism career documenting climate change in Alaska. Her recent art and photography show River Shadows and Bushwheels was on display at The Hanger in Talkeetna, Alaska, through February 2021. 

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

In the Bay Area, Jean Walsh (Hist) was elected director of Alameda-Contra Costa Transit, the bus operator of the East Bay in California. Jean writes that she ran against a 20-year incumbent and won with 76% of the vote. In her new role, she will be representing more than 285,000 residents.

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

Last August, Michelle Ray (Arch) was named workplace studio leader for SmithGroup’s Phoenix, Arizona, office. Her work will include building design teams to solve the complex challenges presented by mixed-use projects. Michelle is also the co-founder and co-chair of Arizona Kids Build, an award-winning student mentoring program aimed at teaching elementary school students how the built environment affects both their well-being and the world around us.

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

Kim Dvorchak (WomSt) is executive director of the National Association of Counsel for Children, a Denver-based nonprofit dedicated to legal advocacy for children across the country.

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

Adventurer Katie Writer (Geog) of Talkeetna, Alaska, is a pilot, journalist and photographer. Her latest piece, “General Aviation’s Role in Studying Climate,” will appear in the October issue of the AOPA Pilot magazine. See her photography, oil and acrylic art at katiewritergallery.com. 

Posted Nov. 11, 2020

Doctor Ken Starr (MCDBio) of Los Osos, California, serves on the staff of three local hospitals. He founded his own clinic in 2012, which administers the compounds NAD+ and Nicotinamide Riboside, which were featured in the Winter Coloradan’s “The Anti-Aging Pill” as potential compounds to slow human aging. He wrote, “They truly are a game-changer.”

Posted Jun. 1, 2020

In his debut novel The Reincarnation Papers Eric Maikranz (Rus), of Creatives,” a campaign to help raise awareness and stop misinformation. The UN selected all 14 to feature. Selva also wrote “The Need to Report Carbon Emissions Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic,” an article for Cointelegraph. She is also a contributing expert to The Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change, the world’s first climate change museum.

Posted Jun. 1, 2020

The Colorado Technology Association awarded Trent Hein (CompSci) with its 2019 Colorado Entrepreneur Excellence APEX Award for entrepreneurial leadership in a Colorado tech company. Along with Dan Mackin (ElEngr’08), Trent is co-CEO of information and technology services company Rule4, his third successful Â鶹ąŮÍř-based tech venture.

Posted Feb. 1, 2020

In an effort to reinvent eyeglasses, Philip Staehelin (Econ, IntlAf) created DOT Glasses. Using a revolutionary design that snaps together, the glasses can be sold to customers for as little as $3 a pair. The company aspires to make eyeglasses accessible to everyone globally. Philip lives in the Czech Republic. Read more.

Posted Feb. 1, 2020

Sabine Kortals (Fin,Mus; MJour’96) married Malte Stein on July 6 near Hamburg, Germany. Sabine is a freelance writer based out of Hamburg and Denver.

Posted Oct. 1, 2019

Laura Barber (Art) writes she recently landed her “dream job.” She is the new San Francisco Bay Area and Northern Nevada sales consultant for Boonsupply. com, an online shopping and fundraiser platform launched by Serena & Lily co-founder Lily Kanter. “If either shopping or giving to a worthy cause makes you happy, can it get any better than shopping and supporting your favorite cause at the same time?” she wrote.

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

Suzanne DiBianca (Comm), executive vice president of corporate relations and chief philanthropy officer at cloud computing company Salesforce, accepted the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Commonwealth Club at its annual awards ceremony in San Francisco, in Salesforce’s honor. Suzanne leads corporate giving, community relations and sustainability efforts. She was named one of Inside Philanthropy’s 50 “Most Powerful Women in Philanthropy” and is a member of the San Francisco Business Times’ “Most Influential Women in the Bay Area” Business Hall of Fame.

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

In March, María Sepúlveda (IntlAf) was named vice president of community and government partnerships at Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver. In her new role, María will lead Habitat Metro Denver’s advocacy program, managing the government grants and contracts team and advancing its community development strategy.

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

Dan Mackin (ElEngr’08) and Trent Hein (CompSci’91) launched their Â鶹ąŮÍřbased company Rule4 on Sept. 17. They also wrote the 5th edition of the Unix and Linux System Administration Handbook, published in August 2017.

Posted Mar. 1, 2019

łŇ±đ´Ç°ů˛µ±đĚý´ˇ˛ÔłŮ´Ç˛Ô´Ç±č´ÇłÜ±ô´Ç˛ő (Econ; MBA’94) is producer of the doc- umentary film Born to Lead: The Sal Aunese Story, about former CU Â鶹ąŮÍř quarterback Sal Aunese (Soc ex’90), who in 1989, amid a remarkable season for CU football, died of cancer at age 21. George writes that other CU Â鶹ąŮÍř alumni involved in the film include Darcy Phelan (Chem’97; Nurs’02), Jeffrey Bohl (Fin, Psych’99), J.J. Flannigan (Comm’90) and Darian Hagan (ł§´Çł¦â€™01).

Posted Nov. 30, 2018

Todd Millick (Hist) recently crossed Bulgaria on foot, from west to east, and is working on a collection of essays called Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Lessons and Laughs from an Overseas Officer, based on his 20 years of U.S. government service overseas. 

Posted Nov. 30, 2018

After graduating with a PhD from Boston University in 2013, David Schmal (Mus; MEdu’96; MA’06) joined Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., where he is now a full-time professor and director of film scoring studies. He writes that during the past 15 years, he has been involved as a composer, conductor and music supervisor for more than 20 films and television projects, including three feature films, a number of short films and a 13-part documentary series.

Posted Nov. 30, 2018

Herb IIisaurri Schroeder (PhDCivEngr) received the George Norlin Award from CU’s Alumni Association for his work as vice provost for the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program at the University of Alaska Anchorage. The program, which he founded in 1995, works to eliminate biases against Alaska Native students and empower students to succeed in STEM disciplines.

Posted Sep. 1, 2018

For the last four years, Philip Staehelin (Econ, IntlAf) has had his eyes on the prize. He’s been designing 3D printed eyeglasses to help the more than 1 billion people in developing countries who struggle with vision impairments. He is testing 50 prototype glasses this summer before moving them to manufacturing.

Posted Sep. 1, 2018

Poet, writer and teacher Albert Flynn DeSilver (Art) won two awards for his latest book, Writing as a Path to Awakening, published by Sounds True, a multimedia publishing company based in Louisville, Colo. The book, which encourages readers to live an awakened life in order to become a better writer, won an Independent Publishers Book Award and a Nautilus Book Award. The latter celebrates “better books for a better world.”

Posted Jun. 1, 2018

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