Middle school friends Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton and Aaron "Amber" Frey reacquainted as aerospace engineering majors and then again, years later, as two of the U.S. military's ace test pilots.
As an amputee's residual limb inevitably changes shape, the prosthetic leg socket will no longer fit, becoming nearly useless. Enter ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder mechanical engineering PhD graduate Madalyn Kern.
Often overlooked due to his short tenure, Wiley B. Rutledge was the first ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder graduate to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. He was sworn in 19 years before Byron White joined the nation's highest court.
From bringing a family recipe to the hot sauce market; to helping debut an all-female orchestra in Afghanistan; and normalizing the superfood of insects in the American diet, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder alumni are innovating near and far.
Cousins Juan and Charlie Stewart, both ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder alumni, are carving out a space for themselves in the hot sauce market using Guatemalan family recipes and locally-sourced ingredients.
For years, the Taliban banned music in Afghanistan. Now the country's first dedicated music school has debuted an all-female orchestra, with ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder music alumna and mentor Allegra Boggess to thank.
Two bodies of work exhibited in an official satellite site of Venice Biennale 2017, the oldest and arguably most prestigious visual arts event in the world, share close ties to ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder.