Trevor Thomas and his guide dog Tennille

Zero/Zero

Dec. 1, 2015

At age 36, Trevor Thomas lost his sight. Then he became a professional hiker.

Heidi Ganahl

Puppy Love and Perseverance

Sept. 1, 2015

After overcoming personal tragedy and business failure, Heidi Ganahl founded a small daycare for dogs that’s now the world’s largest pet care franchise.

Don Nottingham

Don Nottingham: Straight No Chaser

Sept. 1, 2015

Don Nottingham (Law’04), a former prosecutor, travels the world as a member of the all-male a cappella group Straight No Chaser.

North Dakota

Fenn Wins 2015 Pulitzer Prize

June 1, 2015

CU-Boulder historian Elizabeth Fenn’s book on plains indians was a decade in the making.

Brown's Canyon

Monument Man

June 1, 2015

In February President Obama declared Colorado’s Browns Canyon a national monument. For Bill Dvorak, it was a long time coming.

Kate Brown

The Governor

June 1, 2015

Oregon’s new leader, Kate Brown, takes charge.

Dalai Lama

Bringing the Dalai Lama to Boulder

March 13, 2015

In February 2014, CU-Boulder senior Ellie Roberts (Comm, Edu’15) found herself in the sensational aura of His Holiness the Dalai Lama himself.

Ryan Heiland

Tea for the Turf

March 1, 2015

Assistant grounds manager Ryan Heiland developed a new way of seeding the campus with microbe-rich compost tea — to stunning effect.

Antarctica

The Hunt for Dark Data

March 1, 2015

1960s Satellite recordings recovered by a Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØteam may tell us something about climate change, hurricanes, rainforests and a lot of other things we care about now.

Clark Oldroyd

Navigator Calls to Port

March 1, 2015

Alumni travel director retires after nearly 40 years at CU-Boulder

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