Alumni in Focus
- Bruce Bromberg and his brother Eric founded Blue Ribbon Restaurants in 1992 and prioritized leading their employees in a productive and welcoming environment. Some staff members remain with them more than 30 years later.
- Earlier this summer, the CU Boulder Women and Gender Minorities in Physics group hosted a gathering with Marty Baylor, who is now the chair and an associate professor of physics and astronomy at Carleton College.
- When he crossed the finish line first in Madrid, alumnus Sepp Kuss not only won his first Grand Tour, he made history three times over. His best-kept secret was learning to lead from behind.
- In Southern California, CU Boulder alumna Jamie Seward leads Repeat Roses, a zero-waste solution for event florals. Past clients include the Super Bowl and Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle.
- Alumna Ally Chapel started an all-female New Orleans-style brass band called Brass Queens, adopting the colors black and gold for her band in CU’s honor.
- Aerospace engineering alumna Marsha Ivins, who has participated in five missions to space, has been selected as a 2024 inductee for the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, one of the highest honors in the industry.
- CU Boulder alumnus Pawel Sawicki is exploring the barren landscape of Mars and testing out critical new technologies through a one-of-a-kind experience here on Earth.
- Gail Nelson, a career intelligence officer and CU Boulder alumnus, advised Afghan military intelligence leaders after the United States drove the Taliban from power.
- Jesse Stommel compiles two decades of eyebrow-raising in “Undoing the Grade: Why We Grade, and How to Stop.”
- Growing up, Kabby Hong was the only Asian American in his town, the son of South Korean immigrants. Like many first-generation Americans, he did not see his experiences reflected in school. Today, as Wisconsin’s first Asian American Teacher of the Year, the alumnus is fighting for more diverse, enriching curricula.