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  • Andryn Arithson pursuing myriad strategies to success, and when she鈥檚 not working in her day job, she pursues shadow puppetry. Image courtesy of Andryn Arithson.
    In days of yore, the arts depended largely on a patronage system. Today, artists often rely on entrepreneurial skills to make a living. With degrees in business and theater, Andryn Arithson is one recent graduate who is making use of multiple business strategies to pursue her love of the performing arts.
  • Joe Romig, number 67, is on the bottom right. Photo: 鈥淕lory Colorado,鈥 By William E. Davis.
    Joe Romig has spent his life pushing limits, whether on the football field as an undersized but overachieving All-American for the University of Colorado, in the classroom as a Rhodes Scholar with an eye for astronomy, or even in outer space as part of the NASA Voyager Missions.
  • 鈥淲e really like the innovation that happens when some goofball from Nederland talks to a restaurateur that talks to a coder that talks to a politico, and then you put an idea or concept in the middle, and you can get a fresh aggregate of opinion on what you could do to build that concept,鈥 says CU alumnus Ryan Ferrero. Photo: iStockphoto.
    Ryan Ferrero helps startup businesses find success through Ignyte Lab, which helps entrepreneurs take their business to the next level.
  • CU-Boulder alumna Suzanne Heintz enjoys the University Memorial Center this fall with her mannequin 鈥渇amily,鈥 which is a bit less expressive than she is. Photo: Suzanne Heintz.
    Suzanne Heintz spends her workdays in the broadcast industry. In her off hours, she broadcasts her art, which might strike some as odd. For the last 14 years, she鈥檚 appeared in a host of family photographs with a 鈥渉usband鈥 and 鈥渄aughter,鈥 who happen to be mannequins.
  • Jessica Lutz was named the Outstanding Graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences for the spring 2013 commencement.
    Jessica Lutz was named the Outstanding Graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences for the spring 2013 commencement.Author of two honors theses, in linguistics and microbiology, hopes well-rounded education will prepare her for life-saving workSome
  • Republic of Palau
    The remote Republic of Palau in the Pacific Ocean can thank the late Kurt Vonnegut for the newest member of its supreme court. But give the lion鈥檚 share of credit along the way to a couple of professors at the University of Colorado Boulder.
  • Hana Dansky, who graduated from CU-Boulder with a degree in philosophy and environmental biology in May 2011, is the co-founder of Boulder Food Rescue. Photo By Noah Larsen.
    Boulder Food Rescue sounds like the name of an organization dedicated to providing food to people who need it. And that鈥檚 what it is.
  • Telomeres sit at the ends of chromosomes to protect their genetic data. Credit: Jane Ades, NHGRI.
    CU undergraduate student named as co-author alongside Tom Cech and Leslie Leinwand on groundbreaking paper published in the prestigious journal Nature.
  • CU alumnus Tom Garfinkel stands on the mound of Chase Field, the home of the Arizona Diamondbacks for whom he is the the executive vice president and chief operating officer.
    Success at the baseball diamond, on the race track and in businessCU alumnus Tom Garfinkel stands on the mound of Chase Field, the home of the Arizona Diamondbacks for whom he is the the executive vice president and chief operating officer.Since Tom
  • Bill Bowman on Niwot Ridge near the Continental Divide. A caption accompanying this picture on Bowman's web site says, "My field office - where work really gets done."
    Mountain Research Station chief expands understanding of alpine environmentsBill Bowman on Niwot Ridge near the Continental Divide. A caption accompanying this picture on Bowman's web site says, "My field office - where work really gets done."Bill
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