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  • Jeremy and Yannik Paul
    Jeremy and Yannik Paul (above left and right), identical twins from Germany, are believed to be the first twins to play men’s golf for CU-Boulder.
  • Artist's rendering of Mars crater wet vs. dry
    A NASA mission to Mars led by CU-Boulder and Bruce Jakosky of CU’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) is gathering data expected to answer long-standing questions about how and why the Red Planet has changed over the eons.
  • Philip P. DiStefano
    Our international student enrollments have grown by nearly 60 percent in four years to 2,152 degree-seeking students.
  • Sarah Lautman
    Last spring Sarah Lautman (Engr’15), a chemical and biological engineering major from Massachusetts, joined the women’s lacrosse team as a walk-on — and came up big during the team’s inaugural season, scoring game-winning overtime goals three times.
  • young child swimming underwater
    Unstructured play — reading a book, wandering through the zoo, playing outside — may be good for children’s brains, says CU-Boulder psychology and neuroscience professor Yuko Munakata.
  • CU President Bruce D. Benson
    CU President Bruce D. Benson (Geol’64, HonDocSci’04) announced earlier this fall that the university is in the process of developing a marketing campaign aimed at raising the profile of CU’s four-campus system, in Colorado and beyond.
  • Conor McGahey
    Conor McGahey became the public address announcer for home CU football games in 2011, succeeding Alan Cass (A&S ex’63, HonDocHum’99), who retired after 50 years of making calls for CU sporting events — including almost 30 years of CU football.
  • red blood cells
    A novel antioxidant may help us turn back the clock as our arteries age, says CU-Boulder doctoral student Rachel Gioscia-Ryan.
  • illustration of Phil DiStefano
    Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano discusses how he is working to help students succeed and finish their degrees in a timely manner.
  • Former Broncos standout John Elway, right, helps Rick Reilly (Jour’81) get ready for Monday Night Football in October 2012.
    Rick Reilly (Jour’81), an ESPN columnist since 2008 and writer at Sports Illustrated for 23 years prior, will be inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in June.
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