Students in Focus
When it comes to academics and athletics, Colorado skiers Petra Hyncicova and Petter Reistad are firm believers the two go hand-in-hand.
After a successful college career, worries over DACA's fate and paying for medical school have prompted Jesús Ramos to pursue another dream, helping other first-generation students. He's heading into a graduate program in student affairs.
One of Zoey Craun's favorite ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· memories happened 4,000 miles from campus, when she was in Bolivia building a footbridge for a local community with the CU chapter of Bridges to Prosperity.
With aspirations to work for a bio-medical company, Caitlyn Hughes was one of five women in a class of 100. She spent part of her college career putting on events for Girl Scouts so they could learn about engineering and how "awesome" it can be.
Born in Mexico and raised in Colorado, Efren Herrera Hurtado first set foot on campus as a junior transfer student intent on degrees in French and Italian, but he unexpectedly discovered a new passion.
Edyael Casaperalta knew she wanted a school where she could work toward helping marginalized communities navigate the complex waters of technology law. She now is graduating from that school with a law degree.
Stephanie "Tessie" Mernick is willing to take a punch to beat cancer. To do that, the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· graduate student is learning to box to raise money and awareness.
The autonomous dog has new tricks, thanks to a student engineering team. The goal is to create a robotic companion dog that can improve the quality of life for elderly people with cognitive impairment.
JT Abate, a junior mechanical engineering student, is in South Korea forerunning the downhill, super-G and super combined for both men's and women's events.
This semester, sophomore Makenna Sturgeon is working as a legislative aide for Colorado Rep. Bob Rankin. On top of the experience she's gaining, she also gets to work on another goal: helping people.