Student Awards

On her own terms

Susan Glairon — Fri, 01 May 2026 19:01:47 +0000

On her own terms Susan Glairon Fri, 05/01/2026 - 13:01

Susan Glairon

Arianna McCarty brings excellence to everything she does, from everyday tasks to her highest pursuits.

In 2021, Arianna McCarty was a high school junior taking calculus 3 and planning a future in medicine. When the pandemic hit, she turned an unexpected setback into a new direction — one that led her to engineering and launched a fast-rising career in research.

On Saturday, McCarty graduated from the �Թ�� of Colorado Boulder summa cum laude with honors in chemical and biological engineering and as the Outstanding Graduate of the College of Engineering and Applied Science, along with some of the nation’s most competitive undergraduate awards and scholarships.

Her awards include a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP); a scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation; a Churchill Scholarship, which includes one year of master’s study at Cambridge �Թ��; and a Goldwater Scholarship.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, McCarty’s classes at Centaurus High School in Lafayette quickly moved fully online, and she soon found herself unchallenged and wanting more.

“Because I wasn't yet 18, I couldn't volunteer in a clinical role,” McCarty said. “So I started thinking about research. It was something I’d planned to pursue in college, and it became a ‘why not start now?’ kind of thing.”

Encouraged by her older brother and his girlfriend, McCarty contacted CU Boulder professors about computational research opportunities, as in-person lab work was rare during the pandemic.

She soon began working with the Layer Lab at CU Boulder’s BioFrontiers Institute in partnership with Colorado Children's Hospital, analyzing genomic sequences from patients with a range of conditions. At the same time, she enrolled in Colorado Early Colleges, where she took college classes concurrently at Front Range Community College.

Upon graduation, McCarty was awarded the Boettcher Scholarship, a highly competitive merit-based award for Colorado high school seniors.

Turning point

Arianna McCarty in a lab.

McCarty says she loved computational research, but soon realized she also wanted a hands-on lab experience.

The summer after her freshman year, she joined the Clark Lab at CU Anschutz through the Vetter Foundation, where she studied the respiratory microbiome and investigated how native bacteria in the respiratory tract can protect against pathogens.

Still thinking about a career in medicine, she drove daily to the Anschutz campus for full days of research, then attended classes several evenings a week at Denver Health to earn her Emergency Medical Technician certificate.

In the fall of her sophomore year, she worked as an emergency room (ER) technician at a level one trauma center at UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies and on the medical surgery floor at Boulder Community Health. As a technician, she wheeled patients into the emergency room, collected vital signs, placed IVs and performed EKGs. On the medical-surgery floor, she provided ongoing patient care, including post-surgery support, monitoring vitals and responding to call lights.

At that point, she was working roughly 40 hours a week on night shifts while also managing her college classes, several part-time jobs and research. The demanding experience prompted a turning point and set her on a new path.

“I bit off more than I could chew,” McCarty said. “I didn’t have time for my friends. I wasn’t as engaged in my coursework, especially after having been awake for 36 hours.

“I enjoyed patient care and working in a hospital, but I eventually decided it wasn't worth doing night shifts for a decade,” she continued. “The work was a very structured, systematic, flowchart-like process. It didn’t engage me as much as research does. It was difficult emotionally to leave my medical plan behind, but it felt easy to pivot to research, which I find very gratifying.”

Road to research

McCarty is interested in tissue engineering—the process of building biological tissues in the lab—and regenerative medicine, which focuses on repairing damaged tissues. To gain research experience in those areas before attending graduate school, she joined the Burdick Biomaterials and Biofabrication Laboratory through the Young Scholars Summer Research Program and has continued her work with that lab.

Arianna McCarty presenting her research at the 2024 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual meeting in San Diego.

This fall, one of her academic awards, the Churchill Scholarship, will take her to the �Թ�� of Cambridge for a one-year Master of Philosophy in biological sciences. During that time, she will work under Dr. Sam Bajati at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, a world-renowned genomics research center, conducting computational research to study genetic information from individual cells while engaging with an international research community.

McCarty’s focus will be on the adolescent immune system. Her goal is to better understand why pediatric blood cancers such as leukemia arise and to help inform potential therapies, McCarty said.

“More broadly, this experience will strengthen my computational skill set as I prepare to pursue a PhD in the United States,” she said.

Passion unearthed

Although McCarty entered CU Boulder with a significant number of college credits, she remained enrolled at CU Boulder for the traditional four years, completing her degree requirements as a junior, then spending her senior year taking graduate courses and exploring subjects that interested her.

“I discovered a love for philosophy,” said McCarty. “CU offers uniquely strong programs that introduce engineers to these ideas through the Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics & Society and the Engineering Leadership Program (ENLP). The Engineering Honors Program offers a freshman critical encounters course that introduces more philosophical readings. I've been able to take advantage of all these opportunities.”

Arianna McCarty receives the Undergraduate Student Employee of the Year in the leadership category from the National Student Employment Association. Standing to the right is Professor Rob Davis, who nominated McCarty for the Award.

While winning numerous awards and scholarships for her academic and research pursuits, McCarty also received national and campus teaching awards, including the Undergraduate Student Employee of the Year from the National Student Employment Association for her work as a course assistant and mentor.

McCarty said her new-found passion for teaching surprised her. Since her sophomore year, she's held office hours, assisted in grading papers and given several lectures.

“I've had a blast with it,” she said. “I've been the teaching assistant for a group of students and have watched them grow from taking the introductory material and energy balances course to being a course assistant for their senior design class. It's been an unexpected, gratifying experience to be a part of that journey and community.

“The student employee awards have been more meaningful than some of the big-name awards,” she continued. “There’s something powerful about feeling that the people around me—within my department and among those I look up to—hold my work in high regard.”

She fondly remembers giving a brief lecture on leadership and having students come up afterward to share how much they enjoyed it.

“Those experiences made it clear to me that what I’m doing can have a direct, positive impact. A lot of what’s been motivating me towards being a professor outside of research is that I have enjoyed teaching and mentoring. I hope that as I progress through my career, I can continue mentoring, formally or informally and directly impact students' lives.”

Future plans

McCarty hopes to integrate all of her previous lab experiences in tissue engineering, immunology and computation into a unified research focus. She plans to become a professor and establish her own regenerative medicine lab.

Her top choice is to pursue her PhD at Johns Hopkins �Թ�� in Baltimore, Maryland. Although she was accepted, the program could not defer her admission until after she completed her master’s at the �Թ�� of Cambridge. Instead of choosing one of the numerous other PhD programs she was accepted to, she plans to reapply to Johns Hopkins after finishing her year at Cambridge.

In many ways, McCarty has come full circle, hoping her research will help heal patients in the same way she once hoped to work with them directly.

“In terms of research, the ultimate goal is human health impact,” she said. “At the end of the day it would be fantastic to figure out some way to make organs in a lab and how to heal different types of wounds.

“But those are more lofty pies in the sky. A lot of progress in science comes from small, incremental steps that eventually lead to big end goals. I’m interested in how research moves from the lab into the real world and makes an impact, rather than just staying in academic papers that never get used.

“It’s my ultimate goal — for my research to help improve patient care.”

A conversation with Arianna McCarty

It seems you are on the go all the time. How do you stay grounded?

I spend time with my people. I like having my few close friends, and I stick to them. I am not someone who texts 100 friends. I couldn't keep that up. My sanity check is to spend time with my friends or my partner, have random late-night conversations, cook dinner together and enjoy the little in-between moments of life.

What could students do to stand out?

If you are not the most hardworking person, intelligence doesn't mean much. At the end of the day, you need to put in long hours even when you don't want to. Be the person who organizes a club's Google Drive and who stays after a club meeting to clean up pizza boxes and close the door. No one wants to do it, but it will be helpful.

Over time, this will set you apart and make it clear how engaged and caring you are, to the point that others start asking for your opinions. Before long, you’ll find yourself in a leadership position with the opportunity to contribute even more.

How do you stay motivated when you are doing those less exciting tasks?

I am someone who gets it. I really enjoyed the ER. It's a 12-hour night shift, and those shifts are not for the faint of heart. But there's a sense of triumph and success in doing it, and also a strong sense of community with everyone around you going through the same thing.

It was similar in Professor Jason Burdick’s Lab. When we were there late at night, we'd start playing random fun music, and we'd dance. It’s nice to feel like you're all in it together.

Is there anything else that you would like to add?

A big thank you goes to my brother, Brian McCarty, and Dr. Jessica Stelzel, his fiancée. Both have been mentors for me since high school.

It's the same with Professor Jason Burdick, Assistant Professor Ryan Layer, and a huge shout out to Assistant Professor Sarah Clark at CU Anschutz. She was the first to let me go wild with my scientific curiosities. I would send her the things I was curious about and how I wanted to test them, and she was game. She gave me a lot of advice and mentorship on the way.

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Honoring our 2026 department awardees

Susan Glairon — Fri, 01 May 2026 16:57:12 +0000

Honoring our 2026 department awardees Susan Glairon Fri, 05/01/2026 - 10:57

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Ten undergraduate students won 11 awards from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Please click on their names to read more about our students' accomplishments.

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Driven to win: CU Boulder qualifies again for national Chem-E-Car competition

Susan Glairon — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:47:24 +0000

Driven to win: CU Boulder qualifies again for national Chem-E-Car competition Susan Glairon Wed, 04/29/2026 - 11:47

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Izzy Culver starts her team's zinc battery car, the Stinkinator, at the Rocky Mountain regional competition held in Salt Lake City, Utah from April 10-11.

James Hempfling, Mizuki Green, Alex Tibbits and Izzy Culver hold their First-Place Poster Presentation and Second-Place Performance awards for their car, Stinkinator, which is powered by a zinc–alkaline battery system.

A little car named "Stinkinator" placed second in the Chem-E-Car car performance competition, qualifying CU Boulder for the national American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Chem-E-Car competition next fall.

This marks the second consecutive year that CU Boulder has advanced to the nationals, which will take place in November in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

This year, CU Boulder sent two teams to the Rocky Mountain regional competition held in Salt Lake City, Utah from April 10-11. Teams are composed of students representing chemical and biological engineering, mechanical engineering and various other engineering disciplines.

“Qualifying for the national competition again is both exciting and intimidating,” said Captain Mizuki Green, a sophomore in chemical engineering whose car, Stinkinator, qualified for the national competition. “We are proud to continue CU Boulder’s legacy in this event and recognize the high standard set by previous senior teams. At the same time, we’re eager for the opportunity to learn, grow and build new connections within the chemical engineering community.”

The competition's goal is to design a shoebox-sized car powered by chemical reactions— such as a battery or an internal combustion engine — that stops at a specified distance using a time-dependent chemical reaction. The target distance is revealed just before the competition, and the team whose car stops closest to that distance wins.

Stinkinator placed second in the car performance competition and took first place in the poster presentation. The second-place win for car performance secured CU Boulder a spot at the national AIChE competition.

The second car, a pressure car named “Pushin' P,” took second place in the poster presentation and fourth in car distance.

“We have never done this before, so it was difficult figuring out how to build an operating pressure car in general,” said Captain Katya Jassem, a junior in chemical engineering. Unlike the first team, the second team was made up entirely of chemical and biological engineering students.

Ethan Blair, Katya Jansem and Sergio Morales with their second-place Poster Presentation award, for their car, Pushin' P. Pushin' P is powered by an acid–base reaction between citric acid and sodium bicarbonate to produce carbon dioxide gas. The buildup of gas creates pressure, which powers a pneumatic motor to drive the car

Stinkinator is powered by a zinc–alkaline battery system using pure zinc anodes and a potassium hydroxide electrolyte separator. The cathode is a copper–manganese dioxide paste with activated carbon, which serves as the primary energy source. To stop the car, aqueous hydrochloric acid is released into a sodium thiosulfate solution, triggering a reaction that produces solid sulfur—hence the name, Stinkinator.

Pushin’ P uses an acid–base reaction between citric acid and sodium bicarbonate to produce carbon dioxide gas. The buildup of gas creates pressure, which powered a pneumatic motor to drive the car. After the reaction, the gas was directed through steel tubing from the reaction chamber to the motor, where it turned the system and propelled the car.

To control when the car stopped, the team used a calibration curve relating system pressure to travel distance, allowing them to calculate the correct reactant amounts in advance.

Throughout the year, CU Boulder students designed, built and tested their car ideas in the chemical engineering undergraduate teaching lab, supported by Assistant Teaching Professor Ehsan Keyvani.

"These competitions involve an intensive, year-long process of iteration and refinement to master their craft.” Keyvani said.

The first semester is typically focused on brainstorming and initial engineering/testing. Once the second semester begins, activity ramps up. The first half is dedicated to testing, solidifying the car design and preparing the required competition documentation. In the second half of the spring semester, the team meets multiple times per week for extended sessions to ensure everything is competition-ready.

CU Boulder's Chem-E-Car club is supported by funding from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and has received Engineering Excellence Fund support in the past. Students interested in joining CU Boulder's Chem-E-Club can send an email to chemecar@colorado.edu. The club can also be followed on Instagram at @boulderchemecar.

A little car named "Stinkinator" placed second in the Chem-E-Car car performance competition, paving the way for CU Boulder to compete in the national competition next fall. The competition's goal is to design a shoebox-sized car powered by chemical reactions— such as a battery or an internal combustion engine — that stops at a specified distance using a time-dependent chemical reaction.

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Honoring our 2026 undergraduate college awardees

Susan Glairon — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:44:16 +0000

Honoring our 2026 undergraduate college awardees Susan Glairon Tue, 04/14/2026 - 14:44

Thirteen chemical and biological engineering undergraduate students won 18 awards from the College of Engineering and Applied Science. Please click on their names to read more about our students' accomplishments.

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Kate Seymour

Susan Glairon — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:23:36 +0000

Kate Seymour Susan Glairon Fri, 04/10/2026 - 09:23

Double Major

Chemical Engineering (BS) and Chemistry (BA)

CEAS Award

Research Award

Future Plans

Pursuing a Materials Science and Engineering PhD at the �Թ�� of Colorado Boulder

Why were you were selected for this award?

In the Bowman Research Group, I develop computer models that predict how light-activated plastics, called photopolymers, form and harden during manufacturing. My work addresses a critical gap in existing models, a chemical reaction unique to a major class of these materials, that has long forced researchers to rely on costly trial and error. By filling this gap, my models will enable scientists to design better photopolymers from the outset, rather than relying on guesswork.

Photopolymers are widely used in everyday applications from dental fillings and crowns, to 3D-printed medical devices, contact lenses and protective coatings. Improving predictive modeling can lead to more durable dental restorations (reducing repeat procedures, especially valuable for communities with limited access to dental care), while accelerating the development of customized medical implants and reducing material waste in manufacturing. Ultimately, my work helps researchers and engineers design these essential materials more efficiently, lowering costs and bringing new healthcare technologies to patients sooner.

What accomplishment are you most proud of?

Finishing a dual degree in chemical engineering and chemistry while staying genuinely connected to the people around me. The GPA matters to me, but what I am most proud of is that I did not disappear into the work. I stayed present with my classmates. I kept showing up for the people in my life. I found my faith. I tried to honor the professors and coworkers who invested in me through my hard work and commitment. I stayed curious about things beyond my engineering and chemistry coursework.

At times, it would have been easier to avoid the harder, messier parts of being a person: relationships, faith, vulnerability, and showing up for others when it was inconvenient. I did not always get it right, but I learned more from trying to hold both things together than I ever could have from the coursework alone. Looking back, I did not have to sacrifice the things that made me feel human to succeed academically, and that is what I am most proud of.

What is your favorite CU Boulder memory?

Growing up, Saturday mornings meant watching College GameDay with my parents and cheering for our respective programs. So getting swept up in that experience at my own alma mater during Coach Prime's first season was pure joy. I traveled to Fort Worth for the opener and waved a giant CU flag on Big Noon Kickoff as Colorado shocked Texas Christian �Թ��. The following week, I was back at Folsom Field for the Nebraska game, where I won best sign on Big Noon. Then came the Rocky Mountain Showdown, and College GameDay's first visit to Boulder since 1996, where I got a photo with Desmond Howard, a former professional football player and current sports analyst. It's a fall I'll never forget.

What is your best piece of advice for other students?

Say "yes" to the opportunity you feel underqualified for. Email the professor whose research sounds intimidating. Apply for the internship you assume you won't get. Volunteer for the project that pushes you outside your comfort zone. Most of the meaningful opportunities I've had at CU started with me deciding to try. The worst thing that happens is someone says "no," which is exactly where you started. The people who seem to have it all figured out aren't more qualified than you; they just took the first step and asked.

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Jessica Connell

Susan Glairon — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:32:18 +0000

Jessica Connell Susan Glairon Wed, 04/08/2026 - 14:32

Major

Chemical and Biological Engineering

CEAS Awards

Academic Engagement Award
Culture Impact Award
Research Award

Post-graduation plans

Research at the Institute of Future Fuels at the DLR (German Aerospace Center) in Cologne, Germany

Why were you selected for these awards?

Culture Impact
I’ve been a member of oSTEM for four years and board member for three of those years. oSTEM, an LGBTQ+ STEM student organization, played an integral role in my time at CU. I was able to find community, gain professional experience, and leave a lasting impact on campus. As a board member, I helped take oSTEM to our first three National Conferences, displayed an AIDS memorial in the Pride Office, started our Alumni Network, and established ongoing connections with LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Groups in industry. oSTEM represents a deeply personal and important cause to me, and I’m grateful that I’ve had the opportunity to give back to the community that has supported me through some of my hardest times and darkest moments.

Research
I’ve participated in research with three different groups in my time at CU. I started by working in the Nabity group in Aerospace Engineering, working on ways to improve carbon dioxide capture and filtering for life support systems (such as on the International Space Station).

From there, I then joined the Weimer lab, working on utilizing concentrated sunlight to produce sustainable fuels. This work functions by taking water, heating it up to 1500C, and then flowing over an active material. This material has special properties that allows it to separate the oxygen out of water, leaving hydrogen which can then be captured. This hydrogen can then be combined with carbon monoxide to make syngas, a precursor to hydrocarbon fuels, or ammonia, which is used in fertilizer production necessary to feed over half the world’s population. While this work is not a perfect solution, it provides a step toward a more sustainable energy future and can be used with current energy infrastructure, making implementation much more feasible.

Lastly, I joined the Shields lab this year to complete my senior thesis. In this lab, I’ve worked on improving quantitative biodistribution measures to aid in cancer treatment research. One of the major challenges with cancer treatments is targeting, or getting the treatment to the desired part of the body. One way to study where treatments end up is a biodistribution study, or looking at the treatment concentration in different organs in the body. However, this process is typically labor intensive and destructive. My work has been developing quantitative calibrations of fluorescent images so that researchers can determine treatment concentration in each organ without destroying it. This will help determine which treatments have the highest targeting ability and thus should be studied more.

Academic Engagement
I have been a chemical engineering course assistant for the past year and a half. I have helped with Fluid Mechanics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Kinetics and Reactor Design, and was the head course assistant for a Mass Transfer bridge course. Though I love the concepts and challenging problems, my favorite part of being a CA has been my interactions with students. I love watching my students understand a concept for the first time or do really well on an exam they were worried about. I also love being able to provide support and advice about classes, professors, research, internships or even just to listen when someone has a bad day. Chemical engineering is difficult, and I want to make sure that the other students in the program have the community and support they need to do well.

What is your favorite CU Boulder memory?

My favorite memory from my time at CU has been hanging out with my friends on the front patio area of the biotech building. Whenever we need a break from being engineers, we all sit in the sun and nap, chat, play volleyball, stretch, do handstands and generally just enjoy a moment to ourselves. Chemical engineering is difficult, and as much as I love the hard work, I also cherish the moments of calm and community.

What is your best piece of advice for other students?

Ask for help. So many people at CU are in your corner and will support you if you ask. I would not be where I am today without the support of my family, friends, professors, mentors, and peers, and I'm incredibly grateful for their support and advice throughout my time at CU.

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ChBE senior earns national and campus Student Employee of the Year honors

Susan Glairon — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:16:18 +0000

ChBE senior earns national and campus Student Employee of the Year honors Susan Glairon Wed, 04/08/2026 - 10:16

McCarty was selected as the leadership category winner at the national and campus levels. She was recognized for her leadership as a course assistant and lead course assistant for multiple core engineering courses, as well as for her professionalism and academic excellence.

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Arianna McCarty

Susan Glairon — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:19:34 +0000

Arianna McCarty Susan Glairon Wed, 04/08/2026 - 05:19

Major

Chemical and Biological Engineering

CEAS Awards

Outstanding Undergraduate of the College
Academic Engagement Award
Research Award

Future Plans

Earn a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in biological sciences from the Wellcome Sanger Institute at the �Թ�� of Cambridge as a Churchill Scholar

Why were you selected for these awards?

Academic Engagement Award
Teaching and learning have always been inseparable for me at CU. Across seven course assistant (CA) roles, I've had an exceptional opportunity to deepen my understanding of content, and more importantly deepen my connection with the academic community in the CHBE department. Beyond my CA roles, I've pursued extensive graduate coursework, classes across many disciplines, and even had the chance to conduct independent studies on Japanese haiku and French existentialism with Dr. Anja Lange! CU has given me the space to pursue my curiosities, and I've never stopped taking it up on that offer.

Research Award
In the Burdick Biomaterials and Biofabrication Laboratory, I engineer heart tissues with specific regions of scarring to model what happens to the heart following a heart attack. Using biomaterials and 3D bioprinting techniques, we fabricate these tissues to closely mimic the architecture of a damaged heart and subsequently investigate how specific proteins might be targeted to reverse scarring. I have also contributed to research in the Clark Lab at CU Anschutz, where I investigate how our respiratory microbiome (the collection of bacteria naturally present in our airway) interacts with and protects against pathogens, with implications for how we understand and treat respiratory infections.

Outstanding Undergraduate of the College Award
My undergraduate experience has been defined by a commitment to research, teaching and community at CU Boulder. Serving as a course assistant (CA) for seven courses has been one of the greatest gifts of my time here; it immersed me in the heart of the ChBE community in a way nothing else could have. Spanning three laboratories and four published papers, my research has ranged from respiratory microbiology to cardiac tissue engineering, allowing me to chase curiosities that only seem to deepen the further I go. Beyond the lab, working as an EMT, volunteering with Engineers Without Borders, and holding roles with the Boettcher Foundation and Goldwater Scholar Council have each been ways I've tried to pour into the communities that have given so much to me.

What is your favorite CU Boulder memory?

I don't have one favorite memory, and I think that's the point. The memories I'll carry with me are the gnocchi nights with friends, the spontaneous lab dance parties and the conversations that went way longer than they were supposed to. Those in-between moments are where the real magic lives.

What is your best piece of advice for other students?

My best piece of advice for other students is to ask for help. There are so many people here at CU who are in your corner and will support you if you just ask. I would not be where I am today without the support of my family, friends, professors, mentors and peers, and I'm incredibly grateful for their support and advice throughout my time at CU.

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Becca Rhodes

Susan Glairon — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:59:43 +0000

Becca Rhodes Susan Glairon Tue, 04/07/2026 - 16:59

Major

Chemical Engineering

CEAS Award

Perseverance Award

Why do you think you were selected for this award?

I have used my life experience to help others with their own strife, and I have let my experiences be a motivating force, rather than a defeat.

What is your favorite CU Boulder memory?

Singing at the national conference National Collegiate Choral Organization (NCCO) with the �Թ�� Choir in November 2025. I will cherish those memories forever!

What is your best piece of advice for other students?

Struggle looks different for everyone. Be slow to judge, and wary of assuming someone is okay based on their outward achievements. In the same vein, it is okay to ask for help, and the relationships you form from shared vulnerability and support will be far more meaningful and long-lasting. You are not as isolated as you feel. You deserve kindness and support, both from others and from yourself.

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Arianna McCarty awarded Churchill Scholarship—the 4th in CU Boulder history

Susan Glairon — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:18:22 +0000

Arianna McCarty awarded Churchill Scholarship—the 4th in CU Boulder history Susan Glairon Fri, 01/30/2026 - 10:18

Chemical and biological engineering senior Arianna McCarty has earned the prestigious Churchill Scholarship, becoming just the fourth student in university history to receive the honor. The award will support a year of master’s study at the �Թ�� of Cambridge, recognizing her exceptional research achievements and academic excellence.

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