/today/ en /today/2026/02/06/how-engineering-alum-optimizes-clean-energy-operations-they-break <span>How an engineering alum optimizes clean energy operations before they break</span> <span><span>Megan M Rogers</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-02-06T12:13:21-07:00" title="Friday, February 6, 2026 - 12:13">Fri, 02/06/2026 - 12:13</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2026-02/aoife%20headshot.JPEG?h=01502fd5&amp;itok=uI6kxkF1" width="1200" height="800" alt="Aoife Henry"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/64"> Alumni in Focus </a> </div> <span>College of Engineering and Applied Science</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Aoife Henry is leading Zentus, a startup she founded that addresses a critical challenge in the energy sector: how to prevent costly equipment failures that can bring wind and solar farms offline without warning.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Aoife Henry is leading Zentus, a startup she founded that addresses a critical challenge in the energy sector: how to prevent costly equipment failures that can bring wind and solar farms offline without warning.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/ecee/engineering-alum-optimizes-clean-energy-operations-before-they-break`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 19:13:21 +0000 Megan M Rogers 56060 at /today /today/2026/02/06/forever-buffs-impact-story-cassidy-davis <span>Forever Buffs impact story: Cassidy Davis</span> <span><span>Elizabeth Lock</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-02-06T09:48:01-07:00" title="Friday, February 6, 2026 - 09:48">Fri, 02/06/2026 - 09:48</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2026-02/Cassidy-davis.jpg?h=46d85cb8&amp;itok=5WUUxVhn" width="1200" height="800" alt="A person smiles at the camera from the field of an empty football stadium. "> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/64"> Alumni in Focus </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>From Folsom Field to Lumen Field, Forever Buff Cassidy Davis has built a career from historic football seasons and meaningful mentorship relationships.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>From Folsom Field to Lumen Field, Forever Buff Cassidy Davis has built a career from historic football seasons and meaningful mentorship relationships. </div> <script> window.location.href = `/alumni/2026/02/03/forever-buffs-impact-story-cassidy-davis-stcomm23`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:48:01 +0000 Elizabeth Lock 56055 at /today /today/2026/02/05/smead-aerospace-graduate-nasa-astronaut-candidate <span>Smead Aerospace graduate a NASA astronaut candidate</span> <span><span>Megan M Rogers</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-02-05T09:11:59-07:00" title="Thursday, February 5, 2026 - 09:11">Thu, 02/05/2026 - 09:11</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2026-02/EO_tnail.jpg?h=d0eedf0c&amp;itok=dAd768QB" width="1200" height="800" alt="Erin Overcash"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/64"> Alumni in Focus </a> </div> <a href="/today/ann-and-hj-smead-department-aerospace-engineering-sciences">Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences</a> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Erin Overcash, a CU Boulder alum, is an aerospace engineer, a United States Navy pilot and a new NASA astronaut candidate.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Erin Overcash, a CU Boulder alum, is an aerospace engineer, a United States Navy pilot and a new NASA astronaut candidate. </div> <script> window.location.href = `/aerospace/smead-aerospace-graduate-nasa-astronaut-candidate`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:11:59 +0000 Megan M Rogers 56040 at /today /today/2026/01/22/couple-captures-wonders-wildlife-and-wolverines <span>Couple captures the wonders of wildlife—and wolverines!</span> <span><span>Megan M Rogers</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-01-22T13:06:46-07:00" title="Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 13:06">Thu, 01/22/2026 - 13:06</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2026-01/wolverine%20looking%20at%20camera.jpg?h=74c6825a&amp;itok=_DJyMpJD" width="1200" height="800" alt="a wolverine steps out of the water, looking at the camera"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/64"> Alumni in Focus </a> </div> <span>Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Having stepped away from high-powered careers, alum Scot Bealer and his wife Lea Frye now focus on what they love: writing about and photographing Rocky Mountain wildlife.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Having stepped away from high-powered careers, alum Scot Bealer and his wife Lea Frye now focus on what they love: writing about and photographing Rocky Mountain wildlife.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/asmagazine/2026/01/13/couple-capture-wonders-wildlife-and-wolverines`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 20:06:46 +0000 Megan M Rogers 55952 at /today /today/2025/12/12/sanctuary-brims-happy-tales-and-tails <span>Sanctuary brims with happy tales (and tails)</span> <span><span>Megan M Rogers</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-12-12T09:22:26-07:00" title="Friday, December 12, 2025 - 09:22">Fri, 12/12/2025 - 09:22</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-12/Tails%20Myles%20and%20Jess.jpg?h=84071268&amp;itok=hufKmWuN" width="1200" height="800" alt="Myles and Jess Osborne pictured at their animal sanctuary"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/64"> Alumni in Focus </a> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/62"> Faculty in Focus </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Tails of Two Cities Sanctuary, founded and run by CU Boulder alum Jess Osborne and her husband, CU Boulder Professor Myles Osborne, gives unwanted or neglected animals a safe, comfortable forever home.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Tails of Two Cities Sanctuary, founded and run by CU Boulder alum Jess Osborne and her husband, CU Boulder Professor Myles Osborne, gives unwanted or neglected animals a safe, comfortable forever home.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/asmagazine/2025/12/02/sanctuary-brims-happy-tales-and-tails`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:22:26 +0000 Megan M Rogers 55822 at /today /today/2025/11/20/dan-carlin-ultimate-time-traveler <span>Dan Carlin is the ultimate time traveler</span> <span><span>Megan M Rogers</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-11-20T11:50:40-07:00" title="Thursday, November 20, 2025 - 11:50">Thu, 11/20/2025 - 11:50</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-11/DC-headshot.jpg?h=d01e5388&amp;itok=Va7krhOO" width="1200" height="800" alt="Dan Carlin"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/64"> Alumni in Focus </a> </div> <span>Coloradan</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Dan Carlin has pioneered long-form and deeply researched history podcasts like "Hardcore History" to make pivotal historical events relatable.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Alum Dan Carlin has pioneered long-form and deeply researched history podcasts like "Hardcore History" to make pivotal historical events relatable.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/coloradan/2025/11/10/dan-carlin-ultimate-time-traveler`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:50:40 +0000 Megan M Rogers 55711 at /today /today/2025/10/21/craft-beer-pioneer-still-eyeing-next-big-thing <span>Craft beer pioneer is still eyeing the next big thing</span> <span><span>Megan M Rogers</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-10-21T08:38:38-06:00" title="Tuesday, October 21, 2025 - 08:38">Tue, 10/21/2025 - 08:38</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-10/Photo_Nov_06_2022_16_12_16_copy_1600x.jpg?h=97d6e9e3&amp;itok=o86pRBvX" width="1200" height="800" alt="Jodi and Keith Villa and their daughter Catherine with beer cans from their alcohol-free Ceria Brewing Company"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/64"> Alumni in Focus </a> </div> <span>Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Keith Villa, who invented Blue Moon Belgian White, thinks cannabis-infused beer might take off. He and his wife, Jodi, both CU Boulder alums, have launched an alcohol-free brewery that could help lead the way.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Keith Villa, who invented Blue Moon Belgian White, thinks cannabis-infused beer might take off. He and his wife, Jodi, both CU Boulder alums, have launched an alcohol-free brewery that could help lead the way.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/asmagazine/2025/10/16/craft-beer-pioneer-still-eyeing-next-big-thing`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:38:38 +0000 Megan M Rogers 55496 at /today /today/2025/09/30/quantum-physics-quantitative-finance <span>From quantum physics to quantitative finance</span> <span><span>Megan M Rogers</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-09-30T08:52:36-06:00" title="Tuesday, September 30, 2025 - 08:52">Tue, 09/30/2025 - 08:52</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-09/Gal%20Weitz%201.jpeg?h=62a52047&amp;itok=cA4sXWKP" width="1200" height="800" alt="Gal Weitz"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/64"> Alumni in Focus </a> </div> <span>College of Arts and Sciences</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>To alum Gal Weitz, Boulder was a "dream destination" for his undergraduate years. Now working in quantitative finance, Weitz shares how his education at CU Boulder set him up for success in the finance world.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>To alum Gal Weitz, Boulder was a "dream destination" for his undergraduate years. Now working in quantitative finance, Weitz shares how his education at CU Boulder set him up for success in the finance world.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/physics/2025/09/22/quantum-physics-quantitative-finance`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:52:36 +0000 Megan M Rogers 55366 at /today /today/2025/09/26/smead-aerospace-grad-steven-ramm-appears-survivor <span>Smead Aerospace grad Steven Ramm appears on Survivor</span> <span><span>Elizabeth Lock</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-09-26T12:31:38-06:00" title="Friday, September 26, 2025 - 12:31">Fri, 09/26/2025 - 12:31</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-09/3080970_2559bc.jpg?h=42abeae9&amp;itok=HVrAU0BX" width="1200" height="800" alt="A portrait of Survivor contestant and CU Boulder alum Steven Ramm."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/64"> Alumni in Focus </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Steven Ramm, who graduated from CU Boulder in 2013 with an aerospace engineering degree, is a Lockheed Martin program manager and CBS Survivor contestant.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Steven Ramm, who graduated from CU Boulder in 2013 with an aerospace engineering degree, is a Lockheed Martin program manager and CBS Survivor contestant. </div> <script> window.location.href = `/aerospace/smead-aerospace-grad-appears-survivor`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 26 Sep 2025 18:31:38 +0000 Elizabeth Lock 55349 at /today /today/2025/09/25/charting-rise-and-fall-great-sea-powers <span>Charting the rise and fall of great sea powers</span> <span><span>Megan M Rogers</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-09-25T09:16:03-06:00" title="Thursday, September 25, 2025 - 09:16">Thu, 09/25/2025 - 09:16</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-09/naval%20battle.jpg?h=5d1a5f06&amp;itok=YYK3HFqj" width="1200" height="800" alt="painting of a naval battle"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/64"> Alumni in Focus </a> </div> <span>Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>A CU alum's book examines how the fate of the Netherlands, Great Britain and the United States as economic and political powers has been deeply intertwined with their ability to project power via the seas.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>A CU alum's book examines how the fate of the Netherlands, Great Britain and the United States as economic and political powers has been deeply intertwined with their ability to project power via the seas.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/asmagazine/2025/09/18/charting-rise-and-fall-great-sea-powers`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:16:03 +0000 Megan M Rogers 55338 at /today