Maria Kuntz

Editor's Note: Summer 2024

July 16, 2024

This summer, we examine powerful leadership skills: empathy, humility and emotional intelligence. I’d like to add one to that list — kindness. A few years back I found my favorite T-shirt: it’s charcoal gray with simple white lettering that reads, “kindness is magic.” Kindness takes many forms: asking about someone’s...

Chris Weidner climbing

Becoming a Boulder Climber

July 16, 2024

Local climber and writer Chris Weidner reflects on his first months participating in Boulder's incredible outdoor climbing scene.

Chancellor DiStefano with the Dalai Lama

Phil DiStefano on the Lifelong Practice of Leadership

July 16, 2024

Chancellor Phil DiStefano reflects on compassionate leadership, his years at CU and a meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Maria Kuntz

Editor’s Note: Spring 2024

March 4, 2024

Water in the West is a complex, evolving and non-linear system as water levels rise and fall with each year’s rainfall.

Barker Reservoir

Ensuring a Reliable Water Supply for the City of Boulder

March 4, 2024

Kim Hutton, water resources manager for the City of Boulder, reflects on what it takes to provide water for Boulder.

water in the west

A Solutions-Based Approach for Western Water

March 4, 2024

Far before the university’s earliest days, the natural landscape—and water, specifically—has played an important role across Colorado and the West.

Maria Kuntz

Editor's Note: Fall 2023

Nov. 6, 2023

In an age of technological advances, progress still hinges on an essential human experience — trust.

Pied Piper Cafe

John Parker

Nov. 6, 2023

In the late 1950s, a tiny diner on The Hill called the Pied Piper was a hangout for CU students.

Maria Kuntz

Editor's Note: Summer 2023

July 10, 2023

Editor Maria Kuntz writes about Coach Prime's Arrival

Folsom Field

The Buzz Is Back in Boulder

July 10, 2023

On April 22, Boulder became something it hadn’t been since the early 1990s: the focus of the entire college football world.

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