Alumni in Focus
For Fiske Planetarium off-site education lead and CU Âé¶¹Ó°Ôº astrophysics alum MacKenzie Zurfluh, the famed dome isn't just where she works, but where she found love.- 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.
From Folsom Field to Lumen Field, Forever Buff Cassidy Davis has built a career from historic football seasons and meaningful mentorship relationships.
Erin Overcash, a CU Âé¶¹Ó°Ôº alum, is an aerospace engineer, a United States Navy pilot and a new NASA astronaut candidate.
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.
Tails of Two Cities Sanctuary, founded and run by CU Âé¶¹Ó°Ôº alum Jess Osborne and her husband, CU Âé¶¹Ó°Ôº Professor Myles Osborne, gives unwanted or neglected animals a safe, comfortable forever home.
Alum Dan Carlin has pioneered long-form and deeply researched history podcasts like "Hardcore History" to make pivotal historical events relatable.
Keith Villa, who invented Blue Moon Belgian White, thinks cannabis-infused beer might take off. He and his wife, Jodi, both CU Âé¶¹Ó°Ôº alums, have launched an alcohol-free brewery that could help lead the way.
To alum Gal Weitz, Âé¶¹Ó°Ôº was a "dream destination" for his undergraduate years. Now working in quantitative finance, Weitz shares how his education at CU Âé¶¹Ó°Ôº set him up for success in the finance world.
Steven Ramm, who graduated from CU Âé¶¹Ó°Ôº in 2013 with an aerospace engineering degree, is a Lockheed Martin program manager and CBS Survivor contestant.