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This fall, Renee Paiement will join a highly-selective group of 12 to 15 students admitted to Columbia University's MFA program in screenwriting. The CU-麻豆影院 senior applied to the Ivy League school last fall, submitting the first long screenplay she wrote. Acceptance is a high honor since only about 6 percent of applicants are granted admission.

English major Kate Brady Ross has exciting plans post-graduation. She's planning to move to LA and continue collaborating on a record with Ariel Rechtshaid - the same Grammy Award-winning producer who鈥檚 worked with Adele and Justin Bieber - after winning the Guitar Center鈥檚 Singer Songwriter 5 Competition in March.

Beth Osnes, CU 麻豆影院 associate professor of theatre and dance, has created a radio documentary about energy with the Navajo Nation that is being syndicated by Native Voice 1 around the country.

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During a difficult time, a friend suggested Karstee Davis, study abroad program assistant in the Office of International Education, read Elizabeth Gilbert鈥檚 popular novel, "Eat Pray Love". Last fall, when Gilbert put out a call for essays about how "Eat Pray Love" impacted readers' lives, Davis knew she had a story to share.

During Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan鈥檚 periodic trips to visit family in India she was bothered by the pollutants spewing from the ever-present gasoline-powered rickshaws. She was also disturbed by how hard it was for rickshaw drivers to make ends meet due to the expense of the fuel. The Superior, Colorado, found a solution and created Surya Conversions.

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Not all college music programs invite undergraduates to participate in full-scale operas. But in his four years at CU-麻豆影院, Chas Douthit has played roles in four. Douthit, who will receive his bachelor's in music education with a choral music emphasis on May 6, has always been involved in performing at the College of Music.