Students in Focus
The recent unexpected and turbulent times have been difficult for many students, but international students have often been met with even more challenges and considerable roadblocks. Chieri Kamada is among them.
Like many college students, Giovanni Hernandez has a lot on his plate. He’s excelling in challenging engineering coursework as a civil engineering major, with an emphasis in construction engineering and management, and maintaining a 4.0 GPA.
Growing up in Southern California, Holly Hunter faced her share of naysayers. Hunter, who was born 100 percent deaf in both ears, was told by some she wasn't going to be able to keep up in school. But those doubters just served as fuel.
For her honors thesis, media production major Taylor Passios turned her apartment into an immersive exhibit to illuminate the role of online information overload in COVID-19-related hypochondria.
A doctoral student and Microsoft research fellow, Scheuerman has worked with companies such as Facebook and Google to spot social issues within technology design, such as how race and gender are represented.
Briana Aboulache and Karolin Luger won the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam fellowship, which looks to build a more inclusive scientific environment.
CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s Kelly Zepelin won the David M. Schneider Award from the American Anthropological Association.
Melissa Villarreal, a doctoral student in sociology, won a grant from the American Sociological Association for her work with housing recovery among Houston-area immigrants.
Claire McCollough, a future forensic accountant, held her own against seasoned data scientists and analytics officers at an Alteryx competition.
Kids around Colorado are kicking back for summer vacation. But one team of engineers is working to make sure when children come back to school in the fall, the air they breathe will be cleaner and healthier.