What IS The Nobel Prize? The University of Colorado is famous, among other claims to fame, for its Nobel Prize Winners. What IS the Nobel Prize and why do we care? The Nobel Prize, established by the will of Alfred Nobel, a Swedish inventor, engineer, and industrialist, is one of the world’s most prestigious honors. […]

Spring is without question “Boulder Beautiful.” Flower colors are what I would call “out of the tube” colors. I’ve hopefully captured some of the special magic of spring colors in these snapshots. This group is from our back yard. Enjoy! Flowers remain fascinating even in their final days of existence. We would do well to […]

Mid-1990s Boulder was busy with activity. Fitness was king. Local businesses were prized. Hacky Sack circles and jam band opuses were ubiquitous anywhere students congregated. Simultaneous to that, though, was something wholly different. Buried in the corridors of the JILA tower on CU’s campus, a breakthrough was purring along quietly. Professors Carl Wieman and Eric […]