Stories of Impact

After an accomplished collegiate equestrian career and time as an assistant coach, Maggie Murphy is now focused on developing winners —...

As a high school student in Denver, Tori Anderson Noell thought “there were people who did science and people who did not do science. And...

As Colorado navigates one of the driest, warmest years on record, residents have concerns about drought and its effect on their daily...

When your job title is Colorado Beef Quality Assurance Coordinator, an outside observer would likely imagine that you took a fairly...

Vamsi Nalam is the interim director of the potato breeding program in the rich farmlands of Colorado’s San Luis Valley. But don’t let the...

Lisa Blecker ’02 has built her career around understanding pesticides and sharing that knowledge to keep people safe. As a pesticide...

Not so long ago, Syria produced all of the food it needed within its own borders. And a big part of that production was potatoes. Now, you...

If you’re looking for an agricultural researcher from a traditional ag background, Manny Deleon is probably not your guy. Deleon, you see,...

Sally Jones-Diamond’s story begins on the windswept plains of eastern Colorado, where she grew up on a dryland farm and learned firsthand...

When defining what a traditional agriculturist looks like, you’re likely picturing farmers and ranchers of all ages and backgrounds. ...

Growing up on her family’s coffee farm in India, Punya Nachappa quickly grew accustomed to the humungous flies and beetles buzzing around...

Like many students entering college for the first time, Piper Thyden wasn’t quite sure what she wanted to do with her life. She and her...

In the final scene of Wizard of Oz, Dorothy famously talks about the great lesson she learned in her famous journey.  “If I ever go...

Tabor Kalcevic-Erker’s roots in her family farm run deep. As in, 127 years and six generations worth of deep. Kalcevic Farms, established...

Growing up in Burlington, Colorado, 13 miles west of the Kansas border, sophomore Jhoany Juarez was not born into an agricultural family....

Growing up the youngest of four on Colorado’s Eastern Plains, Don Thorn gravitated toward agriculture more than his siblings. The family...

Lauren Chenarides grew up about an hour north of New York City with no direct connection to agriculture. But like many others with...

Junior Cora Schrock credits her hardworking spirit and fierce love for livestock to the environment she was raised in, one that taught her...