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Frank Abramonte (AeroEngr) joined the Seattle office of Cozen O鈥機onnor, where he is part聽of the intellectual property practice. Frank specializes in patents in various areas of engineering and previously worked as an engineer in the fields of electrical systems, propulsion, fluid mechanics, surface geometries and structures.聽

Samuel Austin (Bus; MArch鈥�93) won a Best of Show Award at the 61st Annual Mystic Outdoor Arts Festival in Connecticut. He has been an architect and artist in Boulder for 25 years.

Chett Rubenstein (Acct) left Hewlett Packard Enterprise to join the networking and IT company Cisco as director of cloud services incubation. Chett helps the company build their portfolio of services for helping customers leverage hybrid cloud technologies. 鈥淚鈥檝e come a long way since I wrote聽software on punch cards at CU in the early 鈥�80s!鈥� said Chett, who wrote the first portfolio management system ever used to manage the CU Endowment Fund back in 1983.聽

Kathryn Tobey聽(ChemEngr; MEngrMgmt鈥�94) joined CU as a scholar in residence in the College of Engineering & Applied Science. Previously an executive at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Kathryn is developing聽and teaching courses for the graduate engineering management program.聽In 2016, she received the university鈥檚 George Norlin Award, which celebrates recipients for excellence in their careers and devotion to the betterment of society and community.

After working for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in Colorado, Utah and California and serving in the Peace Corps in Cameroon, David Woodward (CivEngr) is now a hydraulic structures engineer at Black & Veatch鈥檚 Sacramento office. He focuses on the safety of spillways and outlet works for dams.

Phillip Reid聽(Phys) writes in August 2018 he earned聽his PhD from George Washington University in engineering management and systems engineering. Since CU, he鈥檚 spent聽31 years as a principal engineer at McDonnell Douglas Aerospace, now the Boeing Company. Currently, he is leading the system integration laboratory at Boeing, focusing on the development of a reusable rocket system. He resides in Orange, Calif.

Since graduating from CU,聽Jennifer Gralla-Bushman聽(Comm) has traveled聽the world as a chef, author, spokesperson聽and educator. She now focuses on sustainable aquaculture, working with 鈥渢he incredible humans that raise everything from sea veg to oysters, shrimp to salmon,鈥� she writes. She works with water farmers, buyers, chefs and consumers to ensure that the world鈥檚 fish supply remains sustainable far into the future. Last year, she helped create a short documentary film called Full Circle, featuring聽paddle boarder and surfer Jamie Mitchell.聽

Beth B. Osnes (MThtr; PhD鈥�92) likes to have fun. The associate professor in the Department of Theatre & Dance directed the musical performance Shine, about how energy, climate and humans are interrelated. The performance showcased youth from local communities. She hopes her creative approach to communicating climate change will inspire climate action. 鈥淲e used artistic, creative, participatory activities to tell the story of energy and what actions we can take to get from the old story of fossil fuels to the new story of our cities鈥� resilience,鈥� Beth said in an interview with CU Boulder Today. Beth also teaches in the environmental studies department at CU.

Chris Anthony聽(Kines) has been on skis since he was聽18 months old. He was inducted into the Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame for his contributions to聽the sport and industry of skiing and snowboarding. He is executive director and founder of the Chris Anthony Youth Initiative Project, which works to improve quality of life for聽youth by introducing them to educational enrichment opportunities in arts, sports and academics.

Todd Millick (Hist) recently crossed Bulgaria on foot, from west to east, and is working on a collection of essays called Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Lessons and Laughs from an Overseas聽Officer, based on his 20 years of U.S. government service overseas.聽

After graduating with a PhD from Boston University in 2013, David Schmal (Mus; MEdu鈥�96; MA鈥�06) joined Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., where he is now a full-time professor and director of film scoring studies. He writes that during the past 15 years, he has been involved as a composer, conductor and music supervisor for more than 20 films and television projects, including three feature films, a number of short films and a 13-part documentary series.

Gretchen Triplett聽(Jour) became digital editor of High Country News in August. 鈥淭he magazine covers 12 Western states (including Colorado, of course) and is the leading source for news, analysis and commentary on the American West 鈥� an essential resource for those who care about this region,鈥� she said. She resides in Gunnison, Colo., with husband Mike and 12-year-old son Riley.

In September, 叠谤颈迟迟补苍测听碍辞苍蝉别濒濒补 (Chem) became the first person to bike all 750 unique miles of singletrack trails in Crested Butte and the Gunnison Valley. In all, it took about 3,600 miles and 275,000 feet of vertical climbing on her bike 鈥� the vertical equivalent of summiting Mount Everest from base camp 22.5 times, accord- ing to Andrew Sandstrom, who works with the Gunnison-Crested Butte Tourism Association. In 2011, Brittany became the second woman to ski all of Colorado鈥檚 14ers.

Jordan Horowitz鈥檚 (Film)聽film Painless was released in Los Angeles Sept. 21 and became available on digital platforms and DVD Oct. 2. The film is about a man鈥檚 quest to find a cure for a rare condition that leaves him unable to feel physical pain.

Jordan Lipp (Econ, PolSci) and wife Heather published Is There Apple Juice in My Wine?: Thirty-Eight Laws that Affect the Wine You Drink.聽Jordan writes that the book is 鈥渁n entertaining, humorous and enlightening journey through the strange laws that affect all wine lovers 鈥� from how many high-quality grapes are actually contained in that bottle you just bought to why it鈥檚 a felony to ship wine to Kentucky, among many tidbits sure to amuse and educate.鈥� The couple lives in Denver.