Impact Stories

Jenny Christen

Scholarship fuels Jenny Christen’s path to Space ISAC

Just one month after graduating magna cum laude from UCCS, Jenny Christen (’24) joined…

Mario Romero

Artist donates proceeds of tip-only flash tattoo events to CU Anschutz

Mario Romero began offering tip-only flash tattoo events for first responders during…

Students in blue shirts and blue jeans stand around a CU Denver sign

CU Denver achieves record fundraising year

With $26.4 million in gift commitments, 2024–2025 was the most successful fundraising…

Vice Chancellor for Sustainability Andrew Mayock with alumnus and donor Spike Buckley

$10M investment to invigorate sustainability education at CU Boulder

A gift from CU Boulder alumnus Spike Buckley will fund a robust sustainability…

A mountain lion statue in front of the rocky mountains

UCCS scholarship celebrates 25 years with generous pledge

Through the combination of a generous planned gift and state funding, $800,000 has…

A researcher stares into a microscope

$40 million gift to fuel research and new eye therapies

The anonymous gift to the CU Anschutz Department of Ophthalmology, Colorado’s only…

Staff working in the Basic Needs Center food pantry

Basic Needs Center helps students overcome barriers

When a CU Buff lost everything in a devastating apartment fire just two months before…

The Davison family

Couple creates fund to support special education teachers

Former teachers Frances and Ross Davison pledged to create the Richard Keith Davison…

Adelita Aguirre in a gray blazer against a gray background

Financial aid brings UCCS student’s higher education dreams within reach

First-generation student Adelita Aguirre’s UCCS journey began with a childhood tour…

Dr. Kim Paxton smiles at the camera, she has short blonde hair and is wearing a red blazer

CU Anschutz professor's free textbook makes education more affordable

Nursing professor Dr. Kim Paxton gave students the gift of her time and expertise,…

A student jazz performance

Thompson endowment swings jazz forward at CU Boulder

Last fall, CU Boulder’s College of Music added a vocal jazz degree option to the…

A man and a woman examine a jawbone

CU Denver receives unusual donation of animal bones

Anthropology student Michelle Wilson has facilitated the donation of a unique and…