A college emergency medical technician (EMT) class that became a summer job led Christopher Davis to medical school and his current position as assistant professor of emergency medicine and the medical director of Altitude and Mountain Medicine Consultants. That summer job – working as an EMT for the Appalachian Mountain Club at a backcountry hut – was an inspiring exposure to medicine and wilderness care. One unforgettable moment was watching a doctor treating a patient at the hut who was in cardiac arrest. The doctor was having trouble adequately ventilating the patient. After several attempts, the doctor improvised – a key to wilderness medicine – by using his CamelBak to make an airway into the patient’s throat.
Callie Rennison hasn’t exactly lived by the numbers, but she’s passionate about finding the truth behind them. Rennison is a professor, associate dean of faculty affairs, and director of the Master of Criminal Justice (MCJ) program in the CU Denver School of Public Affairs. Her research has examined violence against women and minority groups and how victims interact with the criminal justice system.
The heavily attended conference, MacDonald said, features strong representation from Boulder, with a number of scientists from not only NOAA, but also the University of Colorado, the National...
NASA is famous for reaching for the stars and “revealing the unknown,” and now the University of Colorado Boulder’s Fiske Planetarium plans to help inform millions of people about some of NASA’s new discoveries through short films that will be distributed to planetariums across the nation.
Like countless teens in the ’60s, Stan Soocher found inspiration in the Beatles. He was 14 when he joined a band and echoed Ringo Starr’s beat on the likes of “You Can’t Do That,” “Ticket to Ride” and “Day Tripper.”
