The day before this year’s Colorado Startup Week, an exclusive spotlight highlighted the innovation coming out of the University of Colorado’s four campuses. More than 500 individuals attended the third-annual CU Innovation Day, hosted at the History Colorado Center on Monday, September 14, 2026. Attendees included researchers, entrepreneurs, university students, community leaders, and 150 local high school students who came out to share, connect, and be inspired.  Read more

Growing up, Sofie Maliyevsky ’25 wanted to be a fashion designer. She loved drawing, painting, and creating, even making custom styles for her dolls. Through her formative years, Maliyevsky attended a hands-on, expeditionary-style program where teamwork, outdoor education, and other “non-traditional” subjects superseded standardized testing. Surprisingly, Maliyevsky’s transition into “normal” learning post high-school felt natural.  Read more

Coffee is one of the few things that needs no introduction. Across cultures, backgrounds, and time zones, it is part of millions of people’s morning routines, it’s the quiet constant that helps them get through long days of work, and the backdrop to conversations that might otherwise never happen. And more often than not, the place where people drink it matters just as much as what is in the cup.  Read more

From livestream storefronts in TikTok to high-growth tech startups, Vietnamese business leaders are not waiting for permission to build. In the first half of 2025 alone, TikTok Shop’s gross merchandise value in Vietnam surged by 148% year-over-year, supported by more than 266,000 revenue-generating sellers. Many of them are young adults launching fashion, beauty, and lifestyle brands with no more than a smartphone, consistency, and high digital literacy.  Read more

Clinton Hughey MBA ’25 grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. ‘Music City’ left him with a fundamental love of music and nature. Nights spent camping beneath open skies lead Hughey to a revelation. “I realized at a very young age that this world is precious, and we need to protect it.” Food also found its way into his heart. Hughey worked in many restaurants, but even before that, he saw food as a unique art form.  Read more

The road to leadership rarely comes with a clear map. For Kelly Mackey MBA ’08 Chief Financial Officer at RTD, it started with curiosity and a quiet determination to figure things out one step at a time. As a first-generation college student and a woman navigating fast-moving and often male-dominated spaces, she discovered early that growth comes from movement, whether it is through staying open-minded, asking questions, or finding confidence in the process of learning.  Read more

For the first time, four generations are working side by side — a modern-day renaissance of values, vision, and communication. From World War II to 9/11, the first moon landing to our first black president, each generation carries priorities shaped by decades of unique interactions, crises, and recoveries. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Millennials make up 36% of the U.S.  Read more