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CU �ֲ���ý's largest concert hall began construction in 1909. It was completed in 1922.

CU has had over 85 Olympians. It all started with David Bolen.

During the 1918 flu epidemic, the visiting Student Army Training Corps who lived in the Armory were dispersed into “barracks-like tents” so the building could be used as a hospital.

George Norlin is famous for many things around CU's campus, but you might not know just how much he loved to fish.

Vintage postcards dating as far back as 1911 speak to the Norlin Charge, first read in 1935: "The University consists of all who come into and go forth from her halls, who are thinkg of you touched by her influence and who carry on her spirit."

Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, CU �ֲ���ý became the first university in the nation to open a student-led Environmental Center. The day coincided with the nation’s inaugural Earth Day.

CU students have performed as varying versions of Chip, CU �ֲ���ý’s character buffalo mascot, since the 1980s. 

Most of the buildings on CU’s old quad are named for past CU presidents, faculty, deans and regents. Then there’s Guggenheim.

From the 1920s and through the 1950s, a window-display mastermind joyfully created spectacular scenes in his hardware store on what is now the Pearl Street Mall. 

It wasn’t much to look at, but it was the start of a CU �ֲ���ý institution. The first issue of this magazine appeared as The Colorado Alumnus in May 1911.