Colorado College News

Will Myers ’26 placed third at the 2026 USA Cycling Collegiate Road Championships in the Men’s Club Criterium last month, taking home his first collegiate national medal. “Getting on the podium at nationals felt like the payoff for all the work I’ve put in over these past four years at CC,” says Myers, who majored in History. “It was a little disappointing being so close to winn...

The Colorado College Chapter of the National Marrow Donor Program (CC NMDP) helped to add over 120 new donors to the national bone marrow registry this past academic year—and for CC NMDP President Iris Pixler ’27, the work is intensely personal. Pixler’s father was diagnosed with lymphoma before she was born, and when she was 14, he received a bone marrow transplant from an anon...

Downtown Tejon was a one-way street and Plaza of the Rockies was brand new when Boston native John Krakauer ’85 hit upon the idea that would change Colorado Springs—and his life. Ice cream. “It started when I was walking around downtown when I was a CC student and recognized that there was something missing,” he says. “It was ice cream like we have back in Boston.” John Krakaue...

Kaviya Chidambaram ’27 is helping fisherwomen in Chennai, India, fight climate displacement, funded by a $10,000 Davis Project for Peace award. “The Davis Project for Peace grant allows me to bring something meaningful to a community partner and catalyze a shared vision for our community,” Chidambaram says. “I am so grateful to the Kathryn W. Davis Foundation and CC for investin...

Six students competed at the USA Climbing 2026 Collegiate Climbing Nationals in late May, earning three medals and making a name for themselves. Despite being a small team, CC placed fifth out of 99 at the competition, with a score of 3843.5, and also won the Team Speed event. They placed 31st in the Lead Team event and fourth in Boulder Team. Over 350 students from 105 colleges...