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From bringing a family recipe to the hot sauce market; to helping debut an all-female orchestra in Afghanistan; and normalizing the superfood of insects in the American diet, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder alumni are innovating near and far.

Cousins Juan and Charlie Stewart, both Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder alumni, are carving out a space for themselves in the hot sauce market using Guatemalan family recipes and locally-sourced ingredients.

For years, the Taliban banned music in Afghanistan. Now the country's first dedicated music school has debuted an all-female orchestra, with Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder music alumna and mentor Allegra Boggess to thank.

Two bodies of work exhibited in an official satellite site of Venice Biennale 2017, the oldest and arguably most prestigious visual arts event in the world, share close ties to Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder.

There are nearly 300,000 Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder alumni today. For a few moments on a spring day in 1882, there was just one: Henry Alexander Drumm.

Be part of the story: Use the hashtag #ForeverBuffs to be featured in the 2017 Spring Commencement Storify page.

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder alumni Dale Grant and Julie Dutton, as part of one of the world's best-equipped earthquake teams at the National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC), are among the first to gather key details in a quake's immediate aftermath.

In 1959, the folk music craze sweeping America prompted several Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ affiliates to produce a record titled "Folk Song Festival at Exodus," which would later propel one featured group to the Billboard charts and a young employee, Judy Collins, to true superstardom.

While Joyce Earickson's career focus has varied, her goals have remained constant: teaching, helping others and leading a meaningful life. "I think I’ve had to come to terms with wondering if everybody might have a wandering life like I’ve had . . . where they start out in something and then it morphs into something else and leads here and there."

For Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ alumnus Michael P. Huseby, it’s always about education. "I came to Barnes & Noble because of the opportunity to improve our country’s higher education system . . . I wanted to do something that I could really feel good about in terms of making a contribution."