I initiated, developed, and launched Pinnacle, an alumni magazine created to give graduates and friends of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado Denver a new, tangible point of connection to the college. Each annual issue paired research-driven storytelling — from a physics professor’s noninvasive method for detecting oral cancer to a biology study using ant colonies as a model for how self-organizing systems work — with student, faculty, and alumni profiles, campus news, and philanthropy features, all under a consistent editorial voice and visual identity.
The cover art for this issue was commissioned from a CU Denver design professor whose work has also appeared on the covers of Time, BusinessWeek, Forbes, and The Atlantic Monthly.
The magazine’s first edition won Silver and Bronze Circle of Excellence Awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and two Awards of Excellence from the University & College Designers Association. Alumni responded so strongly that the college made it an annual publication.