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Pioneering Sustainable Water Solutions with Carbon Credit Financing in Northern Kenya (DRIP-FUNDI)

Dec. 5, 2023

Climate change driven drought and challenges in maintaining emergency groundwater supplies have led to millions of people living in the arid regions of Kenya lacking safe, reliable and affordable water throughout the year. Typically, responses to drought have been reactive. Kenyan government support and international emergency assistance are dispatched once...

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Bernard Amadei inducted to ASEE Hall of Fame

Nov. 8, 2023

CEAE Distinguished Professor Bernard Amadei has been inducted into the American Society for Engineering Education Hall of Fame . The designation honors engineering and engineering technology education standouts whose work has made a significant impact. The 2023 inductees were announced at the society鈥檚 130th Gala on Oct. 10.

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Evan Thomas Receives AEESP Dentel Award for Global Outreach

June 21, 2023

Professor Evan Thomas was selected to receive the 2023 Steven K. Dentel Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Award for Global Outreach. This prestigious award recognizes his outstanding contributions and leadership as a faculty member through involvement in environmental engineering and science outreach activities to the global community...

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CO-WY Engine chosen as finalist in new NSF innovation competition

June 20, 2023

CU Boulder is a founding partner of the CO-WY Engine, one of 16 finalists for the National Science Foundation鈥檚 inaugural 鈥淣SF Regional Innovation Engines鈥 competition, which could net winners $160 million over 10 years.

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M. A. Mortenson Companies, Inc. invests $2M in Virridy for Africa and United States Freshwater Carbon Projects

June 1, 2023

M. A. Mortenson Companies, Inc. invests $2M in Virridy for Africa and United States Freshwater Carbon Projects involving partners University of Colorado Boulder, Moore Foundation, Autodesk Foundation This week, M. A. Mortenson Companies, Inc. signed a carbon credit pre-purchase agreement with Virridy Carbon LLC to enable project capital investment in...

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Countdown to connection: CU Engineering ready to welcome first cohort to new residential community

May 31, 2023

In 81 days, the first cohort of students will begin moving into Engineering Connections , the college鈥檚 new residential community for soon-to-be engineers and applied scientists. It鈥檚 a countdown that Dean Keith Molenaar has been tracking closely 鈥 and with great anticipation. 鈥淚鈥檓 so thrilled to be able to provide...

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Valuing water to survive climate change

May 17, 2023

Evan Thomas discusses climate change and its impact on water in a new TEDx talk. Thomas is the Endowed Chair and Director of the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering and Resilience at the University of Colorado Boulder and a professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering and...

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How Digital Tools Can Help Solve the Colorado River Crisis

May 9, 2023

The Colorado River is in a climate-induced crisis. The worst drought in 500 years may force the federal government to intervene on how seven states in the Western United States share the river鈥檚 shrinking annual allocation of water, highlighting how water has emerged as a critical economic, environmental, and social...

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2023 Sustainability Award received by the Mortenson Center

April 21, 2023

The Mortenson Center received a Civic Achievement Award this month at the Campus Sustainability Awards. The event was part of the 30 th annual Campus Sustainability Summit. The award recognizes the outstanding efforts of the Mortenson Center toward continuing the leadership and legacy of sustainability at CU Boulder. The awards...

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Matthew Falcone, Lead Author in Recent Publication

March 25, 2023

A water vending kiosk (blue building) installed in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Mortenson Center student Matthew Falcone, a doctoral candidate in Environmental Engineering, is the lead author of 鈥淓ffectiveness of a water-vending kiosk intervention toward household water quality and surveyed water security in Freetown, Sierra Leone鈥 recently published in Science of...

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