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Be an Engineer AND a Venture Capitalist

Feb. 13, 2018

The Deming Center Venture Fund (DCVF) is ramping up recruitment efforts for the semester and looking for engineering graduate students interested in helping to fund early-stage startups in Boulder and surrounding communities. The DCVF is an unparalleled opportunity for graduate students to talk to local entrepreneurs, attend pitch events in...

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CU launches Society of American Military Engineers chapter

Feb. 7, 2018

As a CU engineering student and a veteran, I’ve met many students like myself who are hoping to expand their scope of knowledge about real engineering issues. So this week we’re having our first meeting of the CU chapter of the Society of American Military Engineers!

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Natasha Ouellette: Study abroad in Madrid

Feb. 5, 2018

What is study abroad? Six months ago, study abroad seemed to me like a huge commitment that I couldn’t afford and that would certainly delay my graduation. Then I talked to the study abroad office on a whim, and found out that almost all of my financial aid went abroad...

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"Because we are people, too." - DACA 3 - Ep. 8

Feb. 2, 2018

Late last year the administration in Washington D.C. rescinded the DACA immigration policy, DACA stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. At that time the University of Colorado announced our unified position of standing by these individuals, many of whom attend or work at our university. So we started a...

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Enter NatGeo's Chasing Genius competition

Feb. 2, 2018

National Geographic just launched its 2018 Chasing Genius challenge, a competition offering $25,000 to turn an innovative idea into reality. Participants submit a one-minute video describing their idea, the problem it addresses and the solution it provides. The videos are evaluated on innovation, creativity, viability and inspiration, and the finalists...

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Growing access: Expanding engineering pathways through Colorado’s community colleges

Feb. 1, 2018

Prospective transfer students tour the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory at CU Engineering. This year, CU Engineering welcomed the largest number of transfer students from Colorado community colleges ever. In total, 562 students joined our engineering degree programs via transfer this academic year. This is no accident. Dean Bobby Braun...

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Ball 'sisters' mentor CU Engineering women

Jan. 26, 2018

Dozens of professional women engineers are now serving as sounding boards, cheerleaders and industry contacts for women CU Engineering students as part of a new pilot program with Ball Corporation. The “Ball Sisters” program continues a long tradition of partnership between the Colorado-based company (and its philanthropic arm, The Ball...

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Chat with Working Engineers at Engineer Library

Jan. 19, 2018

Are you unclear about your career, unsure or undecided about your major? We invite you to attend the Engineer Library on February 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the upper floor of the Gemmill Engineering, Math & Physics library, in the Math Building. This is an open-house style event...

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Senior design CubeSat bound for national competition

Jan. 5, 2018

A concept drawing showing stages of the device's descent from subsonic speeds to touchdown and recovery. Our team was a randomly selected group of nine aerospace engineering seniors and one electrical engineering senior at CU Boulder. We named our team REPTAR (Recoverable ProTection After Re-entry). The goal of our project...

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Soft Muscles That Work Hard

Jan. 4, 2018

Members of the Keplinger Research Group. From right: Assistant Professor Christoph Keplinger, graduate student Eric Acome, undergraduate student Madison Emmett, graduate student Nick Kellaris, graduate student VC Gopaluni Venkata, undergraduate student Madeline King, graduate student Shane Mitchell, PhD candidate Timothy Morrissey and undergraduate student Garrett Smith. Photo by Glenn Asakawa...

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