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Professors Diane McKnight and Ben Livneh part of Colorado Art Science Environment Fellows

Nov. 21, 2022

The Office for Outreach and Engagement announces the Colorado Art Science Environment Fellows program, as the latest incarnation of the office’s work to connect the arts, sciences and community for shared action on Colorado’s interrelated social and environmental issues.

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Robert Davis and Leysia Palen named distinguished professors

Nov. 19, 2022

The University of Colorado has announced seven newly designated distinguished professors—the highest honor bestowed upon faculty across the system's four campuses.

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Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit

Nov. 18, 2022

United Nations Human Rights and CU Boulder are co-hosting the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit this December, a three-day summit addressing the interconnectedness of human rights and climate change.

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Video: Pioneering the resilient infrastructure of the future

Nov. 18, 2022

Engineering a sustainable and equitable future takes innovation and collaboration. Shideh Dashti is the Acting Associate Dean of Research at CU Boulder's College of Engineering & Applied Science, and an Associate Professor in the Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Department. Dashti's research is specifically focused on geotechnical engineering, centrifuge modeling, and designing resilient infrastructure in the wake of earthquakes and climate-related natural disasters.

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Professor Paul Chinowsky part of Engage Locally Series around climate summit

Nov. 18, 2022

The Engage Locally Series encompasses six national and community-focused panels exploring how each of us can create positive local change to benefit our communities.

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PhD student Skyler Kern optimizes computational models to better understand the marine ecosystem

Nov. 17, 2022

Skyler Kern, a PhD student in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, spent a lot of his childhood fishing on the rivers and inlets around Anchorage, Alaska. In fact, Kern’s first word as a child was “boat.” “My family and I were in our car pulling up to...

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CU Boulder alum Moriba Jah named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow

Nov. 16, 2022

Astrodynamicist and space environmentalist Moriba Jah (MAeroEngr’01; PhD’05) is among the prestigious 25-member cohort of the 2022 MacArthur Fellows Program.

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Professors Kyri Baker and Cresten Mansfeldt selected for 2023 RIO Faculty Fellows program

Nov. 16, 2022

The RIO Faculty Fellows program aims to build a community of interdisciplinary, creative research leaders to help drive collaboration and innovation across the university through a series of intensive research leadership retreats and coaching.

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Professors Juliet Gopinath and Zoya Popovic part of fall 2022 AB Nexus grants

Nov. 16, 2022

The intercampus program stimulates innovative research collaborations and progress toward solving some of our world’s most pressing health problems.

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Alumna to lead key regional water utility in the Colorado River Basin headwaters

Nov. 15, 2022

Siri Roman (EnvEngr’03) the next leader of the Eagle River Water & Sanitation District When you turn on a faucet, you expect clean water to pour out, but making it happen takes a massive network of pipes, treatment infrastructure, reservoirs and environmental engineers like Siri Roman. As director of operations...

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