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A group of seven physics students, staff, and faculty were recently awarded funding from the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Innovation Fund for their proposal to improve undergraduate research for underrepresented and minority groups in STEM disciplines. The grant will support two key initiatives including an undergraduate research expo...

The Heising-Simons Foundation recently announced $3 million in multi-institution grants for theoretical and experimental research on Informing Gravity Theory. Half of the award has been granted to a group of five faculty centered at the University of Colorado Boulder and JILA, a joint institute between CU Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Professor Scott Diddams has been named an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow for his contributions in optical frequency combs and their applications. Diddams is the Robert H. Davis Endowed Chair in Discovery and Learning and Professor in Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering and Physics.

The class of 2024 is unique, with many students having arrived on campus during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Three physics and engineering physics students graduating in 2024 share their experiences in the latest issue of the Coloradan.

Leo Radzihovsky has been named a Professor of Distinction by the College of Arts & Sciences. The honorific title is reserved for scholars and artists of national and international distinction who are also recognized by their college peers as teachers and colleagues of exceptional talent.

The Boulder Faculty Assembly has recognized Assistant Professor Bethany Wilcox for her outstanding classroom teaching and student mentoring with the 2024 BFA Excellence in Teaching Award.

Five students in the Quantum Scholars program have been awarded a scholarship in honor of Jennifer Turner-Valle, an alumna of CU Boulder Physics. The named scholarships are a tribute to Dr. Turner-Valle who passed away in 2023.

Profesor Adjoint of Physics and JILA/NIST Fellow Judah Levine serves as the head of the Network Synchronization Project in the Time and Frequency Division at NIST. He was recently interviewed by Denver 7 and the New York Times about timekeeping, the history of the leap day, and why he's advocating for a leap minute rather than periodically adding leap seconds. (Image credit: J. Burrus/NIST)