Call for nominations: 2023–24 Distinguished Research Lectureship

Call for nominations: 2023–24 Distinguished Research Lectureship

April 5, 2023

The Distinguished Research Lectureship is among the highest honors bestowed by the faculty upon a CU Boulder colleague. Each year, the Research & Innovation Office (RIO) requests nominations and a faculty review panel recommends one or more faculty members as recipients. The deadline for nominations is Monday, May 22, 2023. Nominations should be submitted online.

Program helps students make quantum leap to the future

Program helps students make quantum leap to the future

April 5, 2023

“Recognizing CU’s leadership in Quantum Information Science and Engineering, we are building on our world-class educational programs to establish a community of scholars to advance talent and future leaders in the quantum fields,” says Noah Finkelstein (Physics), faculty director of the Quantum Scholars program.

LASP: 75 years of innovation in space science

LASP: 75 years of innovation in space science

April 3, 2023

Space research first began at CU Boulder in 1948, when an Air Force research lab contracted with the Department of Physics to study the Sun by launching instruments mounted on surplus WWII rockets. Fast forward to the present, and LASP, which has grown to about 700 employees, is celebrating its 75th anniversary.

$68 million NASA contract awarded to National Snow and Ice Data Center

$68 million NASA contract awarded to National Snow and Ice Data Center

March 30, 2023

For the seventh time, NASA has selected the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) for the management and operations of the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Snow and Ice Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC).

Engineering’s Shelly Miller to deliver Distinguished Research Lecture on April 20

Engineering’s Shelly Miller to deliver Distinguished Research Lecture on April 20

March 23, 2023

Miller will discuss a variety of topics including her work on indoor air quality in our homes and the lessons learned about airborne disease transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic that are still broadly applicable. “It will not be a technical lecture at all, and my hope is that people will leave with concrete ways to improve their health in relation to air pollution exposure,” she said.

NVC prize nights spotlight—and fund—female founders and climate solutions

NVC prize nights spotlight—and fund—female founders and climate solutions

March 21, 2023

Ten startups brought ideas to the stage, including how to live and garden more sustainably, how to deal with the downsides of social media, how to offer practical prosthetics for kids—and sustainable water filters and hydroponic produce for all. Eight teams took home a total of $20K to develop their ideas further.

Venture Partners 2022 Annual Report highlights a groundbreaking innovation pipeline

Venture Partners 2022 Annual Report highlights a groundbreaking innovation pipeline

March 21, 2023

CU Boulder researchers and inventors created a strong crop of 145 breakthrough technologies in 2022, with innovations in climate tech, biotechnology, quantum science, optics and aerospace, to name a few. Read more in Venture Partners at CU Boulder's 2022 Annual Report.

Massimo Ruzzene appointed to vice chancellor position

Massimo Ruzzene appointed to vice chancellor position

March 20, 2023

CU Boulder Provost Russell Moore today announced the appointment of Massimo Ruzzene to the position of vice chancellor for research and innovation and dean of the institutes, effective March 20.

New $15M NASA grant to support quantum sensors in space

New $15M NASA grant to support quantum sensors in space

March 16, 2023

A multi-university research team, including engineers and physicists from CU Boulder and NIST, will build technology and tools to improve measurement of important climate factors by observing atoms in outer space. The new Quantum Pathways Institute is led by the University of Texas at Austin.

Award-winning plant geneticist Pam Ronald to give Rose M. Litman Lecture

Award-winning plant geneticist Pam Ronald to give Rose M. Litman Lecture

March 15, 2023

Pam Ronald, distinguished professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center at the University of California, Davis, will deliver this year’s Rose M. Litman Memorial Lecture in Science on April 27.

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