Marinus Smith awards

Announcing the 2022 Marinus Smith Award recipients

April 15, 2022

Twenty-three faculty and staff members were recognized this year through the Marinus Smith Awards for the positive impacts they have made on their students. See who they are.

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2 CU Boulder students earn prestigious Goldwater Scholarships

April 14, 2022

CU Boulder students Zoe Drigot and Rose Summers are among only 417 college students from across the U.S. in 2022 to be awarded Goldwater Scholarships, which reward juniors and seniors who are actively conducting research in math, science and engineering.

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CU Boulder’s Claire Monteleoni leads new journal, filling environmental data science gap

April 14, 2022

Environmental Data Science, a new journal devoted to innovative data-driven approaches to environmental problems including climate change, recently published its first cluster of papers. Associate Professor Claire Monteleoni is the editor.

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CU returning to pre-COVID-19 international travel protocols

April 14, 2022

The CU system administration, in collaboration with CU’s four campuses, University Risk Management and the Procurement Service Center, have agreed that, effective immediately, employee international travel will return to pre-COVID-19 protocols.

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39 CU grad students earn NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

April 13, 2022

Thirty-nine CU Boulder graduate students have received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, a prestigious award that recognizes and supports outstanding students in a wide variety of science-related disciplines.

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Mya Hollingshed becomes 1st CU women’s basketball player selected in 1st round of WNBA draft

April 13, 2022

A year ago, Mya Hollingshed chose to forego the WNBA draft for a chance at an NCAA Tournament selection. That decision was the start of the buildup to a more recent entry draft, where Hollingshed was selected as the eighth overall pick in the first round by the Las Vegas Aces.

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New course to examine environment, power and race

April 13, 2022

How does environmental racism shape contemporary scientific and environmental practices? A new environmental studies course begining this fall, in partnership with Mission Zero, aims to reflect on the past to create a more equitable and responsible future.

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Kelly Trang named student-employee of the year for 2022

April 13, 2022

Each year, CU Boulder recognizes students who have demonstrated exemplary work through the Student Employee of the Year Award program. Join us in celebrating the 2021–22 nominees and winners.

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Applied mathematician gains top recognition

April 13, 2022

James Curry has been named a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, which recognizes those who have made “outstanding contributions” to the field.

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Interdisciplinary team receives National Endowment for the Humanities award

April 13, 2022

A team of of Arts and Sciences faculty has won a $150,000 grant for a project that aims to develop a curricular initiative that enhances the humanities and data science by developing courses that are equally rooted in each discipline.

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