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Arizona schools spend more than $30 million annually on air conditioning due to rising heat, according to a study by the Center for Climate Integrity. CU Boulder Professor Emeritus Paul Chinowsky, who helped with the study, stressed the equity challenges this creates for underfunded districts and suggested solutions like shading, blinds and natural materials to reduce classroom heat.
Associate Teaching Professor Azadeh Bolhari has been selected by Fulbright Brazil as a U.S. specialist to lead a workshop about fostering DEI for neurodivergent undergraduate engineering students.
Deloitte and the University of Colorado Boulder Climate Innovation Collaboratory Research Awards selected three CEAE faculty members for funding.
Professor Mark Hernandez and his team was awarded $125,000 in this year’s Lab Venture Challenge (LVC) in the biosciences category.
Professor Evan Thomas was highlighted in the Wall Street Journal for his work in financing water security through voluntary carbon markets. Additionally, he received a $950,000 congressional appropriations award through Rep. Joe Neguse for water quality monitoring in two Colorado rivers.
On April 26, 50 students from CU Boulder's Construction Engineering and Management program graduated at the Rustandy Connector.
