Group of mechanical engineering students work on a project

Mechanical engineering students competing in national wind energy competition

Feb. 17, 2022

The group of mechanical engineering seniors is the first CU Boulder team to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Collegiate Wind Competition—an event in which future engineers are challenged to find a unique solution to a wind energy project.

Quantum computer

CUbit Quantum Initiative unveils first strategic partners

Feb. 16, 2022

CU Boulder's CUbit Quantum Initiative has welcomed the first four strategic industry allies as its partners: Atom Computing, ColdQuanta, Meadowlark Optics and SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.

Graduate student conducts tests in lab

Seed grant opens research into future of construction materials, site tools

Feb. 15, 2022

Researchers at CU Boulder are developing an app that could reliably and quickly predict whether batches of concrete made at construction sites are safe. If successful, the work could usher in a new era of building that is faster, more cost effective and safe.

2018 Three Minute Thesis competition

Learn who won the Three Minute Thesis competition

Feb. 15, 2022

The fifth annual Three Minute Thesis competition held on Feb. 9, featuring 11 finalists, resulted in a winner, a tie for runner-up and a winner of the people's choice award.

illustration of quantum mechanics

2 physicists win prestigious NSF CAREER Awards

Feb. 10, 2022

CU Boulder's Andrew Lucas and Bethany Wilcox have been awarded the Early Career Development Program, one of the NSF’s most prestigious awards, to improve the teaching of quantum mechanics to students and to search for new kinds of fluids.

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Get up to speed: March 1 deadlines for graduate students

Feb. 9, 2022

Academic deadlines for doctoral and master's students are approaching on March 1. Then, take a glance at April deadlines.

Tom Costello of NBC News.

Tom Costello of NBC News to give commencement address

Feb. 9, 2022

CU Boulder alumnus Tom Costello, an award-winning journalist and Washington correspondent for NBC News, has been selected to address the class of 2022 and campus community at the in-person commencement ceremony on May 5.

Students working on laptops

Commercialization program helped transform CU Boulder inventions to meet market needs

Feb. 8, 2022

Seven university companies pitched new startups after seven months of entrepreneurial training and guidance.

A buffalo sculpture on the CU Boulder campus is blanketed in snow.

Analysis of campus survey responses continues ahead of April release of results

Feb. 7, 2022

Nearly 18,000 CU Boulder community members participated in the Campus Culture Survey this past fall, and university staff who administered the survey are analyzing anonymized responses from students, faculty and staff in preparation for the public release of the survey results in early April.

Old Main during fall

Chancellor, team members update faculty assembly on public safety, CU budget, COVID-19

Feb. 4, 2022

At the most recent Boulder Faculty Assembly meeting, Chancellor DiStefano and members of his team gave several updates, including discussion of the recent arrest adjacent to campus, financial issues and ongoing efforts to contain the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus.

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