Nineteen Arts & Humanities projects awarded grants to advance scholarship, research and creative pursuits

Nineteen Arts & Humanities projects awarded grants to advance scholarship, research and creative pursuits

June 23, 2023

A new Research & Innovation Office (RIO) program is providing nearly $100K in combined funding to 19 projects that span disciplines ranging from music and art history to journalism and theatre and dance. This pilot opportunity was inspired by recognition of the essential role of the arts and humanities at CU Boulder.

Weighing the mysterious black holes lurking at the hearts of galaxies

Weighing the mysterious black holes lurking at the hearts of galaxies

June 20, 2023

As part of the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav), CU Boulder postdoc Joseph Simon is searching for a phenomenon known as the 鈥済ravitational wave background鈥: giant ripples in space and time that owe their origins in part to supermassive black holes.

Logan County celebrates their final year of the Rural Colorado Entrepreneurial Workshop

Logan County celebrates their final year of the Rural Colorado Entrepreneurial Workshop

June 15, 2023

Taught by award winning faculty members at the Leeds School of Business's Deming Center for Entrepreneurship, Erick Mueller and Hunter Albright, this year's program focused on the core elements that create critical resiliency in every successful business venture, regardless of stage.

New keen-sighted satellite will view distant stars, assist Webb telescope

New keen-sighted satellite will view distant stars, assist Webb telescope

June 8, 2023

NASA鈥檚 James Webb Space Telescope will soon get a new 鈥渟idekick鈥濃攁 small but nimble satellite called MANTIS, which will be designed and built at LASP. Like that undersea animal, the spacecraft (about the size of a toaster oven) will be able to observe the night sky in the full range of UV light.

Advanced Industries Grants accelerate University of Colorado startups and researchers

Advanced Industries Grants accelerate University of Colorado startups and researchers

June 8, 2023

CU Boulder researcher Linda Watkins and CU startups Beryl Therapeutics Inc., Modendo Inc. and TissueForm Inc. are among 37 companies and researchers awarded Proof of Concept and Early-Stage Capital Retention grants through the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT).

New AB Nexus awardees advance innovative research collaborations

New AB Nexus awardees advance innovative research collaborations

From advancing new Alzheimer鈥檚 treatments to developing predictive computer models to help youth in crisis, newly awarded teams of researchers from the CU Anschutz Medical Campus and CU Boulder are advancing a wide range of collaborative research projects aimed at improving human health and well-being.

Inside of the CU Museum

Permanent director named to lead the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History

Following a nationwide search, the Research & Innovation Office has announced the appointment of Dr. Nancy J. Stevens as Director of the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, effective Sept. 1, 2023 . Stevens joins CU Boulder from Ohio University, where she served as director of the OHIO Museum...

In second year, deep tech accelerator advances CU startups

In second year, deep tech accelerator advances CU startups

May 26, 2023

In the two years that the Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator has been up and running, CU Boulder has spun out 32 deep tech startups. Through targeted programming during Ascent, experts have helped 19 teams looking to transition their research into companies with real-world impacts.

Leadership highlights investment and momentum for collaboration, new projects at quantum engineering lab ribbon cutting

Leadership highlights investment and momentum for collaboration, new projects at quantum engineering lab ribbon cutting

May 25, 2023

Leaders from across CU Boulder and NIST gathered last week to celebrate the official launch of the Quantum Engineering Initiative Lab space within the College of Engineering and Applied Science. The newly dedicated area will connect quantum researchers across campus with NIST researchers and local industry.

Core Facilities: June 6 open house and industry fair, 2023 Assistance Grant awards

Core Facilities: June 6 open house and industry fair, 2023 Assistance Grant awards

May 22, 2023

The Core Facilities Assistance Grants are designed to enhance operations within core and shared instrumentation facilities that span disciplines, departments and research institutes across campus. Register by May 29 to attend the June 6 Core Facilities Open House and Local Industry Fair at SEEC.

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