A view of the CU Boulder campus, and surrounding foothills and Indian Peaks

13 faculty, staff selected for Excellence in Leadership Program

Aug. 25, 2023

The Office of Faculty Affairs is announcing the 2023–24 Excellence in Leadership Program participants, who will play a crucial role in meeting the challenges and advancing the future of the university.

Diverse group of New Buffs celebrate during move-in

Photos: New Buffs arrive on campus ready to make their mark

Aug. 24, 2023

With the help of family and volunteers, students from across the country and globe arrived on campus this week eager to move into their residence halls and start their time at CU Boulder.

aerial view of campus and surrounding area

Expanded emergency notification moves from pilot phase to adoption

Aug. 24, 2023

Campus officials will continue to send emergency alerts for off-campus incidents that pose a threat to life and safety, partnering with the Boulder Police Department to share confirmed information quickly.

Dark craters seen from above on the moon

India just won the race to the moon’s South Pole. Here’s what comes next

Aug. 23, 2023

Marking the latest milestone in a new kind of space race, India's Chandrayaan-3 mission touched down safely on the moon. CU Boulder astrophysicist Jack Burns gives his take on why nations and companies are hurrying to parts of the moon that no Apollo craft ever visited.

Moon

CU Boulder wins $5M Air Force grant to track objects orbiting the moon

Aug. 23, 2023

CU Boulder is leading a major Air Force project to track objects orbiting near the moon, collaborating with researchers at Texas A&M, Georgia Tech and L3Harris Technologies.

U.S. court documents

Trump’s classified-documents indictment does more than allege crimes

Aug. 23, 2023

Prosecutors could have composed a technocratic document intelligible only to other criminal law insiders when indicting Donald Trump in the documents case; they did much more. Read from CU law expert Derek Kiernan-Johnson on The Conversation.

Panelists and attendees discuss gun violence prevention.

Gun violence prevention panel features CU Boulder expertise, research

Aug. 22, 2023

The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence played a feature role in a panel event on gun violence prevention. Colorado Rep. Joe Neguse welcomed House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries to Colorado for the community conversation with local leaders and advocates.

Lead author Molly McDermott tagging a swallow

Building a nest in The Giving Tree

Aug. 22, 2023

Even with increased physical costs, female barn swallows prioritize the needs of their offspring over their own health. Though songbirds are the focus of the new study, it might pertain to many species—humans included—and the price of parenthood.

Researchers in the The Weimer Lab

CU Boulder lab unveils economical method for producing clean fuel

Aug. 22, 2023

The Weimer Lab, led by Professor Al Weimer, has introduced an efficient and economical method to use renewable energy to produce fuel, opening doors to clean and sustainable energy sources for a wide array of industries, including transportation, steelmaking and ammonia production.

Assistant Professor Sanghamitra Neogi

CU Boulder to lead million-dollar microelectronics research

Aug. 22, 2023

Sanghamitra Neogi has earned a $1 million Department of Defense contract to tackle a big problem with tiny electronics: microchips crippled by heat.

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