This weekend brings Webb telescope discoveries, LGBTQ+ badminton, a Babylon film screening, the International Festival, a fashion show of recycled couture, a Reel Rock 17 world premiere and more.
Hisham Ali is pushing the limits of plasma physics and hypersonics in his lab on campus to advance a nationally important area of science and engineering: magnetohydrodynamics.
CU Boulder Chief Operating Officer Patrick O’Rourke announced two finalists for the position of vice chancellor for infrastructure and sustainability. Review the candidates’ bios and register to attend the forums.
Provost Russell Moore announced four finalists in CU Boulder’s search for a new business school dean. The finalists will each be on campus for forums through March. Review the candidates’ bios and register to attend the forums.
Tens of thousands of sharks are killed each year to harvest a key ingredient for vaccines, while old growth trees are slashed to obtain chemotherapy ingredients. Soybean farmer-turned molecular biologist Brian DeDecker has a better idea.
With regent approval in February, the University of Colorado announced Karolin Luger as a newly designated distinguished professor. Being named a distinguished professor is the highest honor bestowed upon faculty across the system's four campuses. Luger joins a nine-member 2022 cohort.
After a week in which the university sent emergency alerts sharing information on several incidents in the city of Boulder, Chiefs Doreen Jokerst and Maris Herold explain how the public safety agencies cooperate with one another and how campus stakeholders can stay informed of emergency information.
Beginning this year on April 27, RIO will host the Rose M. Litman Memorial Lecture in Science, bringing national research leaders to CU Boulder annually. The Litman Lecture celebrates the legacy of an exceptional scientist and educator with a lifelong passion for research and a firm commitment to keeping rigorous inquiry at the heart of university life.
