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• Kristi was named CU-Boulder's 2011 Distinguished Research Lecturer.

• Alex Aimetti has accepted a post doctorate position at MIT.

• Ben Fairbanks has accepted a post doctorate position at OCE in Melbourne, Australia.

• Chien-Chi Lin has accepted a position at Indiana University-Purdue University- Indianapolis.

• Pat Hume Successfully completed his comprehensive exam.

• Cole DeForest presented in an awards session at the ASC conference in San Francisco, "Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium".

• Cole DeForest successfully completed his comprehensive exam.

• Chien-Chi Lin was awarded the CO-Pilot Mentored Award by the CO-Pilot Translational Research Grant Program and Colorado Clinical & Translational Science Institute.

• Kristi was named one of The Seven Most Powerful Innovators by Forbes magazine. Link

• Cole DeForest received the Gold Student Award at the Materials Research Society fall meeting.

• April Kloxin received the WAGS Innovation in Technology award from the Western Association of Graduate Schools.

• Kristi Anseth received the Professional Progress Award for Outstanding Progress in Chemical Engineering from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

• Kristi Anseth elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

• Kristi and a few group members were featured on the Science Channel's program "Brink".  Click to view the clip under the title "Self-Healing Technology".

• Kristi Anseth elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

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