| Features: | ATLAS | Leeds School of Business | Leslie Leinwand |
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Known as the only place except the library where students from all disciplines converge to study and the place on campus for arts and technology collaboration, CU-Boulder’s new ATLAS building has become a bustling hub since it opened in August 2006. Built primarily with private donations and student fees approved in 2004 by the University of Colorado Student Union, ATLAS boasts a 2,700-square-foot black box theater, a state-of-the-art production studio, a 10-foot-by-6-foot signature video wall and several video screens on the building’s exterior, clear indications this is not your typical academic structure. |
In April 2006, Leinwand was one of only 20 faculty members nationwide to be named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute professor, a four-year, $1 million undergraduate award given to honorees for their innovative undergraduate teaching concepts by the nonprofit medical research organization. The award included funding for an undergraduate lab program, known as the Python Project, which focuses on the heart biology of constricting snakes with relevance to human disease. |
Undergraduate
biology students and school kids
interested in biology can be glad
that biology Professor Leslie Leinwand
is batting 1000 when it comes to
landing grants for programs that
link budding scientists to real-world
research projects.
CU-Boulder and the Leeds School of Business offer students unparalleled access to one of the country’s most robust, creative and diverse entrepreneurial environments, which has launched companies including Celestial Seasonings, Izze Beverage Co., Aurora Organic Dairy, Crocs Inc., Blue Sun Biodiesel, Rock Bottom Restaurants and others. |
Students
at the University of Colorado at
Boulder’s Leeds School of Business
are at the forefront of business
entrepreneurship education, thanks
to innovative partnerships and programs
offered through the school’s
nationally recognized center, the
Robert H. and Beverly A. Deming Center
for Entrepreneurship.
