Announcements & Deadlines

What if improving one’s athletic performance through supplements was simpler and more affordable? What if instead of producing emissions, airplanes could take carbon out of the air? And what if learning a new language was as fun as listening to music? New Venture Challenge judges awarded $100,000 to help see these innovations through.

Fifteen faculty and staff members were recognized this year through the Marinus Smith Awards for the positive impacts they have made on their students.

Dimitri Nakassis, a professor in the Department of Classics and former “genius grant” winner, has landed NEH support to complete a paradigm-shifting study of ancient Greece.

The CU Board of Regents recently announced the latest slate of recipients of honorary degrees, distinguished service medals and university medals. The CU Boulder affiliates—Henry and Leslie Eaton, Barbara Grogan, Allan McMurray and Ginger Ramsey—will be part of a private ceremony on May 10. In addition, Ambassador David Bolen was posthumously honored with the Chancellor's Impact Award.

Today is the last day to vote in the CUSG election. Plus, sign up to volunteer during National Volunteer Week, learn about graduate scholarship opportunities in the U.K. and more.

Former NASA administrator and astronaut Charles Bolden addressed CU Boulder students in a special seminar on the past and future of spaceflight and space exploration.

Allie Anderson is probing trust in human-robot interactions with a $674,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award.

Emily Reynolds, Taj Dehart and Livia Follet were awarded a $500 prize each for their essays based on this year’s Buffs One Read selection, Braiding Sweetgrass.

The Book of Joy, Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, with Douglas Abrams, will be the next Buffs One Read book.

The Boulder Faculty Assembly is pleased to announce the 2023 Excellence Award winners, recognized for their outstanding work and concerted effort to make advances in the academy.