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A major climate change report released Friday by over a dozen U.S. federal agencies outlines the potential for significant economic and environmental damages in the coming years. The report included a chapter on the potential for impacts on roads, bridges and other infrastructure.

ENVS is offering a course on Sustainability in Brazil: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Social-Environmental Leadership and Development in the Amazon and Atlantic Forests, in the Spring 2019 semester. This course will focus on integrated leadership for environmental governance and climate change, livelihood development, cultural preservation law and policy development. CEAE...

Professors Yida Zhang and Yunping Xi from the Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Department at the University of Colorado Boulder were awarded $789,000 from the Department of Energy for their research project “Time-Dependent THMC Properties and Microstructural Evolution of Damage Rocks in Excavation Damage Zone.” This research will contribute to...

The Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Colorado recognized the CU Boulder Construction Engineering Management (CEM) program with a 2018 Construction Education Challenge Award. Programs that demonstrated an impact on construction while working to encourage student engagement, education and leadership were considered for the award. Our CEM program recently celebrated its...

CEAE Professor Ross Corotis was announced as a 2019 OPAL Leadership Award Winner by the American Society of Civil Engineers .This award highlights the lifetime achievements of civil engineers. Corotis won this year's education category for “demonstrated excellence in furthering civil engineering education.” Corotis and the other 2019 OPAL Award...

A delegation from the Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral (ESPOL) recently visited CU Boulder from September 19 to 21 st 2018. ESPOL is the leading university in Ecuador and is located in the costal city of Guayaquil. Paola Almeida , a Professor of Environmental Science at ESPOL and currently a...

On October 31, 2018, Secretary Rick Perry announced the launch of the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) Grid Optimization Competition. Led by Professor Kyri Baker , CU Boulder was one of 10 university-led teams who will receive up to $250,000 to compete in the first...

Senior Professional Research Associate Renée Railsback was awarded the William E. Korbitz Public Works Leader of the Year Award at the Colorado American Public Works Association ( APWA ) State Conference on Monday, Oct. 29. This award is APWA’s highest honor for service to the public works industry and recognizes...