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Climate change driven drought and challenges in maintaining emergency groundwater supplies have led to millions of people living in the arid regions of Kenya lacking safe, reliable and affordable water throughout the year. Typically, responses to drought have been reactive. Kenyan government support and international emergency assistance are dispatched once...

CEAE Distinguished Professor Bernard Amadei has been inducted into the American Society for Engineering Education Hall of Fame . The designation honors engineering and engineering technology education standouts whose work has made a significant impact. The 2023 inductees were announced at the society’s 130th Gala on Oct. 10.

Professor Evan Thomas was selected to receive the 2023 Steven K. Dentel Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Award for Global Outreach. This prestigious award recognizes his outstanding contributions and leadership as a faculty member through involvement in environmental engineering and science outreach activities to the global community...

CU Boulder is a founding partner of the CO-WY Engine, one of 16 finalists for the National Science Foundation’s inaugural “NSF Regional Innovation Engines” competition, which could net winners $160 million over 10 years.

M. A. Mortenson Companies, Inc. invests $2M in Virridy for Africa and United States Freshwater Carbon Projects involving partners University of Colorado Boulder, Moore Foundation, Autodesk Foundation This week, M. A. Mortenson Companies, Inc. signed a carbon credit pre-purchase agreement with Virridy Carbon LLC to enable project capital investment in...

In 81 days, the first cohort of students will begin moving into Engineering Connections , the college’s new residential community for soon-to-be engineers and applied scientists. It’s a countdown that Dean Keith Molenaar has been tracking closely — and with great anticipation. “I’m so thrilled to be able to provide...

Evan Thomas discusses climate change and its impact on water in a new TEDx talk. Thomas is the Endowed Chair and Director of the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering and Resilience at the University of Colorado Boulder and a professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering and...

The Colorado River is in a climate-induced crisis. The worst drought in 500 years may force the federal government to intervene on how seven states in the Western United States share the river’s shrinking annual allocation of water, highlighting how water has emerged as a critical economic, environmental, and social...

The Mortenson Center received a Civic Achievement Award this month at the Campus Sustainability Awards. The event was part of the 30 th annual Campus Sustainability Summit. The award recognizes the outstanding efforts of the Mortenson Center toward continuing the leadership and legacy of sustainability at CU Boulder. The awards...

A water vending kiosk (blue building) installed in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Mortenson Center student Matthew Falcone, a doctoral candidate in Environmental Engineering, is the lead author of “Effectiveness of a water-vending kiosk intervention toward household water quality and surveyed water security in Freetown, Sierra Leone” recently published in Science of...