Dear Friends,
What will CU Boulder look like in five, 10 or 20 years from now? What will our students, research and discoveries look like?
February marks the start of CU Boulder Next, a nine-stop, seven-state tour aimed at answering those questions. Check out the list of cities and register today.
We are bringing some of the university's most innovative and creative faculty, staff and students to cities across the United States to connect with you—our alumni, friends and supporters.
The tour kicks off Feb. 24 in Los Angeles and continues in Washington, D.C., on April 21.
This large-scale tour is the first of its kind for CU Boulder, showcasing people, research and advancements propelling us in developing tomorrow's leaders, being a top university for innovation and impacting humanity in unprecedented ways.
Through TED Talk-style Buff Talks and breakout sessions, we will explore what we are doing today that brings the university into the future. Attendees will hear from our visionary faculty about ways in which engineering is solving modern medical challenges, what’s on the horizon for space exploration and how art helps explain the world around us.
I hope you can join us when we come to a city near you.
At CU Boulder we are always looking to the future and exploring how we can “Be Boulder” in impacting the world around us. The spirit of innovation endorsed by our faculty clearly filters to our students and I’m so proud of the work our students have been doing just in the last month.
A group of graduate students is creating next-generation robots, not to replace humans, but to assist them with real-world applications for advanced prosthetic limbs or adaptive assistance in the household. The robots can pick up raspberries or eggs and lift heavy objects, imitating biological muscles.
Students have built a satellite the size of a shoebox foretelling the arrival of electrons that can damage satellites with the capability to provide communication, navigation, commerce and hazardous weather predictions.
Engineering students have created a new reality for a 13-year-old girl in Lafayette, Colorado. They have built an adaptive bike for her so the family can go on rides together. Sarah Marshall’s mother, Julie, searched the nation for an affordable bike before reaching out to CU students.
Students are impacting individuals and the world. They are the future. At CU Boulder Next, we look forward to showing you what's next.
Go Buffs!
Philip P. DiStefano,
Chancellor
www.colorado.edu/chancellor