Student artwork of planets, stars and a comet in outer space

Elementary Arts Lab teaches science concepts through creative expression

Feb. 10, 2022

Postdocs and graduate students combined art, movement, dance and science for students from the Boulder Valley School District.

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McGehee and Toney recognized as highly cited researchers

Nov. 22, 2021

Two faculty from ChBE were recognized at highly cited researchers for 2021.

single use plastics including straws, cup lids, utensils and more

Faculty collaboration earns $2M NSF award for post-consumer plastic waste research

Oct. 25, 2021

The proliferation of plastic products has created an environmental challenge: what should be done with unusable, discarded plastic waste that can harm the environment? Faculty from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering are working on a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project, Hydrogenolysis for Upcycling of Polyesters and Mixed Plastics, to address this serious environmental issue.

IMOD logo with blue background and white, blue, green and red dots

CU Boulder faculty help launch Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand

Sept. 14, 2021

CU Boulder is a founding partner of a major National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center (STC): the Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand (IMOD). The center represents a research partnership spanning 11 universities led by the University of Washington.