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Campos EPC enables transformative BOLD renovation

July 16, 2020

CU Boulder alumnus Marco Campos (CivEngr'98) and his company, Campos EPC, have provided $1 million through the Campos EPC Foundation to allow for a transformational renovation of the BOLD Center.

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Attendees share takeaways from conference on race and ethnicity in higher ed

July 15, 2020

As the nation grappled with the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and other Black Americans this spring, many in the College of Engineering and Applied Science community began advocating for resources to better understand and confront systemic racism. Director of Inclusive Culture Amy Moreno immediately thought of...

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Passion for student success and achievement fuels new assistant dean, Terri D. Wright

July 13, 2020

New assistant dean for access, inclusion and student programs, Dr. Terri D. Wright, joins CU Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science on July 20, 2020. Through her path from academia, to industry and into academic administration she had developed a depth of expertise that will inform and guide a holistic view of student achievement and support.

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CU Boulder Engineering selected to host National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) National Leadership Conference in 2020 & 2021

The University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science has been selected to host the National Society of Black Engineers National Leadership Conference in 2020 and 2021. The conference is NSBE’s premier training program for approximately 250 national and regional officers who spend multiple days focused on leadership training and skill-building.

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Supporting our international students

July 9, 2020

If you’re here from outside the United States to study, know that we value your contributions and admire your initiative and sacrifice. You enrich our community and our lives, and we will support and defend your ability to study without interruption however we can.

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Experts weigh in on airborne transmission of COVID-19

July 9, 2020

The novel coronavirus may be able to travel from person to person through tiny particles floating in the air, according to a recent letter signed by 239 scientists from across the globe.

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Leap in lidar could improve safety, security of new technology

July 8, 2020

In a new paper, published in Optica, researchers describe a new silicon chip—with no moving parts or electronics—that improves the resolution and scanning speed needed for a lidar system.

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Enabling the ways we work

July 7, 2020

CU Engineering alumnus Fletcher Richman's startup success grew from a passion for productivity tools.

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As the coronavirus spread, 2 social media communities drifted apart

July 2, 2020

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder are exploring a tale of two online communities: the r/Coronavirus and r/China_flu discussion boards on the social media site Reddit.

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$2.5 million NIH grant energizes force field development

June 30, 2020

The Open Force Field Initiative received millions in NIH funding to build open source infrastructure to assist researchers tackling molecular design problems.

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