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Top 10 Highlights of 2022

Dec. 5, 2022

Looking back, 2022 has proven to be a year of success and resilience for our college and community. Here is a look back at the top stories from the year as we head into winter break and 2023.

Shakespeare

Shakespeare and theater themed engineering class gives students interdisciplinary experience

Dec. 1, 2022

The final Entrepreneurial Product Development fall semester project focuses on products that could be used for a children’s Shakespeare theater production.

Graduate student Tanisha Kaur holds up a well plate.

Building the body better: Laurel Hind's immune cell function research receives $1.8 million NIGMS MIRA award

Nov. 30, 2022

Laurel Hind, assistant professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and the Hind Research Group use engineering tools to find answers to biological questions that researchers have been looking at for decades with limited success: how the body can best fight infection without attacking healthy tissue.

Peacock

Learning from pangolins and peacocks: Researchers explore next-gen structural materials

Nov. 28, 2022

Professor Hendrik Heinz served as an author for the new analysis which was published Nov. 28 in the journal Nature Materials.

Lego in the Lab workshop for middle school girls

Interdisciplinary team receives $1.8 million for audacious robot-building project

Nov. 21, 2022

A team of researchers at CU Boulder was recently awarded $1.8 million by the National Science Foundation for a project, titled "Human-Robot Collaboration for the Future of Organic Synthesis."

A woman painting a wall

Professors Diane McKnight and Ben Livneh part of Colorado Art Science Environment Fellows

Nov. 21, 2022

The Office for Outreach and Engagement announces the Colorado Art Science Environment Fellows program, as the latest incarnation of the office’s work to connect the arts, sciences and community for shared action on Colorado’s interrelated social and environmental issues.

A USA flag flying over CU Boulder campus

Robert Davis and Leysia Palen named distinguished professors

Nov. 19, 2022

The University of Colorado has announced seven newly designated distinguished professors—the highest honor bestowed upon faculty across the system's four campuses.

wildfire smoke over the city of Boulder

Professor Paul Chinowsky part of Engage Locally Series around climate summit

Nov. 18, 2022

The Engage Locally Series encompasses six national and community-focused panels exploring how each of us can create positive local change to benefit our communities.

Moriba Jah

CU Boulder alum Moriba Jah named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow

Nov. 16, 2022

Astrodynamicist and space environmentalist Moriba Jah (MAeroEngr’01; PhD’05) is among the prestigious 25-member cohort of the 2022 MacArthur Fellows Program.

CU Boulder campus seen from the air

Professors Kyri Baker and Cresten Mansfeldt selected for 2023 RIO Faculty Fellows program

Nov. 16, 2022

The RIO Faculty Fellows program aims to build a community of interdisciplinary, creative research leaders to help drive collaboration and innovation across the university through a series of intensive research leadership retreats and coaching.

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