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Shelly Miller discusses the major factors in our indoor air quality, and how small changes can help indoor air quality in our homes. Air quality expert Shelly Miller says small changes can foster healthy indoor environments. WRITTEN BY ERIC FEEZELL | PHOTO BY GLENN ASAKAWA DURING HIGH SCHOOL, SHELLY MILLER...

Environmental Engineering Professor Fernando Rosario-Ortiz had an article published in Science magazine: "How do you like tap water?." Listen to the Science Magazine postcast Please find below other mentions of this work in the international press: http://www.medicaldaily.com/drinking-water-disinfectant-water-pipes-375198 http://www.wateronline.com/doc/are-residual-disinfectants-really-crucial-to-clean-water-0001 http://www.examiner.com/article/infrastructure-study-sheds-light-on-water-purity http://www.elespanol.com/ciencia/20160225/104989818_0.html https://theconversation.com/can-drinking-water-be-delivered-without-disinfectants-like-chlorine-and-still-be-safe-55476

Prof. Rosario was recently awarded a new NSF grant to study the impact of wildfires on the formation and mobilization of disinfection byproduct precursors. The 3-year grant, which also includes Dr. Julie Korak, a CU alumni now at the Bureau of Reclamation, and Drs. Thomas Borch and Robert Young from...

Environmental Engineering student Jack Greene (BS/MS) was just notified that he was awarded Third Place in the graduate student division of the EWRI Student Technical Paper Competition. It is especially impressive because he is still completing his undergrad requirements, and he placed in the Graduate Division. The title of his...

EVEN professor Dr. Jason Ren received a 3-year $573,699 grant from the Office of Naval Research to develop new electrochemical technologies for Navy's wastewater treatment and energy recovery. The Ren group at CU has been funded by federal and state agencies, as well as private sponsors to conduct bioenergy and...

Five community-led projects from across Colorado will explore air and water quality and sustainable energy development with support from the latest round of grants from the AirWaterGas Sustainability Research Network based at the University of Colorado Boulder, led by EVEN faculty member Joe Ryan. The grants aim to improve understanding...