Max Knight

Alumni Spotlight: How Max Knight is revolutionizing the agriculture industry with robotics and vertical farming

March 9, 2023

As a kid, Max describes himself as having a “drive to do good and try and make things better in one way or another.” That’s why he founded Urban Farms: a robotics company focused on indoor agriculture.

Boulder Flatirons

Innovation Incubator helping transform teaching, learning

March 6, 2023

After a successful three-year trial run, the program is being made permanent with the goal of further innovating cross-discipline teaching in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Scientist working in a laboratory

Venture Partners 2022 Annual Report highlights a groundbreaking innovation pipeline

March 2, 2023

CU Boulder has developed a groundbreaking pipeline to translate research into real-world impact, as highlighted in the 2022 Annual Report of Venture Partners at CU Boulder, the university’s commercialization arm.

Brian DeDecker

New ‘magic beans’ produce ingredients for cancer treatments, vaccines and more

March 1, 2023

As a first-generation college student turned molecular biologist, Brian DeDecker imagines a day when humble soybeans beans, which his family has grown for generations, pack a bounty of therapeutic but hard-to-obtain natural compounds.

Woman presents business plan

2023 Destination Startup® drives investment in intermountain west university innovations

Feb. 28, 2023

The intermountain west innovation ecosystem came together at the fifth annual Destination Startup® showcase on Feb. 15 and 16, hosted by Venture Partners at CU Boulder. In a highly competitive field, 21 university ventures from intermountain west research institutions were selected to present at the showcase.

Rylan Montoya

Student Spotlight: Using entrepreneurship to spread positivity

Feb. 23, 2023

While most people attend college to prepare for the job market, Rylan Montoya decided to do things differently. As a sophomore at CU Boulder Leeds School of Business, Rylan decided to put his skills to the test by founding the clothing and content creation company DumbClub.

Stan Hickory

New Venture Challenge’s Hickory steps into Innovation & Entrepreneurship director role

Feb. 22, 2023

The Research & Innovation Office (RIO) has announced several leadership transitions within the campuswide Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative, with Stan Hickory stepping into the role of director of the initiative, a position held by Chris Gustavson since 2019.

Chris Gustavson

Workforce innovation director to fuel next-gen opportunities for learners

Feb. 22, 2023

The Research & Innovation Office (RIO) has announced the establishment of a new Workforce Innovation Director position dedicated to helping CU Boulder fulfill local and state needs for next-level talent training, acquisition and retention for research and creative work opportunities for research and creative work opportunities.

Katie Morton

Staff Spotlight: Prove you have the entrepreneurial mindset with Katie Morton and the Entrepreneurship Certificate

Feb. 16, 2023

How many decisions do you make a day? Making decisions is a part of life, but those with an entrepreneurial mindset add a creative flare that gives them an edge and makes an impact. Thanks to the Certificate in Entrepreneurship Studies, students can access a plethora of resources to pursue anything entrepreneurial.

Researchers in the lab at CU Boulder

We’re not so different: Bacterial weapons could help fight human diseases

Feb. 8, 2023

New research published in the journal Nature reveals that bacteria and people share the same core machinery for fighting off viruses and sheds light on how that ancient machinery works. The discovery could pave the way to novel approaches for treating human diseases, much like the gene-editing tool CRISPR—which was also modeled after a weapon bacteria used to fight viruses—has.

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