Six CU Boulder startups selected to present at the Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor Conference

Six CU Boulder startups selected to present at the Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor Conference

July 25, 2024

Companies at the conference, which will be held in Breckenridge on September 12 and 13, represent the future of life-saving health innovation from the Rocky Mountain West. They will pitch to angel investors, venture capitalists and strategic partners from major financial hubs.

Aerial view of CU Anschutz and CU Boulder campuses with AB Nexus wordmark

AB Nexus announces new grant awards with a focus on research collaborations related to AI and climate change

July 24, 2024

The AB Nexus program provides joint-campus funding and resources to catalyze research collaborations between CU Boulder and CU Anschutz. Collectively, the seven winning teams for the 2024 award cycle will receive $713K in funding to advance cutting-edge research that improves human health and well-being.

The Conversation: Improving access to quantum information education is crucial to progress in this emerging field

The Conversation: Improving access to quantum information education is crucial to progress in this emerging field

July 23, 2024

Professor Bethany Wilcox (Physics) and Graduate Research Fellow Josephine Meyer discuss how courses designed to introduce students to the basics of quantum information science have the opportunity to disrupt some of the systemic inequities that currently plague our educational systems.

Colorado-Wyoming Climate Resilience Engine announces use-inspired and translation grant opportunities to accelerate climate innovation

Colorado-Wyoming Climate Resilience Engine announces use-inspired and translation grant opportunities to accelerate climate innovation

July 22, 2024

Priority areas for this cycle include complex Earth sensing, soil carbon capture data and analytics, methane emissions analysis, extreme weather modeling, wildfire risk and prediction, and water availability prediction.

LASP team awarded NASA technology grant to develop dust analyzer

LASP team awarded NASA technology grant to develop dust analyzer

July 22, 2024

To learn more about how dust particles may affect future missions, NASA has awarded $1M to a team from CU Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) to develop a dust analyzer capable of measuring the speed, size and charge of tiny dust particles on rocky bodies less than 5 kilometers across.

Public-private partnership drives attention for ATLAS research in augmented and mixed reality

Public-private partnership drives attention for ATLAS research in augmented and mixed reality

July 18, 2024

ATLAS professor Ellen Do has worked to cultivate relationships between CU Boulder and industry players, including as a member of the Pervasive Personalized Intelligence (PPI) Center, to support graduate students and enhance opportunities for commercialization.

Kiewit Design-Build Scholars program bridges students to the infrastructure workforce

Kiewit Design-Build Scholars program bridges students to the infrastructure workforce

July 11, 2024

Since the Kiewit Design-Build Scholars Program launched at CU Boulder in 2020, it has given engineering students an inside view of the design and construction industry. This month, Kiewit Corporation extended the program for five years with a generous $2.5 million investment.

Colorado Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo speaking with campus leaders

Colorado Rep. Yadira Caraveo visits CU Boulder to talk quantum

July 9, 2024

As a member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology arriving on campus only a day after it was announced that the Mountain West is receiving a $127 million infusion to bolster quantum technology and workforce, the discussion was energized and timely.

Scott Diddams and graduate students manipulating an optical frequency comb in the Engineering Center lab at CU Boulder

CU Boulder, Elevate Quantum partners ready for $127M regional quantum boost

July 2, 2024

Elevate Quantum, of which CU Boulder is a key partner, announced today that it has received a Tech Hub Phase 2 implementation award from the Department of Commerce, cementing the Mountain West as a global leader for quantum innovation.

Aerial view of rocky landscape on Mars

New approach to aerial ground penetrating radar for Mars research

July 1, 2024

Assistant Professor Sean Peters (Aerospace Engineering) is leading a major multi-institutional initiative to create a drone-based, power-efficient passive radar system to map subsurface areas of Mars. The initiative was recently funded by a $2.45 million, three-year NASA grant.

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