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NASA's new mission will land a spacecraft on a part of the Moon that’s never before been visited: the Gruithuisen Domes. Scientists, mission operators, and data analysts from LASP will play an important role in this mission, which will be led by researchers at the University of Central Florida.

Chancellor Philip DiStefano and a pair of CU Boulder sustainability leaders participated in University Climate Change Coalition (UC3) events during June as the university continues to take a leading role among higher education institutions in collaborating on climate solutions.

The University of Colorado Boulder has named Dr. Lori Hunter director of its Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS), which applies leading edge social and behavioral science to inform and influence policies and actions with a national and international impact.

A new cooperative institute, formally designated the Cooperative Institute for Earth System Research and Data Science, will conduct collaborative research in support of NOAA’s mission to understand and predict Earth’s changing environment, from the deep sea to the outer edge of the atmosphere.

“It is a pleasure to reappoint Waleed to this role, ensuring his continued leadership of CIRES as an institute whose contributions and activities are important to the university, the nation and the global scientific community,” said Massimo Ruzzene, acting vice chancellor for research and innovation and dean of the institutes at CU Boulder.

The programs, developed and managed by the Research & Innovation Office (RIO)'s Shared Instrumentation Network, are designed to support and grow the university's core facilities and available instrumentation, as well as the cutting-edge research these tools enable faculty to perform.

“It’s amazing to see all these companies building off of Nobel Prize-winning research,” said Philip Makotyn, executive director of the CUbit Quantum Initiative, which connects quantum researchers and companies in Colorado. “It’s just a rich ecosystem that doesn't exist anywhere else.”

Global cement production accounts for 7% of annual greenhouse gas emissions. Now, a CU Boulder-led research team has figured out a way to make cement production carbon neutral—and even carbon negative—by pulling carbon dioxide out of the air with the help of microalgae.

The University of Colorado Boulder has named Dr. Jaelyn Eberle interim director of its University of Colorado Museum of Natural History effective July 1. Eberle was appointed to serve as interim director after an initial search to succeed current director Dr. J. Patrick Kociolek did not result in a hire. Eberle will maintain her academic tenure home in the Department of Geological Sciences.

“The blades are manufactured to be lightweight and very flexible, so they can align with the wind loads. That way, we can reduce the cost of the blades and bring down the cost of energy,” said Mandar Phadnis, a graduate student in electrical, computer and energy engineering at CU Boulder.