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“This collaboration will expand government access to critical climate data and science, encourage the exchange of public information, and support the work being done at CU Boulder’s 12 research institutes and more than 75 research centers,” said Terri Fiez, vice chancellor for research and innovation at CU Boulder.

Currently, there is only one system physicians can use to get down to the bottom of the lungs—a rigid catheter that could potentially cause inflammation. The student team is working with medical device company Medtronic on making the tip of this catheter more flexible to increase control and reduce abrasion.

The Distinguished Research Lectureship is among the highest honors bestowed by the faculty upon a CU Boulder colleague. Each year, the Research & Innovation Office (RIO) requests nominations and a faculty review panel recommends one or more faculty members as recipients. The deadline for nominations is Monday, June 20, 2022.

The University of Colorado Boulder has named Dr. Matthew C. Keller director of its Institute of Behavioral Genetics (IBG), which conducts and facilitates research on the genetic and environmental bases of individual differences in behavior.

Five startup ventures, led by CU Boulder students and faculty, competed for more than $100K in prize money at the 14th annual New Venture Challenge championship. Since its inception in 2009, more than 900 CU Boulder startups have participated, with over $700K in NVC funding awarded.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has selected LASP to lead the operations for NEO Surveyor, a space-based telescope that will use infrared bands to detect, track and characterize Near Earth Objects (NEOs)—asteroids and comets that come within 48 million kilometers (30 million miles) of Earth’s orbit.

The 2022 Research & Innovation Seed Grants , announced by the CU Boulder Research & Innovation Office (RIO) and the Office of the Provost, are funding 25 new projects for up to $50,000 each, including three new CU Boulder Grand Challenge projects. The seed grant program is designed to stimulate...

The 4th forum in this series will bring together researchers and research partners in an effort to enhance communication, coordination and collaboration in response to the Boulder County fires that ignited on December 30, 2021. CONVERGE is a NSF-funded initiative headquartered at the Natural Hazards Center at CU Boulder.

Colorado is at the forefront of America’s aerospace industry. This month, representatives from LASP and other university affiliates attended the 37th annual Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, joining thousands of participants from the civil, commercial and national security sectors.

CU Boulder’s East Campus is now home to the High-Sensitivity Low-Energy Ion Scattering (HS-LEIS) Spectrometer, a tool researchers from across the Rocky Mountain region will use for advanced materials characterization and analysis. The HS-LEIS is currently only the second device of its kind in the United States.