Join us for a weeklong celebration and showcase of research, scholarship and creative works at CU Boulder.
The 2020 edition of the annual CU Boulder Research & Innovation Week will:
Highlight and shape tomorrow's leaders
Showcase some of our most compelling innovations
Demonstrate CU Boulder's positive impact on humanity
Full Schedule
Wednesday, October 14
- Online (Zoom)
This event is free and open to the public. Register Now
From September 2019 to October 2020, the German icebreaker Polarstern was embedded within the Arctic sea ice and drifted for 12 months. Hundreds of scientists from around the world spent months aboard, in shifts, studying the complete Arctic climate “system,” including the ocean below, sea ice and the atmosphere above. CU Boulder scientists played leading roles in the mission, dubbed MOSAiC for Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate.
At this virtual event, you’ll hear from:
On this Zoom-based panel, view spectacular images and video footage from the mission, and engage with speakers after their remarks.
Panelists will take live questions from the audience.
Thursday, October 15
Time and Space: A Deeper Look Into the World Around Us
- Online (Zoom)
This event is free and open to the public. Register Now
Through a series of captivating vignettes, some of CU Boulder’s most promising faculty invite you to ride shotgun with them on their personal journeys to discovery and innovation. From revealing the hidden narratives of enslaved peoples of early America to understanding why the veins in your eyes kink in microgravity, these rising stars will give you a behind-the-scenes look at the scholarship and collaborations that unlock their pioneering, world-changing work.
Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation Terri Fiez, Faculty Fellows Program Director Kirsten Rowell and a select group of RIO Faculty Fellows will be your guides on this journey through some of the university’s most compelling research, scholarship and creative work.
Speakers
Friday, October 16
- Online
This event is free and open to the public. Details and Registration
Capping off CU Boulder's 2020 Research and Innovation Week, take a virtual open lab tour and learn about the ATLAS Institute's inventive exploration and interdisciplinary research in fields like human-robot interaction, human-computer interaction, computing for health and wellness, e-textiles, visual cognition, wearable technologies, personal diagnostics, nanoscale engineering, the technology of visual language and more.
Opening remarks by ATLAS Director Mark D. Gross will be followed with lightning talks by lab directors. In the breakout sessions that follow, visitors can take a deeper dive into the work of individual labs and studios.