December 2016

This past summer, Silicon Flatirons launched the Governmental Entrepreneurial Leadership Accelerator (GELA) with City of Denver—the first accelerator of its kind, focused on encouraging entrepreneurial thinking and problem-solving in governments.

With a renewed focus on the CU Boulder campus and new initiatives aimed at streamlining the path from science to commercialization, the Technology Transfer Office is on pace for a record year and poised to provide even greater support for faculty.

Only a few months into its inaugural semester, the University of Colorado Boulder’s new space minor is already taking off. Launched this fall to capitalize on the university’s reputation as a top public university in space research, the minor’s trajectory is steeper and faster than predicted, even by its staunchest supporters.

This year's sold-out ASV Day brought together representatives from the state’s leading aerospace companies in order to learn about the latest cutting-edge research, discuss challenges and opportunities facing their organizations, and explore ways in which CU Boulder can help advance the field.

Alumnus Chris Kaffer, co-founder and CEO of Denver startup Mallinda, believes his company’s reusable carbon-fiber composite can play a vital role in making vehicles more efficient. Now, a $750,000 grant will help move the vision forward.

CU Boulder and DigitalGlobe Inc. this have announced a partnership to provide access to DigitalGlobe’s industry-leading high-resolution satellite imagery, data and analytics tools to the university’s Earth Lab initiative in order to advance earth and space science research.