2025-26
A new mural in CU Boulder’s Duane Physics building offers a glimpse into the world’s largest particle detectors, both of which operate at the CERN laboratory’s Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland. Astrophysical and planetary sciences senior Veronica Keff worked with several physics faculty members to understand and interpret the technical components of the massive CMS and ATLAS detectors.
Across CU Boulder, researchers and entrepreneurs have turned insights into programs and companies that reach into classrooms, clinics and communities with efforts focused on education, public health, mental wellness and more. While their efforts vary widely, they share a common purpose: putting people first.
In 2026, the Research and Innovation Office (RIO) Arts and Humanities Grant Program awarded $107,000 in combined seed funding to 19 projects whose concepts expressed exceptional depth and impact across campus and in communities beyond.
As an artist, Gregorio has pursued themes of immigration, violence and war, spirituality, religion and the disintegration of family, and the defense mechanisms people use to contain these things. Working in painting, drawing, audio, installation, sculpture and performance, Gregorio wrestles and seeks peace with these themes.
Women’s teams can win championships and deliver results that rival those of men’s teams. Yet new research, drawing on data from more than 900 international sporting events, finds that they are judged differently and rewarded less because they are all-women teams.
New CU Boulder research found that increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity was associated with declines in employment among both likely undocumented immigrants and U.S.-born workers.
The Museum of Natural History Institute has reimagined its public spaces, expanding its
role as a gateway to CU Boulder research and innovation. The newly transformed galleries combine interactive design and state-of-the-art technology to showcase campus research, support symposia, foster interdisciplinary collaboration and engage the public with scientific discovery.
A CU Boulder-led initiative to reduce youth violence has been associated with a 75% decline in arrests for murder, assault, robbery and other youth crimes in recent years.
In the most comprehensive study to date, researchers analyzed DNA from 1 million people with at least one of 14 psychiatric disorders, revealing that many of these conditions fall into a smaller number of genetically related clusters.
Carillon Skrzynski, an assistant research professor at the Center for Health and Neuroscience, Genes and Environment (CUChange), analyzed how solitary drinking affects cognitive function using a dataset compiled by Angela Bryan, professor of psychology and neuroscience and co-director of CUChange.