CU Boulder's Lori Peek, professor and director of the Natural Hazards Center, was invited to a Congressional hearing on “Ensuring Equity in Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.”
The CASIS, manager of the International Space Station National Laboratory, announced that CIRES Director Waleed Abdalati joined the organization’s board of directors.
Ben Livneh, CIRES fellow and assistant professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering, is adding a new title to his resume: director of Western Water Assessment.
CU Boulder climate scientist Waleed Abdalati rafted a stretch of the Colorado River with senators Michael Bennet and Mitt Romney to talk about how Western communities can build greater resilience to climate and weather extremes.
Philip Makotyn, executive director the CUbit Quantum Initiative, spoke on Sept. 9 before the Colorado General Assembly's Joint Technology Committee about the quantum ecosystem along Colorado's Front Range.
Graduate School Dean Scott Adler, a political scientist and scholar on the structure and performance of Congress, testified on July 20 before the House Select Committee on the modernization of Congress.
Marcus Holzinger addressed the U.S. Congress, testifying recently before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Space and Science, about space situational awareness and space traffic management.
A number of CU affiliates testified before the Colorado Senate Education Committee, expressing support for a bill that would grant in-state tuition to members of American Indian nations with historical ties to Colorado.
More than 250 people listened in on the event including statements and testimony from U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and CU Boulder Chief Sustainability Officer Heidi VanGenderen.
