Faculty-Staff Edition - Feb. 18, 2022

On Feb. 16, NASA announced that CIRES Director Waleed Abdalati has been appointed to the NASA Advisory Council.

As senior associate dean for faculty and research at the Leeds School of Business, Yonca Ertimur has a full portfolio of responsibilities. She recently accepted an editor role at Review of Accounting Studies, while she’s also an editor at two other journals.

A new documentary series looks at how nature can help humanity solve some of the world’s biggest problems, and one of the episodes features a Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering professor.

The Colorado Buffaloes were one of four Pac-12 programs honored by the league in the annual challenge. CU won for “best use of innovation” and was judged during the Nov. 6 football game against Oregon State.

Three-and-a-half years ago, a small team began building a master's degree program they believed potential graduate students were yearning for. This month, as the team surveyed five sessions of enrollment results, they knew they'd gotten it right.

It takes a wealth of technical knowledge to create a company that uses a novel form of 3D printing to potentially revolutionize a visit to the dentist. If successful, this CU startup will have the Leeds School's collaboration with engineers to thank.