Faculty-Staff Edition - July 7, 2023
Campus Community
CU Boulder chancellor announces new Center for Leadership director
Philip DiStefano announced Associate Professor Stefanie Johnson as the new director for CU Boulder’s Center for Leadership. Johnson will assume her new role on Aug. 21.
Marvin Caruthers wins inaugural Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology
A $400,000 award recognizes the far-reaching medical impact of Marvin Caruthers’ development in the early 1980s of an efficient and fast method to synthesize nucleic acids. Caruthers is a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry at CU Boulder.
Research in Your Backyard
Skipping the tip: Why some restaurants and businesses are nixing gratuities
Colorado’s iconic and newly reopened Casa Bonita restaurant is dumping tips. Will other businesses join in? CU Boulder economics Professor Jeff Zax weighs in.
Weeks later, potentially harmful chemicals lingered in homes affected by Marshall Fire
In the wake of the devastating Marshall Fire, a team of chemists and engineers from CU Boulder undertook a first-of-its-kind study to explore homes that survived the blaze. Their results reveal the potential health hazards that wildfires can leave behind in buildings.
Why does matter exist? Roundness of electrons may hold clues
Physicists at CU Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made record-breaking measures of electrons, finding that these tiny particles may be more round- than egg-shaped. Their results could bring scientists closer to answering a profound mystery of existence.