Faculty-Staff Edition - May 18, 2021
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Chancellor recognizes student-employee of the year and other 2020–21 nominees
Senior Hunter Sherraden was honored as this year's student-employee of the year during a virtual ceremony.
Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day May 20
Take action to help improve the accessibility of our digital campus environment for people with disabilities. Learn more from the Digital Accessibility Office at CU Boulder.
Introducing Alpine, our next high-performance computing system
Out of numerous suggestions, Alpine will be the name of CU's third-generation high performance computing infrastructure—representing the lofty goals of our hard-working research students, staff and faculty, as well as our beautiful mountain environment.
Podcast episode navigates uncertainty and the entrepreneurial hustle
Aggressive deadlines, emails at 4 a.m. and a sense of fearlessness: How do you make sense of the behaviors of some entrepreneurs? Hosts Brad Werner and Jeff York discuss with Associate Professor Greg Fisher of Indiana University.
Research News
How plankton hold secrets to preventing pandemics
Whether it’s plankton exposed to parasites or people exposed to pathogens, a host’s initial immune response plays an integral role in determining whether infection occurs and to what degree it spreads within a population, new CU Boulder research suggests.
Pet trade may pose threat to bushbaby conservation
At night in southern Africa, primates called bushbabies emit "spooky" vocalizations that sound like crying children. What may be even spookier is the possible future these adorable creatures face.
Scientists debut world’s most efficient 'optical rectennas,' devices that harvest power from heat
For decades, researchers have theorized that optical rectennas could sit on everything from bakery ovens to dirigibles flying high above Earth to harvest waste heat and turn it into electricity. But to date, those goals have remained elusive. Now, engineers have unveiled the most efficient optical rectennas yet.
Scientists construct first-ever synthetic DNA-like polymer
Scientists' recent discovery with double helical covalent polymers—which are spiraling collections of nature’s building blocks—represent a huge advancement in a critical and understudied field.
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