Academics
- Professors Alison Jaggar, of philosophy, and Karolin Luger, of biochemistry, join singer-songwriter John Legend, award-winning actress Carol Burnett, mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and a host of other scholars and big thinkers as members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced this week.
- A team of engineering students, using their 4.5-pound vehicle propelled entirely by chemical reactions, won the regional Chem-E-Car competition on April 1 and will advance to the national competition.
- Jacob Rodriguez, a junior the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, has been awarded the 2017 Goldwater Scholarship Award, one of the nation’s most prestigious scientific awards for undergraduates.
- Graduate student Snehpal Singh Saini decided to enroll in a notoriously challenging telecommunications engineering course during summer session so he could focus exclusively on the course, with extra time in the lab.
- Speak to departmental advisors and faculty from Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Business, Education, CMCI, Environmental Design, Music, Study Abroad and Career Services at the 2017 Arts and Sciences Majors Fair on April 6.
- It’s no joke: April 1 is the last day to apply for spring/summer graduation and appear in the program. You can apply for graduation in MyCUinfo.
- Twenty-seven graduate students from across campus have been awarded the prestigious 2017 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship.
- The Office for Outreach and Engagement is pleased to announce Pilar Prostko, program coordinator and facilitator for CU Dialogues, has been selected as the recipient of the 2017 Anne K. Heinz Staff Award for Excellence in Outreach and Engagement.
- Because she had hip surgery during winter break, CU Boulder student Annie Miller could not physically attend class in the beginning weeks of spring semester. A robot and some teamwork ensured she could attend remotely.
- Did you know that approximately 8,000 students enroll in summer courses at CU Boulder each year? See how you can make the most of your summer.