Julie Poppen
- Whether it’s addressing a personal crisis or a nation in turmoil, bestselling author and social commentator David Brooks shared personal stories and bits of wisdom in a recent conversation with Chancellor Phil DiStefano. Here are some key takeaways.
- Researchers at CU Boulder’s Renewable & Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI) on Thursday released a report outlining key steps the U.S. can take to drive CO2 emissions to zero in the key sectors of electricity, building, transportation and industry.
- CU Boulder has announced a new partnership with Colorado Outward Bound School to provide a four-credit upper-division leadership course through the campus’s newly expanded Center for Leadership.
- Noted organic chemist Seth Marder has been named the new director of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, one of several affiliated with CU Boulder, effective July 2021.
- CU Boulder’s newest center combines an array of hands-on programming and partnerships to bolster leadership education for students, faculty and staff with research to advance the field of leadership studies.
- CU Boulder is joining several high-profile challenges that inject a fun sense of competition among Pac-12, in-state and other peer universities as a way to motivate students to get out and vote.
- CU Boulder research attracted $613.9 million in funding in fiscal year 2020 for groundbreaking studies that, among other things, crack the code of the teenage brain, advance electric transportation and aim to understand how odors guide behavior.
- A new endowed chair at JILA will support researchers from historically underrepresented groups in making new advancements in laser technology.
- During a visit to campus Wednesday, Angie Paccione, head of the Colorado Department of Higher Education, engaged in curious and passionate conversation with students and campus leaders about pressing topics like retention, state funding and mental health.
- Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin shared 50 years' worth of research and insights on four U.S. presidents with a sold-out crowd at Macky Auditorium on Thursday. She was this year's featured speaker in the fourth annual Leo Hill Leadership Speaker Series.