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‘An exceptional scholar among exceptional scholars’

May 7, 2020

Applied math major Ellen Considine recognized with college's Outstanding Undergraduate Award.

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Academia Meets Activism

May 7, 2020

Student group tackles antimicrobial resistance Antimicrobial resistance—the ability of bacteria, viruses and fungi to adapt to common remedies, leading to increasingly difficult-to-treat superbugs—represents a looming threat to global health. In labs at CU Boulder and around the world, researchers are exploring strategies for revamping antibiotics to work in the face...

Marina Nieto Caballero and Eddie Fuques Villalba prepare to assess the infection potential of murine coronavirus in CU Boulder lab

Environmental engineering researchers study airborne coronavirus disinfection

May 7, 2020

An environmental engineering research team led by Professor Mark Hernandez has been chosen to study the fate of airborne coronavirus indoors.

Professor Angela BielefeldtÌý

New research to examine role of mentoring in STEM majors’ retention

May 6, 2020

Professor Angela Bielefeldt is starting a new research project that examines how mentoring and identity relate to retention among STEM majors in college. The work is funded by CU’s Research & Innovation Office Seed Grant program and is in partnership with the School of Education.

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Special Delivery

May 1, 2020

Researchers exploring ways to make drug delivery safer and more effective By looking at health problems through an engineering lens, CU Engineering researchers are creating ways to make drug therapy delivery safer and more effective. By working across departments, disciplines and research units, our engineers are innovating solutions for the...

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DNA: Goldmine for Hackers?

May 1, 2020

The team performs penetration testing on a gene sequencing machine at Colorado State University. Students explore security risks around genetic data collection Genetic data is some of the most valuable personal information we have. But protections and assurances around its collection and storage lag behind those built into consumer products,...

MAXWELL flatsat in the clean room.

Spacebound while homebound: CU Boulder students designing a satellite from home

May 1, 2020

Aaron Aboaf is leading a team of students on a million-dollar satellite development project to advance space communications technology — all from his childhood bedroom in Aurora, Colorado. Working entirely via Zoom, remote desktop connections, and webcams, the University of Colorado Boulder team is trying to continue construction and programming...

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Biomedical Boost

May 1, 2020

New undergraduate major and graduate degrees build on college’s strengths A 3D-printed heart? A robotic surgeon? Biomedical engineering has come a long way from the invention of the scalpel. And now, it’s getting a boost at CU Boulder with a new undergraduate major and graduate programs launching in fall 2020...

National Academy of Sciences awardees Kristine Larson (left) and Veronica Vaida (right)

2 researchers join the ranks of the National Academy of Sciences

May 1, 2020

This week, the National Academy of Sciences announced that it had elected two CU Boulder researchers at the forefront of atmospheric chemistry and GPS science to its prestigious membership.

Partnership Program

Western Buffs

April 29, 2020

When I heard about the (partnership) program, it was the best of both worlds. Partnership Program Partnership program helps students engineer their own CU experience. In 2018, the CU Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science launched a partnership program with Western Colorado University’s Paul M. Rady School of Computer...

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