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CU is a global leader in patents for inventions, innovations

June 12, 2020

The University of Colorado jumped from No. 53 to No. 20 in a recent global ranking of the top 100 universities granted U.S. utility patents for an array of inventions and innovations that can have far-reaching and positive impacts on society.

Assistant Professor Marina Vance

Paper looks at exposure to airborne particulate matter in homes

June 12, 2020

Assistant Professor Marina Vance鈥檚 group has published a new research paper titled 鈥淚ndoor particulate matter during HOMEChem: Concentrations, size distributions, and exposures鈥 in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

Tanya Ennis

BOLD Center statement on the longstanding racial crisis

June 11, 2020

Racism has reared its ugly head again in the United States. Police officers killed a number of Black people over the last few months, and these are the ones we know about. The nonsensical killing of Black men, women and children happens far too frequently and, within society, has become...

Nathan McNeill

Nathan McNeill to lead CMU-CU Engineering Partnership Program

June 10, 2020

McNeill, a mechanical engineering instructor in the program for the last eight years, will start the new position on July 1.

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A Message to our Community鈥擲tanding Against Racism

June 5, 2020

Dear GoldShirt community, Mary and I are writing today to acknowledge the immense pain, anger, despair and sadness that communities are feeling, especially Black communities and communities of color, in response to the violent killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd. These are just some of the most...

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Research shows promising advances to lower cost and durable smart window technology

June 5, 2020

Researchers at CU Boulder have developed an improved method for controlling smart tinting on windows that could make them cheaper, more effective and more durable than current options on the market.

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Why developing a successful COVID-19 vaccine is only half the battle

June 4, 2020

A multidisciplinary team is working to build a pilot-scale system capable of producing 10,000 to 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines per run that would be ready for use as human trials of vaccines begin in the next year.

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Taking collective community action

June 3, 2020

To continue to work toward our shared values of inclusion, equity and honoring diversity, each of us must become more aware, knowledgeable and diligent in shifting our behaviors and our community toward anti-racism.

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Cockroach-inspired robot among smallest, fastest ever

June 3, 2020

This machine, the brainchild of CU Boulder engineer Kaushik Jayaram and colleagues at Harvard University, gives a whole new meaning to the word small: HAMR-Jr can just about squeeze onto the surface of a penny and weighs far less than a paperclip.

Chris and Jannine Rouw

Alumni Volunteer Spotlight: Chris (MAeroEngr鈥18) & Jannine Rouw (EngrPlus鈥18)

June 3, 2020

There鈥檚 an adage in alumni engagement: the alumni couple who volunteers together, stays together. Chris (MAeroEngr鈥18) and Jannine Rouw (EngrPlus鈥18) are Buffs through and through and have been devoted volunteers to the College of Engineering and Applied Science from the moment they graduated. The Rouws were some of the first...

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