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To confront the existential threat that is climate change, governments, industry and institutions of higher education must give voice to those most affected by it, transcend political divisiveness, and deploy empathy and compassion alongside research and innovation.

Roy Parker, distinguished professor of biochemistry and director of the BioFrontiers Institute, will deliver an in-person lecture 鈥淎dventures with RNA in health and disease鈥� at 4 p.m. on April 5 in the Chancellor鈥檚 Hall and Auditorium.

At the NVC15 Female Founders Prize Night, many attendees braved the snow while others joined remotely for presentations from five ventures founded and developed by female-identifying entrepreneurs. Each team pitched to a panel of judges, competing for a share of $10K in prize money.

Imagine a world where shoppers can purchase 鈥渕ethane free鈥� beef at the grocery store, landfills are no longer needed and cheese puffs come packaged in bags containing no plastic whatsoever. These and other possible futures were showcased at the NVC15 Climate Prize Night on March 8.

Under current cosmological theory, six galaxies spotted by an international team of astrophysicists shouldn't be possible. "You just don鈥檛 expect the early universe to be able to organize itself that quickly," said Erica Nelson, co-author of the new research and assistant professor of astrophysics at CU Boulder.

鈥淎s vice chancellor for research and innovation for nearly seven years, Terri transformed CU Boulder鈥檚 research mission, cementing an ethos of innovation at all levels of the enterprise and taking us to previously unrealized heights of success,鈥� said Provost Russell Moore.

As part of the NASA Advisory Council, Waleed Abdalati, director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at CU Boulder, will assist in providing advice and making recommendations about important agency programs and topics.

The CU Boulder research community鈥攁s well as potential partner organizations and collaborators鈥攊s invited to a virtual MRSEC Town Hall meeting on Thursday, March 3, 12鈥�2 p.m. The goal of this event is to gather valuable input on topics that include education, outreach, program evaluation, and diversity and inclusion as the university envisions the programming necessary to address NSF's Broader Impacts criterion.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis and delegates from Finland recently signed an MOU to create collaborative partnership opportunities focused on foreign direct investment and research and development projects in quantum science, as well as company expansion opportunities and exchanges.

CU Boulder's CUbit Quantum Initiative today welcomed the first four strategic industry allies to formally join as CUbit Innovation Partners: Atom Computing, ColdQuanta, Meadowlark Optics and SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.