CU Boulder, JILA, ColdQuanta featured in new video highlighting Front Range quantum ecosystem

CU Boulder, JILA, ColdQuanta featured in film highlighting Front Range quantum ecosystem

Nov. 8, 2021

CU Boulder innovators, JILA physicists, and university startup ColdQuanta are featured in a new film from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (COEDIT) explaining the importance of quantum research to the public—and promoting Colorado's extensive quantum ecosystem.

Research & Innovation Seed Grant Program solicits proposals

Research & Innovation Seed Grant Program solicits proposals

Nov. 3, 2021

The Research & Innovation Seed Grant program—designed to stimulate new areas of research, scholarship and creativity on the ֲý Boulder campus—is accepting proposals through Wednesday, January 19, 2022.

CU Boulder, UN Human Rights to co-host global climate summit next fall

CU Boulder, UN Human Rights to co-host global climate summit next fall

Nov. 2, 2021

CU Boulder and UN Human Rights have announced plans to co-host the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit in late fall 2022. The summit is designed to engage human rights, scientific, political, educational, cultural and industry leaders to commit to specific goals that will help to slow climate change.

CU Boulder attracts record $634.4 million for research

CU Boulder attracts record $634.4 million for research

Oct. 26, 2021

CU Boulder researchers attracted a record $634.4 million in fiscal year 2021 for studies that, among other things, examine how artificial intelligence can transform education, led to the United Arab Emirate’s Hope spacecraft orbiting Mars, and address threats posed by climate change in the Arctic.

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Record breaking $50 million+ year for aerospace research at CU Boulder

Oct. 26, 2021

The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the ֲý Boulder has had a record-breaking year for research funding, bringing in $53 million in awards.

Lab Venture Challenge to spotlight next-gen campus innovations Nov. 3-4

Lab Venture Challenge to spotlight next-gen campus innovations Nov. 3-4

Oct. 19, 2021

Lab Venture Challenge (LVC)—which will take place virtually November 3-4, 2021—funds the university's top innovations that address a commercial need, have a clear path to a compelling market, and enjoy strong scientific support.

STROBE Nano-imaging center receives five-year, $22 million renewal from NSF

STROBE Nano-imaging center receives five-year, $22 million renewal from NSF

Oct. 19, 2021

A partnership between six institutions, led by CU Boulder, the Science and Technology Center on Real-Time Functional Imaging (STROBE) is pushing electron, X-ray and nano-optical imaging to their limits by integrating state-of-the-art microscopes with advanced algorithms and big data.

New cereal box-sized satellite to explore alien planets

New cereal box-sized satellite to explore alien planets

Oct. 19, 2021

The Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE) is slated to launch into space Sept. 27. The approximately $4 million spacecraft, a smaller-than-usual type of satellite known as a “CubeSat,” is about as large as a “family-sized box of Cheerios,” said LASP researcher Kevin France.

Tynt Technologies locks up $8.5M to engineer blackout windows

Tynt Technologies locks up $8.5M to engineer blackout windows

Oct. 14, 2021

Co-founded by CU Boulder professor Mike McGehee, Tynt has raised $8.5 million in seed funding to scale its reversible metal electrodeposition (RME) technology, which is used to create blackout windows that aim to increase home comfort, privacy and energy efficiency.

Engineering professor’s Nov. 2 lecture asserts that “size matters” when it comes to microscale sensors and machines¬

Engineering professor’s Nov. 2 lecture to explore how microscale sensors and machines are changing our world

Oct. 6, 2021

Victor M. Bright of the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering will deliver his Distinguished Research Lecture “Microscale Sensors and Machines” virtually on Tuesday, November 2 from 4–5 p.m.

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