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The first season of Buff Innovator Insights, a weekly podcast from the Research & Innovation Office (RIO), wraps up with episodes about the use of artificial intelligence in education, and how data synthesis could change the way we live with wildfires.

The 2021 Research & Innovation Seed Grants, announced by the CU Boulder Office of the Provost and Research & Innovation Office (RIO), are funding 16 new proposals for up to $50,000, including two new CU Boulder Grand Challenge projects.

In this week's episode, Professor Evan Thomas shares how his interests in journalism, engineering and entrepreneurship, as well as his experiences with Engineering Without Borders, inspired him to tackle global poverty through his work and teaching.

On Thursday, April 22, Professor Kent Hutchison will deliver the 116th Distinguished Research Lecture, Understanding the Risks and Benefits of Cannabis Across the Lifespan. Hutchison was one of two faculty members selected to receive the 2020 Distinguished Research Lectureship, which is among the most esteemed honors bestowed by the faculty upon a faculty member at CU Boulder.

In its second year in a virtual setting, the New Venture Challenge, CU Boulder’s premier entrepreneurial startup program and competition, dazzled with high energy and even higher-flying ideas curated by students vying for their share of $150K in prize money.

CU Boulder researchers have created a platform that can develop effective therapies against any bacteria in just one week, potentially changing the way we respond to pandemics and how we approach increasing cases of antibiotic resistance globally.

Gary Henry has been named the new Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research, Director of the Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG). Henry will begin serving in this role starting May 1, 2021. He will fully assume the position on July 1 when Denitta Ward, who currently serves in the role, retires.

Upcoming episodes of Buff Innovator Insights, a weekly podcast from the Research & Innovation Office (RIO), feature faculty tackling some of the toughest challenges facing the world today: global poverty and racism.

Shayna Hume, a graduate student in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at CU Boulder, is blasting off on an adventurous journey: She's heading to Mars (or at least as close to Mars as you can get on Earth).

In anticipation of the upcoming NSF call for Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSECs), and to increase CU Boulder’s competitiveness for such a center, the Research & Innovation Office (RIO) is leading efforts to ensure that all interested researchers from across campus are engaged in the university’s internal selection process. CU Boulder will be limited to one pre-proposal submission.