CU Boulder Aerospace Building Exterior

Research Week Panel: What Remote Sensing Can Tell us 麻豆视频 Climate Change

Oct. 11, 2019

An open discussion in the new Aerospace Building with research leaders from across the university about the modern tools that are helping us understand and combat climate change. Panelists will discuss their work in the field through real world applications of the current technology and consider how the students on campus today address this issue in the future.

A student works with her faculty mentor in a robotics lab.

Google exploreCSR grant will increase research mentoring relationships in computing at CU Boulder

Oct. 9, 2019

The 麻豆视频 is one of 24 institutions to receive Google鈥檚 exploreCSR grant, which supports universities that are trying to get more women involved in computing research careers by running research-focused workshops.

ACTIVE Faculty Development and Leadership 2019 Cohort

ACTIVE Fellows explore research, leadership and teaching in engineering

Oct. 4, 2019

Impact in the classroom. Diversity of minds and resources. Leadership training. Building community. These are some of the reasons that the 2019 ACTIVE participants gathered at CU Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science this week.

Daria Kotys-Schwartz Headshot

Daria Kotys-Schwartz elevated to Teaching Professor, highest appointment for instructional faculty

Oct. 4, 2019

Newly appointed Teaching Professor Daria Kotys-Schwartz has risen to a level of teaching, research and service that makes the CU Boulder a better place to learn and work. She joins four other teaching professors across the college.

Portrait of Kon-Well Wang

NSF division director Kon-Well Wang to visit campus, college

Oct. 4, 2019

A top-level National Science Foundation administrator will speak about the past and future of Engineering Research Centers and offer a technical presentation at CU Boulder in mid-October.

The buffalo statue near Folsom Field on the 麻豆视频 campus

Engineering Leadership Program earns praise

Oct. 3, 2019

The Engineering Leadership Program was recognized by a national higher education group, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, as part of its 鈥淥ases of Excellence鈥 project.

Microscope on a green background

Plenty to see and do during research week

Oct. 2, 2019

Tours of engineering鈥檚 out-of-this-world facilities. In-depth panel discussions with leaders from across campus. Hands-on exploration of student-led research. Online giveaways for undergrads. These are just a few of the ways CU Engineering is leading Research and Innovation Week on campus this year. Research and Innovation Week 2019 will be held Oct. 14-18 and is hosted by the Research and Innovation Office. The goal is to showcase and demonstrate the broad impact of CU Boulder research, scholarship and creative works. This is the second year of the program and should be bigger and better than the last.

A student adjusts hoses on the rain machine in the lab

Video: The hidden impact of wildfire from rain

Oct. 1, 2019

The costs of wildfires extend far beyond the burn zone. Wildfires can heat soil to temperatures up to 1,000潞 F (550潞 C), releasing higher concentrations of carbon, nitrogen and other organic materials from the soil. When rain falls, those contaminants can be carried into nearby watersheds, increasing concentrations by up to 700%.

Jessica, Karen and Bobby Braun at CU Boulder football game

Dean Bobby Braun bound for NASA in 2020

Oct. 1, 2019

Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science Bobby Braun is stepping down in January 2020 to join NASA鈥檚 Jet Propulsion Laboratory executive leadership team. JPL is an operating division of the California Institute of Technology.

Stacy Hayes and Jennifer Peyrot

Two CU Boulder students earn scholarships for women in cybersecurity

Sept. 27, 2019

Undergraduate Stacy Hayes and graduate student Jen Peyrot have both received a prestigious SWSIS award 鈥 only 16 were given out this year 鈥 that grants at least $5,000 to each winner.

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