Physics major Francesco Vassalli and environmental science major Jenna Engleken listen as lecturer Kane Turner talks during a discussion of “The Republic†by Plato (photo by the Daily Camera)

CU Boulder humanities program for engineers celebrates 30 years

Aug. 20, 2019

The Herbst Program of Humanities in Engineering is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and is changing its name to the Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics and Society to more accurately describe what it does.

The new building.

Aerospace has a new home at CU Boulder

Aug. 19, 2019

Celebrate with Us! Ribbon Cutting Ceremony August 26, 2019 at 12:30 p.m. 3775 Â鶹ÊÓƵy Dr. RSVP Here The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences has moved into a new dedicated building on East Campus. The four-story, nearly 180,000 square-foot structure was completed over the summer following 18...

Kate Tomlinson and Claire Butler

It takes a global village

Aug. 16, 2019

Two engineering students explore the challenge of sustainable development in Brazil.

A rendering of the team's house.

The buildup: Solar Decathlon team moves to next stage of competition

Aug. 7, 2019

The U.S. Department of Energy has named CU Boulder one of 11 finalists in the national Solar Decathlon Build Challenge, which means the team can begin building its renewable energy-powered home.

Isakowitz Fellows with Buzz Aldrin

Interning at Blue Origin as a Matthew Isakowitz Fellow

Aug. 7, 2019

Annika Rollock (Advisor: Bobby Braun ) is a second year PhD student in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences and a 2019 Matthew Isakowitz Fellow. The Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship Program is an internship and mentorship program that offers college juniors, seniors, and graduate students the opportunity...

Luis Zea and the 16 Psyche asteroid

CU Boulder explores mining in space with bacteria

Aug. 7, 2019

Luis Zea is investigating the possibility of mining metals from asteroids in space using an unlikely agent: bacteria. It may sound like science fiction, but so-called biomining is already a reality on Earth. Now, Zea, and his co-investigator Jesse Colangelo in the Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Department of Geological Sciences...

Graduate students walk across field on campus

CU Engineering waives application fees for PhD programs

Aug. 7, 2019

Now through Nov. 15, 2019, any U.S. citizen or permanent resident with an undergraduate GPA of 3.4+ who applies to a PhD program in the college can do so for free, a $60 savings.

Teresa Lim

Undergrads show off their summer research projects

Aug. 6, 2019

Students will present findings from the Summer Program for Undergraduate Research on Thursday and Friday in the Gallogly DLC Collaboratory. These final presentations sum up the students’ work over the summer in various labs and provide a valuable chance to speak about their research to faculty, staff and other students.

ShineOn team members standing with bike light.

ShineOn prepares for mass production of advanced bike light

Aug. 4, 2019

A year and a half after starting the company, CU Boulder startup ShineOn has grown to five employees and is preparing to launch its first product for cycling enthusiasts.

An ethernet cord with a lock and computer code over running over it

AI and the First Amendment: Preparing engineers for tomorrow’s big questions

Aug. 2, 2019

This original research was created in partnership between the CEAS and CU Boulder’s LeRoy Keller Center for the Study of the First Amendment as part of its mission to encourage the study of topics relating to the nature, meaning and contemporary standing of First Amendment rights and liberties.

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