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Badge of honor: Engineering sophomore among nation's first female Eagle Scouts

Dec. 3, 2020

Emerson Domke’s diligent attention to her meticulously mapped-out schedule resulted in her completing all tasks in just 19 months and six days.

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New healthcare-related grants enable research into pandemics, rheumatoid arthritis

Dec. 3, 2020

The AB Nexus Research Collaboration Grant program announced its inaugural round of grants totaling $625,000 for novel research projects integrating expertise from the CU Anschutz and CU Boulder campuses.

Seth Marder

Marder to head up RASEI, with joint appointments at ChBE and Chemistry

Dec. 1, 2020

Next summer, renowned chemist and researcher Seth Marder will join the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute as director and will begin joint appointments at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory as a senior research fellow and at CU Boulder’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Department of Chemistry.

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CU Engineering welcomes largest first-year class amidst coronavirus challenges

Nov. 30, 2020

Based on new census data, the college’s new first-year undergraduate class is 1,197 students, a 26.3% increase from fall 2019.

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Daily Camera: Kiewit, CU Boulder begin student engineering program

Nov. 23, 2020

A new program at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ connects engineering students with internships, scholarships and mentoring opportunities at Kiewit, a national construction, engineering and mining company.

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CU Boulder plays key behind-the-scenes role in LTE on the Moon project

Nov. 20, 2020

CU Boulder computer science Research Professor Kevin Gifford and PhD student Siddhartha Subray are playing a key role in helping to define interoperability standards for the groundbreaking system.

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Frequent rapid testing could turn national COVID-19 tide within weeks

Nov. 20, 2020

Testing half the population weekly with inexpensive, rapid-turnaround COVID-19 tests would drive the virus toward elimination within weeks—even if those tests are significantly less sensitive than gold-standard clinical tests, according to a new study published today by CU Boulder and Harvard University researchers.

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BOLD Center Director Tanya Ennis featured in Beyond a Moment, a Movement

Nov. 18, 2020

Against the backdrop of the Black Lives Matter movement and widespread protests for racial justice, six Forever Buffs — students and alumni — and two faculty and staff members share deeply personal stories about racism and injustice on and around campus and illuminate pathways forward.

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CU researchers publish findings on reconfigurable photonic devices in Optica

Nov. 17, 2020

Researchers at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ have released findings that will impact the future of reconfigurable photonic devices and will lead to new possibilities for nanophotonics and microresonators.

Kiewit Scholars

Innovative partnership prepares infrastructure engineers

Nov. 17, 2020

The nation’s infrastructure challenges have been and will continue to be a concern for many years to come. That’s why the Â鶹ÊÓƵ has partnered with Kiewit, one of the nation’s largest construction and engineering organizations, to launch the Kiewit Design-Build Program. Through the program, Kiewit will support up to 40 students each year with significant annual scholarships as well as enhanced academic and professional development opportunities, including internships, service-learning experiences, research projects and mentorship.

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