Top10 Graduate Ranking

Top 10 ranking for Environmental Engineering Graduate program

June 18, 2024

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ is among the top 25 engineering graduate programs in the U.S., according to U.S. News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings for 2025 . When compared with its public university peers, the College of Engineering and Applied Science’s graduate program was ranked No. 12...

Research Professor Edith Zagona discussing modern water management approaches during a USAID-sponsored visit to Armenia.

CU Boulder professor introduces modern water management approaches during USAID visit to Armenia

June 6, 2024

Research Professor Edith Zagona introduced modern water management approaches during a USAID-sponsored visit to Armenia. The weeklong visit, which included a seminar for the students and faculty of Yerevan State University, was part of USAID’s Improved Water Resources Management for Sustainable Economic Growth in Armenia program, held at the university...

Director/Professor Evan Thomas, Governor Jared Polis & Senator Cleave Simpson at the Senate bill signing in Alamosa, Colorado.

CU part of landmark legislation for green water quality infrastructure

June 4, 2024

Governor Jared Polis has signed into law the new Colorado Senate Bill SB24-037, titled "Study Green Infrastructure for Water Quality Management." Sponsored by Senators Cleave Simpson and Jeff Bridges, along with Representatives Mike Lynch and Karen McCormick, this significant legislation aims to enhance water quality and environmental sustainability in Colorado...

Diane McKnight

Climate change causing increase in metals concentrations in streams

May 24, 2024

Diane McKnight's alpine stream research is highlighted in a new article published in the Aspen Times. The piece focuses on newly published research demonstrating climate-driven increases in stream metal concentrations in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, including Lincoln Creek above Aspen. McKnight, a distinguished professor in the Environmental Engineering Program and...

A group of students at graduation.

Flickr Album: Environmental Engineering Graduation 2024

May 21, 2024

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Environmental Engineering Graduation 2024

May 6, 2024

The May 2024 Environmental Engineering Ceremony will be held: Thursday, May 9, 2024 4pm - 7pm JSC Biotechnology Building's West Lawn The ceremony will be held in-person, in a large white tent on the JSC Biotechnology Building's West Lawn. It is for graduating EVEN BS, MS, and PhD students along...

Aerial photo of a winding river in the mountains.

CU Boulder leading effort to improve water quality in Rockies’ rivers

April 4, 2024

Using machine learning for better water quality. Â鶹ÊÓƵ and Colorado State University researchers are teaming up to improve river water quality in the...

Air handling equipment on a building rooftop.

Scientists advocate for policies regulating indoor air

April 1, 2024

A group of international experts, including CU Boulder’s Jose-Luis Jimenez , CIRES Fellow and distinguished chemistry professor, and Shelly Miller , mechanical engineering professor, presented a blueprint for national indoor quality standards for public buildings, in a paper published today in Science . “The science is very clear that improving...

Mia Lonergan

Meet Our Undergrads: Mia Lonergan

March 22, 2024

We sat down with graduating fourth-year environmental engineering student Mia Lonergan to share about her CU Engineering experience! Mia has served as treasurer for the CU Boulder Society of Women Engineers (SWE) during the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years. What inspired you to pursue engineering or STEM in general? I...

 Mark Hernandez (middle) and his students installed air quality monitors and purifiers in Colorado classrooms.

Can air purifiers help keep kids in school? New study seeks to find out

Sept. 27, 2023

Engineers at CU Boulder kicked off a new project this month that aims to investigate whether improving classroom air quality with air purifiers can help students miss fewer school days. The study comes at a time when millions of students across the country are chronically absent from school, a worsening...

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