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Chapin wins Polly Baca Raíces Fuertes Community Leader Award

Chapin wins Polly Baca Raíces Fuertes Community Leader Award

Congressman Joe Neguse announced Violeta Chapin as the winner of the 2021 Polly Baca Raíces Fuertes Community Leader Award in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.
Ye wins Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Ye wins Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Jun Ye, fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and professor adjoint of physics at CU Boulder, has been awarded the 2022 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for his...
Thompson to retire, continue teaching after leading multiple expansions as Continuing Ed dean

Thompson to retire, continue teaching after leading multiple expansions as Continuing Ed dean

University of Colorado Boulder Provost Russell Moore today announced that Sara Thompson, dean of Continuing Education and vice provost for Summer Session and Outreach and Engagement, will retire...
Rinaldo named director of Center for Asian Studies

Rinaldo named director of Center for Asian Studies

As a new academic year begins, I am deeply honored and excited to be taking on the role of faculty director of the Center for Asian Studies. A few months ago, many of us thought the COVID-19 pandemic...
Kroll reflects on his alma mater, CU Denver

Kroll reflects on his alma mater, CU Denver

Elected in 2016 to represent Colorado’s 1st Congressional District, Jack Kroll ’11, MS ’20 is a proud Lynx alum who now serves as Chair of the CU Board of Regents. In the fall of 2006, however, he...
Maloy, Parker honored with Distinguished Research Lectureships

Maloy, Parker honored with Distinguished Research Lectureships

The Lectureship is among the most esteemed honors bestowed by the faculty upon a faculty member at the University of Colorado Boulder. Each year, the Research & Innovation Office requests...
Frey revisits post-9/11 memoir
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Frey revisits post-9/11 memoir

Julia Frey Julia Frey, professor emerita in the Department of French and Italian at CU Boulder, recently completed an updated version of her memoir “Balcony View: Living at Ground Zero After 9/11.”...
Kuenstler, Mark selected as Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows

Kuenstler, Mark selected as Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows

Alexa Kuenstler, a postdoc in the Bowman and Hayward labs, and Lesli Mark (PhDChemEngr’20), formerly of the Medlin group, were selected as Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows in Chemical Sciences...
Maeda named CU Boulder dean of undergraduate education and vice provost

Maeda named CU Boulder dean of undergraduate education and vice provost

University of Colorado Boulder Senior Vice Provost for Academic Planning and Assessment Katherine Eggert today named Daryl Maeda dean of undergraduate education and vice provost, effective July 19.
Lori Call

Call to lead CU Boulder’s local government, community relations strategy

Lori Call, a CU Boulder alumna and longtime Boulder and Denver-area communication and business leader, will return to her alma mater this fall to join the university’s Office of Government and...
After 42 years of deadlines, Curtin to retire

After 42 years of deadlines, Curtin to retire

To know Dave Curtin is to know a dedicated, professional and trustworthy man who lives by deadlines. For 42 years he has worked on deadline: for speeches, news stories and projects. He's worked early...
Farrelly to join English-teaching effort in South Korea

Farrelly to join English-teaching effort in South Korea

Linguist Raichle Farrelly of the University of Colorado Boulder will join a two-month English language specialist virtual project focusing on promoting global citizenship and emerging trends in...
CU on the Air podcast host McConnellogue retires

CU on the Air podcast host McConnellogue retires

It’s the end of an era – or at least a 15-year run. New CU on the Air host Emily Davies talks with Vice President of University Communication Ken McConnellogue, who is retiring from the university...
Marcy and Bruce Benson launch full-ride geology graduate fellowships

Marcy and Bruce Benson launch full-ride geology graduate fellowships

Bryn Launer took a deep breath as she picked up the phone. She was calling the brother of a patient with a severe head injury suffered in a motorcycle accident. Still unconscious in the hospital...
Johnson to be featured in ombuds webinar Tuesday

Johnson to be featured in ombuds webinar Tuesday

Join Liz Hill, associate director, CU Boulder Ombuds Office, on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, for a fireside chat with Stefanie K. Johnson, associate professor of management at CU Boulder's Leeds School of...
Rabaka on why African and African American studies matter

Rabaka on why African and African American studies matter

As of May 2021, CU Boulder has established the Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS and also referred to as “the Cause”) to support teaching and research on the history and culture...
Miller awarded for research on COVID-19 transmission via singing

Miller awarded for research on COVID-19 transmission via singing

Professor Shelly Miller is among an international coalition of researchers whose COVID-19 transmission work has been recognized by the American Academy of Teachers of Singing.
Kahan, McPherson to join Benson Center for 2021-22 academic year

Kahan, McPherson to join Benson Center for 2021-22 academic year

The Bruce D. Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization at the University of Colorado Boulder has appointed Alan S. Kahan as the visiting scholar in conservative thought and policy for the...
Makotyn

Makotyn joins CUbit Quantum Initiative as executive director

“Phil has a great combination of enthusiasm and energy, scientific vision, technical competence, organizational skills and academic-industry relationship expertise,” said CUbit Director Jun Ye. “We...
Shernick

Shernick helps students where they are

Q: Without saying your title, describe who you serve on campus and what you do. A: Every year I support 320 students and more than 20 faculty in Sewall Hall for the Stories and Societies RAP. I run a...
CU Boulder faculty, staff recognized with student-nominated Marinus Smith Awards

CU Boulder faculty, staff recognized with student-nominated Marinus Smith Awards

21 faculty and staff members were recognized this year for the positive impact they have made on their students through the Marinus Smith Awards. Overall, over 35 nominations were received from...
Inniss

Inniss to become dean of Colorado Law

University of Colorado Boulder Provost Russell Moore today named Lolita Buckner Inniss dean of the University of Colorado Law School, effective July 1, 2021. Inniss will become Colorado Law’s first...
Lymerick

Limerick elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Patricia Limerick, a well-known historian at the University of Colorado Boulder, has been selected as a member the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the academy announced today.

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