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Nobel laureate Cech to explore gene editing, COVID-19 vaccines in March 17 talk

Nobel laureate Cech to explore gene editing, COVID-19 vaccines in March 17 talk

Nobel laureate and Distinguished Professor Tom Cech will present a virtual lecture March 17 titled “The Magic of RNA: From CRISPR to Coronavirus Vaccines."
Müller-Sievers to deliver virtual Distinguished Research Lecture on March 10

Müller-Sievers to deliver virtual Distinguished Research Lecture on March 10

Müller-Sievers was selected to receive the 2019 Distinguished Research Lectureship, which is among the most esteemed honors bestowed by the faculty upon a faculty member at the University of Colorado...
Bowman

Bowman elected to National Academy of Engineering

Distinguished Professor Christopher Bowman of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at CU Boulder has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest...
Jackson

Jackson steps into unique leadership role

Aisha Jackson, who for the past decade has successfully bridged the worlds of academia and technology at CU Boulder, will become the university’s first assistant vice chancellor and assistant vice...
Laursen co-author of book on gender equity in STEM
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Laursen co-author of book on gender equity in STEM

Sandra Laursen, director and senior research associate of Ethnography and Evaluation Research at CU Boulder, is co-author of a book on gender equity among faculty in STEM. “Building Gender Equity in...
Carpenter

Carpenter named to Shawnee Tribe’s inaugural Supreme Court

University of Colorado Law School Professor Kristen Carpenter, an American Indian law scholar with expertise in property, cultural property, human rights, and Indigenous peoples, has been appointed...
Litos

Litos wins major early career development award

The CAREER Program, one of the NSF’s most prestigious awards, supports early career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in...
Ward

Ward to retire in June

University of Colorado Boulder Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation Terri Fiez has announced that Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research and Director of the Office of Contracts and Grants...
CU Boulder

Provost announces four finalists for CU Boulder law dean position

The finalists for the position are: Michèle Alexandre, Johanna Bond, Lolita Buckner Inniss, Sarah Krakoff and Moses Lasky.
Burgess honored for viewpoint diversity

Burgess honored for viewpoint diversity

The Heterodox Academy has selected CU Boulder environmental economist Matthew Burgess as the recipient of its 2020 Open Inquiry Award for teaching. With this award, Burgess joins Harvard University’s...
Dorrell named FWAA’s ‘First Year’ Coach of the Year

Dorrell named FWAA’s ‘First Year’ Coach of the Year

The University of Colorado's Karl Dorrell was named the Football Writers Association of America's (FWAA) "First Year" Coach of the Year, an honor bestowed on a head coach in his first season at a...
Murnane, Kapteyn honored by National Academy of Inventors

Murnane, Kapteyn honored by National Academy of Inventors

Two scientists who pioneered technologies for generating coherent X-rays, which helped propel research in dynamic processes in atoms, molecules and materials, have been named fellows of the National...
Bellin named interim vice chancellor for advancement at CU Boulder
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Bellin named interim vice chancellor for advancement at CU Boulder

CU Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano today named Derek C. Bellin interim vice chancellor for advancement, effective Feb. 2. Bellin, who currently serves as associate vice chancellor for academic...
Davis

Davis named next College of Music dean at CU Boulder

University of Colorado Boulder Provost Russell L. Moore today named John Davis dean of the College of Music effective Jan. 1, 2021.
McCabe, Lehnert named AAAS fellows

McCabe, Lehnert named AAAS fellows

A University of Colorado Boulder anthropologist studying people in East Africa and a physicist advancing quantum science have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of...
Conlin

Conlin recognized as top archaeology teacher

Diane Conlin, associate professor of classics emerita at the University of Colorado Boulder, has joined a “small group of elite educators” who’ve been recognized as outstanding teachers in the field...
Reuer

Reuer elected Deputy Dean of Fellows for the Strategic Management Society

Dr. Jeffrey J. Reuer, Guggenheim Endowed Chair and Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship was elected to serve as the next Deputy Dean of the Fellows of the Strategic Management Society (SMS)...
Four CU Boulder staff members honored as Employees of the Year

Four CU Boulder staff members honored as Employees of the Year

The annual awards are presented to CU Boulder staff in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the operations and success of CU Boulder. This year, nominators were asked to highlight...
Linden

Linden to receive prestigious 2020 Clarke Prize

The National Water Research Institute (NWRI) and the Joan Irvine Smith and Athalie R. Clarke Foundation will present the 2020 Clarke Prize to Professor Karl Linden on Nov. 10. NWRI administers the...
Johnson receives prestigious Agency Honor Award from NASA

Johnson receives prestigious Agency Honor Award from NASA

Johnson was recognized, “for outstanding effort in strengthening the review of Hubble Space Telescope observing proposals, sparking a revolution in the evaluation of proposals in space science,”...
Coffin announces retirement after transforming CU Boulder advancement operations

Coffin announces retirement after transforming CU Boulder advancement operations

Coffin’s career in higher education spans 39 years, including 19 years at CU Boulder. A member of the chancellor’s leadership team for the past nine years, Coffin has an extensive knowledge of the...

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