CU Leads: In Innovation
For 150 years, the University of Colorado has been a hub of discovery, innovation and progress – a place where bold ideas take shape, breakthroughs become real-world solutions and knowledge creates new possibilities for Colorado and the world.
CU’s history is filled with discoveries and innovations that have transformed lives, launched industries and helped fuel Colorado’s growth. It’s the story of a university and a state growing, innovating and succeeding together.
And CU’s discoveries go the distance. They move from labs and classrooms into hospitals, businesses and communities. They become new treatments and technologies, new companies and jobs, new art and new ways of seeing the world. They become new approaches to some of our most pressing challenges.
Ahead of CU Innovation Day on Sept. 14 – an annual celebration of the amazing work happening across our campuses held in partnership with Colorado Startup Week – we’re highlighting four stories that show CU innovation in action and its impact in Colorado and beyond.
CU Anschutz | Colorado's Cell Therapy Frontier: How the Gates Institute Is Building the Future of Medicine
Imagine a cancer treatment that doesn't rely on harsh chemotherapy or radiation but instead reprograms a patient's own immune cells to hunt down and destroy cancer.
CU Boulder | From Python Biology to Human Therapies: How Arkana Therapeutics Will Change Lives
Leslie Leinwand has asked a simple question: What can extreme animals teach us about human disease?
CU Denver | Why Entrepreneurial Education Is Booming: Jenna Bono and CU Denver’s One-of-a-Kind Program
Across higher education, a quiet shift is underway. While enrollment in many traditional programs is declining, interest in entrepreneurial education is climbing.
UCCS | Building a Legacy: How UCCS Helped Bridget Guerrero Turn Purpose into Impact
When Bridget Guerrero moved to Colorado Springs to work at UCCS, she arrived knowing almost no one, but with a clear mission.
Want to learn more about innovation at CU? Read this year’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Impact Report.