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Meredith Betterton Awarded AB Nexus seed grant for research collaborations related to AI and climate change

July 24, 2024

A portrait of the 2024 TASI class standing in front of the flatirons

2024 TASI students study frontiers of particle theory

July 23, 2024

The Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics (TASI) recently concluded its 40th year, bringing 65 students from around the world to Ƶ to delve into the “Frontiers of Particle Theory.” Supported by the National Science Foundation and the Ƶ, TASI brings graduate students to Ƶ...

Abbas Hassani receives the 2023 CMS Award from Patty McBride, CMS Spokesperson.

Graduate student Abbas Hassani receives 2023 CMS Award

July 3, 2024

Abbas Hassani, a graduate student in the high energy physics group, has been recognized with a 2023 Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment (CMS) Award for his outstanding contributions to the Silicon Pixel Detector in 2023.

Scott Diddams pictured in the lab with students

CU Ƶ, Elevate Quantum partners ready for $127M regional quantum boost

July 2, 2024

Elevate Quantum, of which CU Ƶ is a key partner, announced today that it has received a Tech Hub Phase 2 implementation award from the Department of Commerce, unlocking more than $127 million in new federal and state funding. The award is expected to drive more than $2 billion in additional private capital and cement the Mountain West as a global leader for quantum innovation.

An extremely cold gas of strontium atoms is trapped in a web of light known as an optical lattice.

Jun Ye's group builds most precise atomic clock

July 1, 2024

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Infleqtion fellowships inspire physics graduate students

June 25, 2024

Over the past three years, Infleqtion has sponsored prestigious fellowships and an industry panel for incoming physics graduate students. The company maintains close ties with the university, highlighting the importance of industry and higher ed working together to develop future leaders in the field.

Aju Jugessur, Juliet Gopinath, Scott Diddams and Cindy Regal, who will lead the realization of a new facility at CU Ƶ for making incredibly small devices. (Credit: Patrick Campbell/CU Ƶ)

CU Ƶ wins $20M to lead National Quantum Nanofab facility

June 20, 2024

Several physics faculty including Scott Diddams (Principal Investigator), Cindy Regal, and Juliet Gopinath, will lead the creation of the new National Quantum Nanofab facility at CU Ƶ, sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

William Clark from Infleqtion presents a talk to Quantum Scholars students

Quantum Scholars program draws new sponsors from industry, alums

June 20, 2024

The Quantum Scholars program has garnered support from several new sponsors, leading to an increase in the number of fellowships available for students this fall.

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Graduate Student Yunzhe “Oliver” Shao Wins Best Paper Award at IEEE Conference

June 20, 2024

Physics graduate student Yunzhe “Oliver” Shao received the Best Paper Award at this year's IEEE Conference on Computational Imaging Using Synthetic Apertures.

Adam Kaufman

Kaufman receives 2024 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

June 18, 2024

Adam Kaufman, associate professor adjoint of physics and JILA/NIST fellow, has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

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