In its second year in a virtual setting, the New Venture Challenge, CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ’s premier entrepreneurial startup program and competition, dazzled with high energy and even higher-flying ideas curated by students vying for their share of $150K in prize money.
Gary Henry has been named the new Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research, Director of the Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG). Henry will begin serving in this role starting May 1, 2021. He will fully assume the position on July 1 when Denitta Ward, who currently serves in the role, retires.
Upcoming episodes of Buff Innovator Insights, a weekly podcast from the Research & Innovation Office (RIO), feature faculty tackling some of the toughest challenges facing the world today: global poverty and racism.
Shayna Hume, a graduate student in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ, is blasting off on an adventurous journey: She's heading to Mars (or at least as close to Mars as you can get on Earth).
In anticipation of the upcoming NSF call for Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSECs), and to increase CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ’s competitiveness for such a center, the Research & Innovation Office (RIO) is leading efforts to ensure that all interested researchers from across campus are engaged in the university’s internal selection process. CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ will be limited to one pre-proposal submission.
Victor M. Bright of the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering and Kent Hutchison of the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience have been selected to receive the 2020 Distinguished Research Lectureship.
Explore the expertise of some of Colorado’s leading aerospace companies, the focus of some of the key educational programs in the state, and the nexus between government, the universities and the private sector.
The Startup Colorado Network, an online tool for small business owners launched by CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ's Silicon Flatirons in 2020, connects rural entrepreneurs with business resources, as well as fellow business owners, mentors and funders.
Researchers at CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ are leading a new $15 million, multi-partner institute with NASA over the next five years to improve entry, descent and landing technologies for exploring other planets.
Learn how CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ is making a difference—from environmental sciences to music, from space to the social sciences, and from education to quantum science and technology.
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