Engineers, students played key role in hunt for alien worlds

Engineers, students played key role in hunt for alien worlds

Nov. 19, 2018

Lee Reedy, flight director for Kepler at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), said that the Kepler mission’s legacy is far from over. To date, it has found a confirmed 2,662 planets beyond our solar system. “And while it will no longer collect data, Kepler will live for a dozen years or more because there are going to be people mining the data it has collected for at least that long,” he said.

New gene therapy eases chronic pain in dogs; human trials underway

New gene therapy eases chronic pain in dogs; human trials underway

Thirty years in the making, the opioid-free, long-lasting shot has been used in more than 40 dogs with impressive results, and ultimately Watkins believes it could play an important role in addressing the nation’s chronic pain epidemic.

Two new CubeSats will study physics of the sun and its impact on life on Earth

Two new CubeSats will study physics of the sun and its impact on life on Earth

Two miniature satellites designed by researchers at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) are scheduled to launch later this month on Spaceflight’s SSO-A: SmallSat Express mission onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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Kristine Larson to share groundbreaking GPS work on Dec. 5 as Distinguished Research Lecturer

Nov. 13, 2018

Kristine M. Larson of the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences will deliver a Distinguished Research Lecture about traditional and leading-edge applications of Global Positioning System (GPS) at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 5. The talk will be held in the Glenn Miller Ballroom at the University...

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CU Ƶ startup awarded $250,000 grant to develop more efficient solar power technology

Nov. 12, 2018

A power electronics company born out of CU Ƶ, BREK Electronics Corp., received a $250,000 Early Stage Capital and Retention (ESCR) matching grant from the Advanced Industries Accelerator (AIA) sponsored by the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (COEDIT).

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Bloomberg Businessweek ranks Leeds Business School’s MBA program #10 for entrepreneurship

Nov. 12, 2018

Tiffany Harbrect reports that Leeds has direct access to an incredibly distinctive, vibrant entrepreneurial business community with a wealth of venture capital and startup opportunities.

Register Now: Research & Innovation Seed Grant Workshop on Thursday, November 29

Register Now: Research & Innovation Seed Grant Workshop on Thursday, November 29

Designed to catalyze new areas of research, scholarship and creative work, the Seed Grant Program awards nearly $1 million annually to Ƶ faculty across all disciplines. Ask questions and hear from previous grantees about their experience securing a Research & Innovation Seed Grant.

Interdisciplinary Research & Innovation Seed Grant program accepting proposals for research, creative work

Interdisciplinary Research & Innovation Seed Grant program accepting proposals for research, creative work

Corrie Detweiler, winner of a 2015 Research & Innovation Seed Grant, in her lab at CU Ƶ. (Credit: Patrick Campbell) Now in its 12 th year, the Research & Innovation Seed Grant program—designed to stimulate new areas of research and creative work on the Ƶ campus—is accepting...

Statistics lab helps developing world do high-impact research

Statistics lab helps developing world do high-impact research

Nov. 8, 2018

The Ƶ’s Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis (LISA) 2020 project, which aims to build 20 statistical analysis laboratories in low and lower-middle income countries by 2020, has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

CU Ƶ to host federal climate adaptation science center

CU Ƶ to host federal climate adaptation science center

Oct. 23, 2018

The U.S. Geological Survey has selected a Ƶ team to host the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center for the next five years, in a move that will foster both innovation and applied research, said new University Director Jennifer Balch.

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