Medicine
- Tens of millions of years ago, ancient viruses infected our primate ancestors, leaving flecks of DNA that made their way into the human genome. A new study suggests these “endogenous retroviruses” may not be as harmless as once believed.
- With a $25 million National Science Foundation award, CU «Ƶ is launching a new quantum science and engineering research center.
- Marco and Whitney Uribe met at CU in 2008. While living in New York City for Marco’s medical residency, he fought COVID-19 head-on.
- Twins Cara and Amy Faliano have been on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in the labs of the UCHealth system.
- CU «Ƶ computer science assistant professor Mirela Alistar wants to make healthcare more personal. Her work with microfluidic biochips is getting us there.
- Giordan Thompson (MechEngr’20) was one of 21 CU «Ƶ engineering students enrolled in the Maymester course, "Medicine in Space and Surface Environments," focused on aerospace engineering, human physiology and medicine. For one week of the three-
- CU Engineering's latest milestone, campus living by the numbers and CU's new drone challenge.
- John Warner has climbed mountains, raced mountain bikes and served as a mayor, search-and-rescue volunteer, orchestra backer and dentist.
- For Courtnie Paschall (Neuro, ElEngr’15), working on a drug trial for patients with schizophrenia while applying to 20 MD-PhD programs counts as light duty.
- When Toshiko Luckow graduated in 2010, she was one of the oldest students to earn a medical degree in the history of the University of Colorado.