2016-17
From storm-chasing drones to fire-tracking satellites, Grand Challenge projects are boosting our understanding of an evolving planet.
In 2016, CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ welcomed Julien Denaes as one of its Global Entrepreneurs in Residence (GEiR), a program that embeds international, experienced entrepreneurs in the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the campus and the city.
To Brad Bernthal, associate professor of law and longtime champion of entrepreneurship on campus and in the community, palpable energy is emanating from CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative.
Kimberly Drennan, architect and CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ environmental design instructor, had two things on her mind in 2014: her upcoming sophomore design studio and the state of America’s besieged honeybees.
It would be tough to find another community-based research project that involves as many partners as the $5.9 million youth violence prevention initiative focused on two Denver neighborhoods.
​In 2007, local venture capitalists, business leaders, professors and administrators convened to help shape CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ as an entrepreneurial university.
Jamie Principato wants to ensure that blind students can excel in science and engineering careers. So the CU undergraduate is parlaying her own experience in designing and building space instruments to help them get the training they’ll need.
​Amputees face a perpetual problem: As their residual limb changes over time, the prosthetic socket no longer secures the prosthetic to the limb, rendering their device essentially useless.
The Galápagos Islands are home to a tremendous diversity of unique plants and animals.