CU professor involved in $8.3 million Gates Foundation childhood malnutrition study

May 14, 2012

An $8.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund an international team of scientists, including a ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ professor focused on finding new ways to diagnose, treat and prevent a critical global health problem: malnutrition in infants and children.

CU-ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ professor receives $750,000 Department of Energy early career award

May 10, 2012

Assistant Professor Paul Romatschke of the ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ physics department will receive a five-year, $750,000 grant as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Early Career Research Program created to bolster the nation’s scientific workforce with top young researchers. Romatschke was among 68 winners selected nationwide from a pool of 850 applicants from universities and national laboratories

CU graduate strives for career combining law and education

May 10, 2012

Just prior to entering the University of Michigan Law School, Wendy Chi taught in a Bay area under-resourced school. That experience motivated her to plan a career combining education and law, and brought her to CU-ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅.

Two CU students win prestigious national Goldwater scholarships

May 10, 2012

ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ twin sophomores Srinidhi Radhakrishnan and Saikripa Radhakrishnan -- both chemical and biological engineering majors -- have been awarded prestigious Goldwater Scholarships. The scholarships are worth up to $7,500 for educational expenses each year and are given to students who intend to pursue careers in the fields of math, science or engineering.

New β€˜Map of Life’ project aims to show distribution of all plants, animals on planet

May 10, 2012

A research team involving Yale University and the ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ has developed a first public demonstration version of its β€œMap of Life,” an ambitious Web-based endeavor designed to show the distribution of all living plants and animals on the planet.

Overfed black holes shut down galactic star-making, says new study involving CU-ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅

May 9, 2012

Galaxies with the most powerful, active black holes at their cores produce fewer stars than galaxies with less active black holes, according to a new study involving the ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ using the Herschel Space Observatory.

First graduates of Colorado Mesa University- CU-ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ partnership program set to graduate

May 7, 2012

Nine students who make up the first graduating class of the Mechanical Engineering Partnership Program with Colorado Mesa University will receive degrees from the ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ this week. The students have attended classes full time at CMU in Grand Junction, with CMU faculty teaching the lower-division courses and CU-ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ faculty teaching the upper-division courses.

CU-ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ faculty member John Wahr elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 1, 2012

ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Professor John Wahr of the physics department has been elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a top honor recognizing scientists and engineers for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

FACT SHEET: The University of Colorado Technology Transfer Office

April 25, 2012

The University of Colorado Technology Transfer Office, or TTO, pursues, protects, packages and licenses to business the intellectual property generated from research at CU. The TTO provides assistance to faculty, staff and students, as well as to businesses looking to license or invest in CU technology.

FACT SHEET: Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building

April 25, 2012

The Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building is a 336,800-square-foot research and teaching facility at the ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅. The building is located at 3415 Colorado Ave. on CU-ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣơ’s East Campus and was designed to facilitate collaborations between scientists and students from multiple disciplines to address critical challenges in the biosciences through collaborative research and teaching.

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