Dan Dessau

Dan Dessau wins $1.6M Moore Foundation award

May 29, 2020

Thanks to a $1.6 million grant, Dan Dessau, a CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ physics professor, will spend five years striving to make breakthroughs in quantum systems technology.

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CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ junior lands prestigious Udall Scholarship

May 12, 2020

Kelsey Grant, a junior who advocates for climate change policies and environmental stewardship, is one of this year’s Udall Scholarship recipients.

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CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ announces 2020–21 Fulbright awards

May 12, 2020

Eight CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ students have been named Fulbright finalists for the 2020–21 academic year by the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

Leslie Blood with graduate students

Graduate School’s Leslie Blood receives 2020 Marinus Smith Award

May 8, 2020

Congratulations to the director of graduate community and program development. The award provides an opportunity for students to recognize CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ employees who have made a significant impact in their lives.

Trevor Weschler

CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ names this year's student employee of the year

May 8, 2020

Congratulations to Trevor Weschler, CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's student employee of the year.

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Celebrating the 2020 Thompson Award winners

May 5, 2020

Family lore, conflicting heritages, Rocky Mountain snowpack and more. For this year’s recipients of the Thompson Writing Awards, these topics encapsulate what the American West means to them.

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New seed grants to advance study, promotion of wellness

May 4, 2020

The Renée Crown Wellness Institute has announced the recipients of its inaugural seed grant program. Jill Litt, Kalonji Nzinga, Beth Osnes and Steven Voida will lead research teams that inquire about wellness, while addressing practical questions youth, educators and families face.

Jewlia Eisenberg, left, and David Shneer, right, onstage together

Historian wins top honor from American Council of Learned Societies

April 28, 2020

CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's David Shneer has won a top honor for his project that highlights Holocaust survivors who "commemorated murdered Jews in the very country that orchestrated their murder."

The Marinus Smith Award

Faculty, staff recognized with student-nominated Marinus Smith Awards

April 28, 2020

A number of faculty and staff members are being recognized with this year's Marinus Smith Award for the positive impact they have had on their students. Though this year’s ceremony was canceled, New Student & Family Programs is still honored to recognize the 16 awardees.

The National Academy of Sciences building

2 researchers join the ranks of the National Academy of Sciences

April 28, 2020

Kristine Larson and Veronica Vaida join the 2020 class of members elected to the prestigious institution.

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