Announcements & Deadlines
CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß is among the first to sign up for the new COVID-19 College Vaccine Challenge designed to spark higher vaccination rates among young adults by enlisting campuses as public health partners.
Marcy and Bruce Benson have dedicated a $6 million endowment to five annual full-ride graduate fellowships in geological sciences. Bruce Benson is a former CU president.
The Distinguished Research Lectureship, for which the nominiation deadline has been extended to June 7, is among the highest honors bestowed by the faculty upon a CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß colleague.
AB Nexus announced a new round of grants totaling $550,000 for collaborative projects from researchers at CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß and CU Anschutz that aim to improve human wellbeing through basic science and translational research approaches.
CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß ranks No. 44 overall globally in the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities, down slightly from the same spot it held in 2019. Among U.S. universities, CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß ranked No. 27.
CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß is launching a campus reading program with the goal of building community. "American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures" is edited by actress and activist America Ferrera and available through the University Libraries.
Chancellor Philip DiStefano applauded Gov. Jared Polis for signing a bill into law that ends a state requirement for higher education admissions to consider national assessment scores.
The American Astronomical Society Division on Dynamical Astronomy awarded Ann-Marie Madigan its Vera Rubin Early Career Award for her research spanning the outer solar system to black holes at the centers of galaxies.
Seeing a need for working professionals to refresh or enhance their understanding of data science and machine learning without devoting months or years to training, CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß launched Tech Frontiers, a short-form education series kicking off this summer.
Todd Whittaker, a first-year doctoral candidate in the Holewinski and Musgrave groups, is the Graduate and Professional Student Government Outstanding Research Assistant Award winner for 2021.