Mark Mikkelsen

Fortepiano refurb is a labor of love

July 2, 2024

Piano Technician Mark Mikkelsen—who supports the care and maintenance of the College of Music’s fleet of 160 pianos, two harpsichords and an organ—used ingenuity to rebuild, refurbish and restore a donated fortepiano.

Quantum students in the lab

CU Boulder, Elevate Quantum partners ready for $127M regional quantum boost

July 2, 2024

New federal and state funding will support Elevate Quantum, of which CU Boulder is a key partner, in its efforts to create more than 10,000 jobs and educate 30,000 workers over the next decade.

launch of NOAA’s GOES-U satellite

LASP team attends launch of space weather instrument

July 1, 2024

On June 25, more than 50 LASP employees, family and friends attended the Kennedy Space Center launch of NOAA’s GOES-U satellite carrying the fourth and final Extreme Ultraviolet and X-Ray Irradiance Sensors instrument aboard.

Wei Zhang

Separating gases is hard but might get easier, researchers find

July 1, 2024

In a newly published study, CU Boulder chemist Wei Zhang details a new porous material that is less expensive and more sustainable.

The Duane Physics building and Gamow Tower

Fellowships inspire physics graduate students

July 1, 2024

Over the past three years, “Infleqtion” has sponsored prestigious fellowships and an industry panel for incoming physics graduate students. The company maintains close ties with the university, highlighting the importance of industry and higher ed working together to develop future leaders in the field.

pink flowers on a tree on campus

Feedback requested on updated sexual misconduct policy

July 1, 2024

The CU Boulder community is invited to review a revised draft of the Sexual Misconduct, Intimate Partner Abuse and Stalking Policy, and provide feedback by Friday, July 12.

Kittredge Pond on the CU Boulder campus

Sustainability council discusses capital prioritization process, STARS

July 1, 2024

At its June meeting, the Campus Sustainability Executive Council discussed capital prioritization and Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System reporting.

Brooke Neely

Balancing fraught history and modern collaboration in America’s ‘best idea’

June 28, 2024

America’s national parks have a fraught history, being created in part to dispossess Native peoples of their homelands, says Brooke Neely. Her new book explores pathways to uphold Native sovereignty at these sites.

Dark rain clouds in the desert

The timing of rainfall could help predict floods

June 28, 2024

CIRES researchers have authored a new study that measures the time between storms to better understand soil moisture and how this relates to floods.

a hummingbird on a fuchsia flower

How to suss cheating hummingbirds? Look at their feet

June 28, 2024

Robert Colwell, a CU Boulder researcher, has analyzed 50 years of data to show the relationship between certain birds’ unorthodox behavior and their traits.

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