Lara Buri

Lara Buri, AeroEngr'20

Nov. 10, 2019

Why did you choose engineering at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ? I realized I wanted to pursue engineering after taking AP Physics in high school. I was really bad at physics, but my teacher was really supportive and encouraged me to keep taking math and physics classes. I worked really hard to understand...

Portrait of Leila in the lab

Saleh talks about life in the Bryant Group, future career as teacher and researcher

Nov. 6, 2019

Fifth-year chemical and biological PhD candidate Leila Saleh works at the crossroads of immunology and engineering in the Bryant Research Group. During her time at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ, she has worked with Professor Stephanie Bryant, Kristi Anseth and Jenifer Cha in various capacities – giving her a great chance to see how all three balance research and teaching, and shaping her post-graduation plans.

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Machine learning technology may help doctors identify and treat infections in newborns faster

Nov. 6, 2019

New research adapting facial recognition technology may help identify and treat pathogens in minutes rather than days.

Keith Molenaar

Keith Molenaar appointed interim engineering dean

Nov. 5, 2019

Provost Russell Moore today announced he has named Keith Molenaar interim dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS), effective in January 2020.

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Flagrant fouls: What Reddit's basketball fans can tell us about online discourse

Nov. 4, 2019

Computer science researchers from ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ have taken a deeper look at sports rivalries and insults to better understand how sports junkies interact with each other online.

The team in a laboratory.

Mold in Space: NASA grant to study space station fungus

Nov. 1, 2019

Principal Investigator Luis Zea working in the lab. The International Space Station has a problem with fungus and mold – and the University of Colorado Boulder is sending new research to space to find solutions. It is living and growing in secret aboard the station, hidden behind panels and inside...

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Faculty recognized with 3 governor’s awards for high-impact research

Nov. 1, 2019

The award recognizes 13 people, four of them affiliated with various departments and group at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ: Greg Rieker, Caroline Alden, Sean Coburn, and Robert Wright. Their colleagues are from NIST and LongPath Technologies.

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$3.2 million NSF grant will help expand TeachEngineering digital library

Nov. 1, 2019

The Integrated Teaching and Learning (ITL) Program recently won a $3.2 million award from the National Science Foundation to increase the impact of the TeachEngineering digital library. It is the largest award in the program’s 25-year history and will propel the K-12 engineering library’s growth well into the future.

Startup success

Startup success

Nov. 1, 2019

College goes all-in on entrepreneurship An entrepreneur’s journey might never be painless. But CU Engineering is going all in to ensure that its graduates are ready to tackle the challenges of launching and scaling a startup. Since naming entrepreneurship a priority in its Strategic Vision and hiring its first entrepreneurship...

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Breaking the cold chain and making the shot count: Garcea and Randolph awarded Gates Foundation grant for vaccine research

Nov. 1, 2019

New research from Professor Robert Garcea of the BioFrontiers Institute and Gillespie Professor Theodore Randolph of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering is showing encouraging results in stabilizing vaccines and circumventing the refrigeration requirement, earning an additional $1.2 million in grant funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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