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Information Science students tapped for big tech fellowships

Nov. 4, 2022

Doctoral candidates Jessie Smith and Janghee Cho have accepted fellowships with Google and Meta, respectively. Both will pursue research projects with financial support from the two companies.

Wyatt Shields

Wyatt Shields wins Packard Fellowship for microscale robotics

Oct. 27, 2022

In a banner year that has included receiving five distinguished research awards, the Chemical and Biological Engineering professor has now been awarded one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious awards for young investigators: a Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering.

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Fall Convocation celebrates faculty excellence and achievements

Oct. 27, 2022

Recently at the annual Fall Convocation, the campus community honored 95 faculty members for their excellence in teaching, scholarship, leadership and service.

Margaret Murnane

Margaret Murnane wins Isaac Newton Medal and Prize

Oct. 27, 2022

The award honors those who have made world-leading contributions in the field of physics, this year including JILA fellow Margaret Murnane. Murnane's work has been influential in advancing laser technology, optics research and quantum information science.

Dan Larremore

Daniel Larremore among Popular Science’s ‘brilliant 10’

Oct. 21, 2022

Department of Computer Science Professor Daniel Larremore has been recognized by Popular Science in its annual “brilliant 10” publication, listing top up-and-coming minds in science.

Dan Strain

Dan Strain earns honorable mention in national science writing awards

Oct. 20, 2022

The National Association of Science Writers has awarded Ƶ Boulder science writer Dan Strain an honorable mention in its prestigious Excellence in Institutional Writing Awards competition for his story “A Walk in Two Worlds.”

Cassandra Brooks

Cassandra Brooks wins high praise, awards

Oct. 20, 2022

Cassandra Brooks, a scientist who ‘always undercut’ herself, is being honored by the Explorers Club and the Society of Women Geographers.

Samples barcodes are scanned upon arrival in the Biofrontiers COVID-19 surveillance laboratory

3 scientists win support for high-risk, high-reward research

Oct. 7, 2022

With awards to Lisa Hiura, Sara Sawyer and Aaron Whiteley, the National Institutes of Health has funded Ƶ Boulder researchers’ work on mental illnesses, better HIV vaccines and improved cancer treatments.

Adam Kaufman

Adam Kaufman wins Breakthrough New Horizons in Physics Prize

Sept. 23, 2022

Kaufman, a JILA fellow, will take home this prestigious award for his work advancing the control of atoms and molecules to improve atomic clocks and quantum information processing.

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Ƶ Boulder wins 2 PRSA gold, 3 silver awards

Sept. 13, 2022

The Colorado chapter of the Public Relations Society of America honored College of Media, Communication and Information affiliates with Gold Pick Awards, and the Strategic Relations and Communications media team with three Silver Pick Awards for science-based stories and media pitches on health and tech topics.

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