foundation of a home destroyed by the Marshall Fire

Studying the Marshall Fire recovery to help communities rebuild

Sept. 23, 2022

CU Boulder has received a major grant to research recovery from the Marshall Fire to help communities rebuild from future disasters.

Ralphie statue with fall colors and Flatirons in the background

Search opens for vice chancellor for research and innovation, dean of institutes position

Sept. 23, 2022

Provost Russell Moore has announced the vice chancellor for research and innovation and dean of the institutes opening, as well as the members of the search committee. Apply or nominate a colleague.

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.

CU Boulder campus during fall with Flatirons in background

CU Boulder attracts record $658 million for research in space, climate, more

Sept. 22, 2022

CU Boulder researchers attracted a record $658 million in fiscal year 2022 for studies that, among other things, advance the science of measuring gravity waves and climate resilience.

Lego model of the CU Boulder campus located in the Heritage Center

Join Culture Crawl Oct. 19: 4 hot spots announced

Sept. 22, 2022

The Media Archeology Lab, the Center for African and African American Studies, the Heritage Center and Norlin Library will be part of Culture Crawl, an event celebrating cultural heritage sites and groups with activities, performances, games and shows at 14 campus locations throughout the day.

Mars

Life on Mars—past, present and future: A talk Oct. 5

Sept. 22, 2022

Join LASP for a discussion examining the questions about life on Mars—including ancient life, the possibility of current life, and whether a future Mars might have life on it—and what each would mean to us.

CU Boulder Police Sgt. John Zizz leads active harmer training class on campus

CUPD to host active harmer response class Oct. 3

Sept. 22, 2022

Join a free active harmer response class for faculty, staff and students. No registration is needed; simply show up ready to learn what to do in an active harmer situation using the national “run, hide, fight” protocol.

Aerospace Engineering Sciences Building at sunset

CU Boulder student advancing safety for orbiting spacecraft

Sept. 22, 2022

Sarah Luettgen is building a future as an aerospace professional, studying the space domain of satellite orbits in the extreme upper reaches of Earth’s atmosphere.

Students visit a booth at the 2022 Be Involved Fair

10 things to do this weekend: Gold Rush game, ‘Bros’ sneak preview, more

Sept. 22, 2022

This weekend brings space exploration with Fiske Planetarium's theater manager, a Leeds football pregame, a walk for diabetes research, a CU soccer game and tailgate, the Martin Acres block party, the “Radical Reimagining” dance series and more.

Artist's depiction of spacecraft about to slam into an asteroid

NASA intentionally crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid. This engineer watched it happen

Sept. 22, 2022

On Monday, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test slammed into an asteroid called Dimorphos at speeds of more than 14,000 miles per hour. CU Boulder aerospace engineer Jay McMahon breaks down how this test could one day help to protect life on Earth.

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