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CU Boulder scholars William Taylor and Fernando Villanea have been named 2025 National Science Foundation CAREER award winners.
Ben Clingman, of the Department of History, will use the Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship to support his dissertation, "Dreams of an Indigenous West."
As a newly named fellow of the National Association of College and University Business Officers, Amy Lavens is among just 17 to win the recognition.
Physics Professor Cindy Regal is one of eight investigators recognized for curiosity-driven research in chemistry or physics. Also a part of NIST and JILA, Regal will receive up to $2 million over five years.
Shelby Ross, a doctoral student in geography, is a 2025–26 Elouise Cobell Dissertation Writing-Year Fellow.
Village Center Dining is the recipient of the 2025 Greenest University Restaurant Award from the Green Restaurant Association, a national nonprofit organization. The award recognizes how the dining center has gone above and beyond to adopt sustainable practices.
Venture Partners at CU Boulder bridged a historic investment gap to move a deep tech spinoff a step closer to the marketplace by awarding $100,000 in pre-seed funding to PrecisionTerra, founded by CEO Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan. Gopalakrishnan went on to win $144,000 in additional funding for the company in the 2025 New Venture Challenge.
CU has secured the No. 18 position on the National Academy of Inventors' 2024 Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents list. At CU Boulder, 53% of the campus's patents have been licensed commercially, signaling CU's strength in technology transfer and industry collaboration.
Experimental physicist Tuan Anh Nguyen is one of 19 recipients of this year's Hertz Fellowship, one of the most competitive and coveted doctoral fellowship programs in the nation.
The Exceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award recognizes the work that faculty mentors do to improve the graduate student experience.