Announcements & Deadlines
Alston aims to use her background as an educational leader to create a more inclusive STEM community on campus.
Katherine Clifford, a scientist at the Western Water Assessment, has been named to American Association of Geographers’ Elevate the Discipline cohort.
Two undergraduate engineering students joined the ACME Lab this summer to conduct fascinating research as part of the SMART program, which aims to foster greater diversity in access to STEM research.
Allison Kanner-Botan of Religious Studies and Isaac Javier Rivera of Geography received the 2023 Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship for Faculty Diversity. Applications for the next cycle are due by Nov. 1.
Associate Professor Wil Srubar has been nominated for the 2023 Pritzker Environmental Genius Award for his research re-imagining sustainable building materials, joining a list of candidates working to advance environmental causes around the world.
In another win for CU Boulder’s sustainability initiatives, two new electric Buff Buses have hit the streets. The campus has now replaced four aging diesel buses, with plans to electrify more of the fleet.
Luis Navarro has earned a four-year $700,000 NASA Heliophysics grant to answer important and complex scientific questions about Earth’s extreme upper atmosphere.
Svenja Knappe, who is a physicist by training but calls the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering home, is an ideal person to be at the center of a growing cluster of quantum researchers who are ushering in the second quantum revolution on campus and abroad.
Professor John Zhai, an expert in building systems engineering and indoor air quality, has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to address air quality in affordable housing in hot and humid climates. Zhai’s work will focus on not only the technical aspects but also the influence of cultural practices.
Nicole Day, a doctoral student in chemical and biological engineering, has been awarded the 2023 Acta Student Award. Her research aims to improve the delivery of cancer immunotherapies.