Announcements & Deadlines
- All principal investigators and key/senior personnel submitting new proposals to the Department of Energy from May 1 forward are required to complete research security training within 12 months before proposals can be submitted.
- CU Boulder has announced the construction of a 1.1 megawatt ground-mounted solar array on East Campus, which will offset 1.3% of the university's total annual electricity use. Completion of the project is expected by January 2026.
- The Graduate Research Fellowship recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in a wide variety of science-related disciplines.
- The University of Colorado is increasing its investment in quality health care for CU’s workforce by 5.9% overall for the new benefits plan year. It’s important for employees to examine plan premiums and cost structures, coverage and networks before choosing plans.
- The Distinguished Research Lectureship is among the highest honors bestowed by the faculty upon a CU Boulder colleague. The deadline for nominations is June 2.
- Abby Hickcox, a teaching associate professor of geography and associate director of the Arts and Sciences Honors Program, has been named this year's Cogswell Award winner for her inspirational instruction.
- Undergraduate violist Finn Cruit and graduate pianist Ohad Nativ were awarded first prizes in the College of Music’s annual Concerto Competition.
- Arianna McCarty is among 441 college students from across the U.S. in 2025 to be awarded Goldwater Scholarships, which reward sophomores and juniors who are actively conducting research in math, science and engineering.
- CU Boulder Chancellor Justin Schwartz and other dignitaries joined the Colorado General Assembly in marking the rapid growth of the state's quantum industry.
- While increasing slightly from 2021, rates of reported sexual assault remain substantially lower than in 2015, the first year CU Boulder conducted the survey. Stalking, meanwhile, continued to decline in the 2024 survey.