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Following a nationwide search, the Research & Innovation Office has announced the appointment of Dr. Nancy J. Stevens as Director of the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, effective Sept. 1, 2023 . Stevens joins CU Boulder from Ohio University, where she served as director of the OHIO Museum...

In the two years that the Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator has been up and running, CU Boulder has spun out 32 deep tech startups. Through targeted programming during Ascent, experts have helped 19 teams looking to transition their research into companies with real-world impacts.

Leaders from across CU Boulder and NIST gathered last week to celebrate the official launch of the Quantum Engineering Initiative Lab space within the College of Engineering and Applied Science. The newly dedicated area will connect quantum researchers across campus with NIST researchers and local industry.

The Core Facilities Assistance Grants are designed to enhance operations within core and shared instrumentation facilities that span disciplines, departments and research institutes across campus. Register by May 29 to attend the June 6 Core Facilities Open House and Local Industry Fair at SEEC.

The University of Colorado has ranked fifth for startup creation, according to the latest report by AUTM, the leading global organization for recording data on university commercialization. In FY2021, CU launched 25 startups, a record high. With the emergence of new entrepreneurial resources, the annual rate of spinoffs has nearly doubled in recent years.

With a new method of tracking lake water storage trends and the reasons behind them, scientists like Fangfang Yao, a CIRES visiting fellow, can give water managers and communities insight into how to better protect critical sources of water and important regional ecosystems.

Three CU Boulder faculty will lead projects awarded through the Department of Defense (DoD) competitive Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Program. CU Boulder was matched only by MIT in receiving three MURI awards. Each team will receive an average award of $7.1M over the next five years.

Colorado's Economic Development Commission will create two seed grants, administered by CU Boulder’s CUbit Quantum Initiative, to help get quantum out of the lab and into the marketplace. The grants can be used by any Colorado research institution or industry partners.

Earlier this month, the NAS announced that it had elected Ana Maria Rey (Physics) and Gia Voeltz (MCDB), along with 141 more scientists, to join its ranks in 2023. Both researchers have spent their careers studying phenomena far too small for humans to see with the naked eye.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves led a recent roundtable discussion in Denver with local leaders in education, community and business. Massimo Ruzzene, vice chancellor for research and innovation and dean of the institutes at CU Boulder, joined the session on the critical role universities will play in the nation’s push to boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing.