Celebrate

Students from across campus have received Graduate Research Fellowships, a prestigious award that recognizes and supports outstanding students in a wide variety of science-related disciplines.

OIT’s Student Success Technology Team was recognized at a Salesforce summit with the Excellence in Student Success award for its work on Buff Portal Advising and related student success applications.

Adam Holewinski, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, has been awarded a prestigious fellowship to research efficient ways to produce sustainable chemical products and fuels using electricity from renewable sources such as solar and wind.

A number of campus community members, including students, faculty, department groups and more, have been selected for the Campus Sustainability Awards for innovations that reduce the university's ecological footprint, enhance social cohesion and equity, and integrate sustainability into the culture of Boulder and local communities.

Albert Velasco Abadia was awarded the prestigious Materials Research Society Graduate Student Gold Award for his research using biological catalysts—also known as enzymes—for triggering shape reconfigurations in liquid crystal network “smart” materials.

Fifteen faculty and staff members were recognized this year through the Marinus Smith Awards for the positive impacts they have made on their students.

Dimitri Nakassis, a professor in the Department of Classics and former “genius grant” winner, has landed NEH support to complete a paradigm-shifting study of ancient Greece.

The CU Board of Regents recently announced the latest slate of recipients of honorary degrees, distinguished service medals and university medals. The CU Boulder affiliates—Henry and Leslie Eaton, Barbara Grogan, Allan McMurray and Ginger Ramsey—will be part of a private ceremony on May 10. In addition, Ambassador David Bolen was posthumously honored with the Chancellor's Impact Award.

University of Colorado's Tad Boyle will serve as head coach of the under-19 men's team at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary, this summer.

Allie Anderson is probing trust in human-robot interactions with a $674,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award.