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Bill and Janet Freytag Make $5 Million Endowed Gift to Bolster Biotech Research, Teaching at CU October 30, 2008 The University of Colorado announced a $5 million endowment gift from former Myogen CEO and local entrepreneur Bill Freytag and his wife, Janet, in support of the Colorado Initiative in Molecular...

Two University of Colorado at Boulder faculty members are among 33 researchers selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute of Chevy Chase, Md., to participate in a $40 million pilot program to pursue large, collaborative and potentially transformative biomedical research. The Collaborative Innovation Awards to the eight teams of researchers...

CU-Boulder Professor Named One of Popular Science Magazine's 'Brilliant 10' October 14, 2008 Popular Science magazine has named University of Colorado at Boulder chemical and biological engineering Distinguished Professor Kristi Anseth as one of its "Brilliant 10" for 2008, honoring her as one of the nation's top young scientists. Anseth,...

Tom Cech appeared as a guest on the CNBC Squawk box show to discuss the future of biomedical research and his return to University of Colorado Boulder where he teaches freshman chemistry.