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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,...

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...

Nobel laureate Tom Cech is returning to the University of Colorado full time this month after a 10-year stint as president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a nonprofit medical research organization headquartered in Chevy Chase, Md., and one of the nation's largest philanthropies. A distinguished professor in CU-Boulder's chemistry...

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.