MIMIC Core Facility, Partnership for Sustainability
Through the creation of the MIMIC Core Facility in 2019, Dr. Virginia Ferguson and Dr. Wil Srubar of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences have opened up researcher access to equipment resources. The creation of this core facility reduces the duplication of research equipment resources on campus and leads to more efficient use of laboratory space and research dollars. Nearly 70 unique users across 13 departments, in addition to external users, are already benefiting from these shared equipment resources.
Department of Biochemistry Shared Equipment, Departmental Achievement
The CU Boulder Biochemistry Department has a long history of equipment sharing which is reducing the footprint of laboratory research on the environment, benefiting collaboration, and training generations of future scientists to do the same. The forward-thinking vision by members of the Department of Biochemistry over the past several decades has resulted in multiple long-term, successful shared equipment core facilities and created a strong culture for equipment sharing throughout the entire department.
CHEM 1021 Green Chemistry Integration, Partnership for Sustainability
The Introductory Chemistry CHEM 1021 course now includes green chemistry content throughout the course curriculum thanks to the initiative of Dr. Matthew Wise and Dr. Alec Kroll, who teach Chemistry 1021 to more than 600 undergraduate students annually. Student assistants Brinn McDowell and Jan Hu created green chemistry modules with content aligning with the different units of the course. Students that enroll in CHEM 1021 are from a wide range of majors. As a result, this effort is expected to have far-reaching positive impacts as students enter a wide range of fields of work.