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Corrella Detweiler, professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, and Wei Zhang, professor of chemistry and chair of the Chemistry Department, have been named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Senior members of the NAI are active faculty, scientists and administrators who have been successful in patents, licensing and commercialization and have produced technologies that have been or aspire to be transformational.

“In these cold molecular clouds, you’re creating the first building blocks that will, in the end, form stars and planets,” said Jordy Bouwman, research associate at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) and assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at CU Boulder.

The U.S. military shot down what officials have called a Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4, 2023. Iain Boyd, professor of aerospace engineering sciences, explains how the balloons work and what they can see. Read it on The Conversation.

A new NASA report shows that CU Boulder is the top university recipient of NASA astrophysics technology grants. The majority of this funding was granted to researchers at LASP and the Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy (CASA), a center affiliated with the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences.

With support from the Anschutz-Boulder (AB) Nexus, CU researchers have developed a new strategy for transforming medical images (e.g. CT or MRI scans) into detailed 3D computer models—an important step toward printing lifelike representations of human anatomy that medical professionals can poke and prod in the real world.

The hotel industry saw bookings sink and costs rise during lockdowns, while the Great Resignation has made it harder to recoup staff as tourism rebounds. Omni Interlocken in Broomfield engaged teams of first-year students at the Leeds School of Business to bring in fresh perspectives on associate retention.

The University of Colorado Boulder has been selected as a United States Space Command Academic Engagement Enterprise member. The new national program is designed to expand collaboration and academic exchanges between universities and U.S. Space Command.

Solid Power—a CU Boulder spinout company that specializes in solid-state, sulfide-based electrolyte technology—will develop a 3D-structured Li metal anode and novel sulfur composite cathode to enable high-energy and fast-charging EV battery cells. It hopes to scale so that energy-dense cell costs are reduced.

A CU Boulder startup that builds laser systems to monitor methane emissions, LongPath has received regulatory approval by the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—the first emissions-monitoring technology to be approved at both state and federal levels.

The Research and Innovation Office is excited to announce its annual National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship Peer Editing Workshop Series, facilitated by RIO Proposal Writer/Editor Donna Axel. The virtual program, which begins on January 26, is designed to assist faculty in submitting a proposal to the NEH Fellowships, due April 12, 2023.