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Celebrating the 2020 Thompson Award winners

May 5, 2020

Family lore, conflicting heritages, Rocky Mountain snowpack and more. For this year’s recipients of the Thompson Writing Awards, these topics encapsulate what the American West means to them.

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New seed grants to advance study, promotion of wellness

May 4, 2020

The Renée Crown Wellness Institute has announced the recipients of its inaugural seed grant program. Jill Litt, Kalonji Nzinga, Beth Osnes and Steven Voida will lead research teams that inquire about wellness, while addressing practical questions youth, educators and families face.

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Historian wins top honor from American Council of Learned Societies

April 28, 2020

CU Boulder's David Shneer has won a top honor for his project that highlights Holocaust survivors who "commemorated murdered Jews in the very country that orchestrated their murder."

The Marinus Smith Award

Faculty, staff recognized with student-nominated Marinus Smith Awards

April 28, 2020

A number of faculty and staff members are being recognized with this year's Marinus Smith Award for the positive impact they have had on their students. Though this year’s ceremony was canceled, New Student & Family Programs is still honored to recognize the 16 awardees.

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2 researchers join the ranks of the National Academy of Sciences

April 28, 2020

Kristine Larson and Veronica Vaida join the 2020 class of members elected to the prestigious institution.

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Leeds wins global award for ‘demystifying entrepreneurship’

April 21, 2020

The Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at the Leeds School of Business is being recognized by the AACSB in this year's Innovations That Inspire Change challenge.

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26 graduate students receive National Science Foundation fellowships

April 15, 2020

Twenty-six CU Boulder graduate students have received NSF Graduate Research Fellowships, a prestigious award that recognizes students in STEM fields with a three-year annual stipend of $34,000.

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CU Boulder undergraduate researchers named Goldwater Scholars

April 13, 2020

Niamh Brown and Santos Navarro join 42 previous CU Boulder recipients of the Goldwater Scholars award, which rewards juniors and seniors who are actively conducting research in math, science and engineering.

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COVID-19 test, PTSD treatment take top honors at New Venture Challenge

April 10, 2020

Six up-and-coming companies vied for more than $100,000 in prize money and investment offers at a virtual event celebrating entrepreneurship.

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Charla Agnoletti honored for outreach work

April 8, 2020

The program director for CU Engage's Public Achievement program is this year's recipient of a staff award that honors exemplary outreach and engagement work.

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