Celebrate

Congratulations to first-prize recipient and audience favorite Rinat Erlichman—and all winners and participants in the College of Music’s premier performance competition for outstanding graduate students.

Sixteen teams of CU faculty, researchers and graduate student innovators competed in this year’s Lab Venture Challenge. Judges from CU Boulder’s entrepreneurial network heard Shark-Tank-style pitches over two nights.

CU Boulder hosted an investiture ceremony, where university leadership honored and recognized Vijay Khatri, the Tandean Rustandy Endowed Dean for the Leeds School of Business, and Jason Thatcher, the Tandean Rustandy Endowed Esteemed Chair, who will begin early next year.

The Royal Thai Embassy’s Office of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation awarded Professor Noel Clark the 2023 Friend of Thai Science Award. The award recognizes outstanding contributions in STEM for the benefit of Thailand and humanity.

The International Affairs Program has unlocked a $200,000 fundraising match commitment, helping support study abroad experiences.

Charles Eagan, Deb Renshaw, Rojana Savoye and Hannah Wilks have received the Chancellor’s Employee of the Year Award, which recognizes nominees for their outstanding contributions to CU Boulder.

In recognition of his innovative research in soft condensed matter and optical physics, Professor Ivan Smalyukh has been named a Fellow of Optica.

With the grand opening of the renovated Roe Green Theatre on Nov. 3, the university has ushered in a new era for CU Boulder’s Department of Theatre & Dance. To celebrate, the department hosted a celebratory ribbon-cutting.

Gary Wall, a 1970 CU Boulder physics graduate, won the Los Alamos Medal in recognition of more than 50 years of distinguished work at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Buff pride filled the air at the 94th Alumni Awards event, the official kick off of Homecoming festivities and one of the university's longest standing traditions. A variety of awards honor some of CU Boulder’s best and brightest alumni, faculty, student and staff members.