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Workshop on NSF's REU program set for Friday

May 20, 2019

The Research Support Office will host an overview and Q&A session on the NSF鈥檚 Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. May 24 in the Clark Conference Room (ECAD 109).

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Engineering spinoff Pana raises $10M in venture funding

May 20, 2019

The idea for Pana originated at CU Boulder in 2014, when cofounder Devon Tivona and his team were just undergraduates. The company competed as Varsity in CU Boulder鈥檚 sixth annual cross-campus, entrepreneurial competition, the New Venture Challenge. Billed as a higher-education social network, Varsity ended up tying for first place at NVC.

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Engineering students venture abroad for Global Intensives

May 15, 2019

Engineering students are fanning out to Brazil, Uganda, Rwanda and Italy this week for the conclusion of a unique type of course that blends classroom instruction with short but significant international experiences. Global Intensives鈥損iloted by CU Boulder for the first time in spring 2018鈥揳re short-term global programs embedded into on-campus, baby直播app-led courses. All include a 10- to 12-day immersion abroad that complements and expands on the material studied throughout the semester.

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Do plants have social networks?

May 15, 2019

Research being led by CU Boulder Assistant Professor Orit Peleg is studying social systems in sunflowers through an award from the Human Frontier Science Program.

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Fox selected for Army-ECASE award

May 13, 2019

CU Boulder Assistant Professor Jerome Fox has been selected for the Army-ECASE award to study emergent behavior in biochemical networks.

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Building a better construction plan

May 13, 2019

Research at CU Boulder are trying to understanding how construction plans are read on job sites and then tailoring the information to the individual. Increasing efficiency, reducing costs and 鈥 potentially 鈥 reducing the risk of an accident.

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College graduates six new Navy officers

May 13, 2019

Six recent graduates in Engineering and Applied Science were commissioned into the United States Navy as brand new ensigns, and all of them will now enter into active duty in various capacities to serve the nation.

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Applied Math students are winning big

May 9, 2019

This year, the department organized and coached 12 teams comprising 35 students in the international Mathematical Contest in Modeling. This contest involves 99 hours of intensive mathematical modeling, which is the process of using visual mathematical aids like graphs, scatterplots, diagrams, equations, to represent real-world situations.

Srivastava and Waelde at the celebration to dedicate the Engineering Center lobby in their names in honor of their scholarship gift.

Diversity drivers: Couple hopes scholarship gift will boost inclusion efforts

May 9, 2019

The Engineering Center lobby holds fond memories for CU Boulder alumni Ashok Srivastava and Lynn Waelde. The couple met while working on their PhDs 鈥 his in electrical engineering, hers in psychology 鈥 when a mutual friend directed Waelde to Srivastava for a data analysis problem.

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Shayon Gupta, Computer Science

May 8, 2019

As a master's student and graduate part-time instructor, Shayon Gupta has learned a few secrets to success as a data structures instructor: activities like Kahoot quizzes, live 鈥淎sk Me Anything鈥 sessions and physically acting out linked lists, trees and graphs. That, and KitKats.

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