Some student members from the 2023 team pose during the Solar Decathlon Competition

CU Boulder team takes top engineering prize with community housing project

April 27, 2023

An affordable, net-zero energy home designed by CU Boulder students was honored as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2023 Solar Decathlon Build Challenge. The home is part of a partnership between the university, Flatirons Habitat for Humanity and the city of Boulder.

eace Corps Director Carol Spahn, left, talks with CU Boulder Chancellor Phil DiStefano in his office

Peace Corps director visits CU Boulder

April 26, 2023

Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn visited the CU Boulder campus on April 24, meeting with Chancellor Philip DiStefano and other campus representatives to celebrate CU Boulder’s long history with the program and to encourage volunteering.

Spring blooms near Old Main

Prestigious NSF fellowships awarded to 43 graduate students

April 26, 2023

Students from across campus have received Graduate Research Fellowships, a prestigious award that recognizes and supports outstanding students in a wide variety of science-related disciplines.

OIT’s Student Success Technology Team

Office of Information Technology wins student success award

April 26, 2023

OIT’s Student Success Technology Team was recognized at a Salesforce summit with the Excellence in Student Success award for its work on Buff Portal Advising and related student success applications.

Panelists at the April 18 Coloradan Conversations discussion on political polarization.

Coloradan Conversations examines polarization of politics

April 24, 2023

During the latest installment of the Coloradan alumni magazine’s dialogue series Coloradan Conversations, a discussion around the polarization of politics took center stage.

Ashraf Sewailam

Ashraf Sewailam to receive Distinguished Alumnus Award from College of Music

April 21, 2023

At the College of Music’s recognition ceremony on May 11, alumnus Ashraf Sewailam will receive the Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Biotechnology building

Adam Holewinski receives Fulbright to synthesize renewable fuels, chemicals

April 19, 2023

Adam Holewinski, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, has been awarded a prestigious fellowship to research efficient ways to produce sustainable chemical products and fuels using electricity from renewable sources such as solar and wind.

CU Buffs sustainable aluminum water bottle

Campus Sustainability Award winners announced for 2023

April 19, 2023

A number of campus community members, including students, babyֱapp, department groups and more, have been selected for the Campus Sustainability Awards for innovations that reduce the university's ecological footprint, enhance social cohesion and equity, and integrate sustainability into the culture of Boulder and local communities.

Matthew Fox, wearing a stole, dancing at a party

Founder of Creation Spirituality gives archives to CU Boulder

April 19, 2023

The University Libraries’ Rare and Distinctive Collections Archives has acquired the papers of Matthew Fox, a progressive theologian who began his career in the Catholic Church and later established the Creation Spirituality movement.

Albert Velasco Abadia

Doctoral student honored for shape-changing ‘smart’ materials research

April 19, 2023

Albert Velasco Abadia was awarded the prestigious Materials Research Society Graduate Student Gold Award for his research using biological catalysts—also known as enzymes—for triggering shape reconfigurations in liquid crystal network “smart” materials.

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