Scott Diddams with his students in the lab

Researchers to test Einstein’s predictions of general relativity atop Rocky Mountains

Nov. 6, 2023

Imagine being able to measure tiny changes in the flow of time caused by Earth’s gravity with atomic clocks atop one of babyֱapp’s iconic peaks. That could soon be a reality thanks to an NSF grant that will advance geodesy through the use of quantum sensors, some of the most precise in the world.

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Humans and computers work together for tutoring success

Nov. 6, 2023

CU Boulder was chosen to join the new Learning Engineering Virtual Institute with the aim of doubling the rate of middle school math learning within five years by building a hybrid human-AI tutoring platform that will reach over 275,000 diverse, low-income students.

CU Boulder students in front of NASA sign at the Kennedy Space Center

CU Boulder chapter sweeps First Nations Launch challenge

Nov. 1, 2023

CU Boulder’s chapter of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society participated in the 2023 First Nations Launch as the “CU Trailblazers,” sweeping first place in all their categories and a grand prize trip to the Kennedy Space Center.

Erika Antunez and her mom

Hispanic Heritage Month: Prevailing with grit and community

Oct. 3, 2023

Erika Antunez, a fifth-year integrated design engineering student and vice president of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, shares her academic and personal story of grit and success through community.

Team GHOST in front of the Boulder flatirons

CU Boulder earns $5M award for 5G cellular security research

Sept. 27, 2023

CU Boulder has earned a major award to ensure American soldiers, businesses and non-governmental organizations can use 5G cellular networks in foreign countries without hostile network operators being able to extract user information.

A dam surrounded by rocky terrain

Yida Zhang’s award targets role of tiny grains in dam failures

Sept. 21, 2023

With the construction of increasingly taller dams, Assistant Professor Yida Zhang is concerned about the potential effects of soil grain breakage caused by pressure. He recently received a prestigious CAREER award to fund his research on the evolution of grain sizes in dams.

AJ” Juenemann and his canine companion Trip compete in a disc dog challenge

CU student also international frisbee dog competitor

Sept. 21, 2023

Alexander “AJ” Juenemann and his canine companions, Trip and twice-rescued Woah Nelly, balance a life of freestyle disc dog competitions across the country with intensive cybersecurity education.

Instructor and community college student

CU SPUR hosts community college students for STEM research opportunities

Sept. 20, 2023

The CU SPUR program hosted its first cohort of community college students as part of the broader Denver-Metro Engineering Consortium consisting of local community colleges, four-year institutions and industry partners seeking to increase the number of engineering professionals.

Engineering Center

CU Engineering earns top 20 ranking from U.S. News & World Report

Sept. 19, 2023

CU Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science held steady as a top 20 undergraduate engineering program in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Undergraduate Engineering rankings, maintaining the No. 17 spot among public institution peers.

Keala Gapin

Meet Keala Gapin, CU Boulder Astronaut Scholar

Sept. 12, 2023

Keala Gapin, a chemical and biological engineering senior, is the recipient of a 2023 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, an organization founded by the Mercury 7 astronauts and sustained by successive generations of NASA astronauts.

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