Celebrate
- Zach Sunberg’s research developing better artificial intelligence systems is getting a major boost from two federal grant awards.
- Stephen Graham Jones, author of multiple bestselling horror novels among other award-winning works, has been inducted into the Texas Literary Hall of Fame.
- Orit Peleg will receive a total of up to $2.5 million over five years to pursue the origins of animal communication and how it influences the group cognition of social animals.
- The Office of Faculty Affairs is excited to introduce the academic year 2024–25 cohort of the Faculty Leadership Institute fellows.
- The Colorado chapter of the Public Relations Society of America honored CU º£½ÇÉçÇøâ€™s Department of Strategic Relations and Communications with two gold and two silver awards for exceptional work in the communications field.
- Faculty Development and Support in the Office of Faculty Affairs is excited to announce the newest cohort of fellows for the Excellence in Leadership Program.
- Physics Professor and RASEI Fellow Ivan Smalyukh and his lab have set a Guinness world record for developing a transparent aerogel, which will boost thermal insulation in windows, increasing the overall energy efficiency of buildings.
- Nicholas Kruczek, an instrument engineer in LASP’s solar and stellar science division, has been named a recipient of a prestigious NASA award that recognizes early-career researchers with innovative ideas to advance astrophysics flight programs and technology.
- Aerospace engineering alumna Marsha Ivins, who has participated in five missions to space, has been selected as a 2024 inductee for the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, one of the highest honors in the industry.
- The AB Nexus program announced its 2024 seed grant awards to interdisciplinary research teams from the º£½ÇÉçÇø and Anschutz campuses. Collectively, the winning teams will receive $713,000 in funding to advance cutting-edge research that improves human health and well-being.