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CU Boulder announces plans for 150th anniversary in 2026

Megan Maneval — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:02:00 +0000

CU Boulder announces plans for 150th anniversary in 2026 Megan Maneval Fri, 10/03/2025 - 08:02

Preparations are underway for CU Boulder's 150th anniversary celebration in 2026, a milestone that will honor CU Boulder's legacy, engage the Boulder campus and broader communities and help set the stage as CU Boulder looks toward the future.

A dedicated 150th steering committee has been working behind the scenes since 2024 to shape a yearlong celebration that will complement the state of Colorado's 150th anniversary celebrations and the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

"150 years ago, CU Boulder's founders dreamed of a university that would transform lives and strengthen society," said Chancellor Justin Schwartz. "If they could see the university today, I think they would be awestruck by the influence and impact this campus holds for students, staff and faculty, alumni and all of Colorado. It is an honor to celebrate our beginnings and our history and write the next great chapter in the CU Boulder story together."

This webpage will serve as a central hub for students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, families and community members to learn more about CU Boulder's 150th plans—including events, storytelling initiatives, service projects and opportunities to participate in both campus and statewide celebrations.

What to expect

A calendar of events and engagement opportunities beginning in early 2026.
A yearlong series of storytelling initiatives and historical exhibits that:
- Celebrate CU Boulder's legacy across eras.
- Center missing histories and voices and narratives that need to be corrected or differently told.
- Connect CU Boulder to the histories of Boulder, Colorado, the United States and the world.
- Inspire participation in CU Boulder's vision for the future.
Cross-promotion and collaborations with the state of Colorado's 250/150 commission.
Opportunities to share your own CU Boulder story.

How to get involved

Visit the new 150th anniversary webpage to explore what's ahead and to sign up for an October information session to learn how you or your unit can participate.

Stay tuned for more updates as CU Boulder builds momentum toward an exciting celebration that reflects on its past, celebrates its present and envisions its next 150 years.

CU Boulder has announced plans for its 150th anniversary celebration in 2026 and unveiled a 150th anniversary webpage. Learn more.

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CIRES researchers receive high honors from American Geophysical Union

Megan Maneval — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:26:57 +0000

CIRES researchers receive high honors from American Geophysical Union Megan Maneval Wed, 10/01/2025 - 08:26

CIRES

CIRES researchers Jennifer Balch, Jen Kay and Twila Moon were recognized for their accomplishments in research, communications and wildfire science.

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CU Boulder professor joins global commission on indoor air quality

Megan Maneval — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:24:39 +0000

CU Boulder professor joins global commission on indoor air quality Megan Maneval Wed, 10/01/2025 - 08:24

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Anastasia Gallegos-Roque receives Newman Civic Fellowship

Megan Maneval — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 18:01:22 +0000

Anastasia Gallegos-Roque receives Newman Civic Fellowship Megan Maneval Tue, 09/30/2025 - 12:01

Anastasia Gallegos-Roque, an undergraduate student, has been selected as CU Boulder's Campus Compact Newman Civic Fellow, recognizing her leadership potential for tackling human rights and social justice issues.

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Matt Eichenfield named inaugural Karl Gustafson Endowed Chair of Quantum Engineering

Megan Maneval — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:38:00 +0000

Matt Eichenfield named inaugural Karl Gustafson Endowed Chair of Quantum Engineering Megan Maneval Tue, 09/30/2025 - 09:38

College of Engineering and Applied Science

Award-winning physicist Matt Eichenfield has been named the inaugural Karl Gustafson Endowed Chair of Quantum Engineering in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at CU Boulder.

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Education scholars earn prestigious National Academy of Education/Spencer dissertation fellowships

Megan Maneval — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:35:10 +0000

Education scholars earn prestigious National Academy of Education/Spencer dissertation fellowships Megan Maneval Tue, 09/30/2025 - 09:35

School of Education

Two School of Education doctoral candidates have been selected for one of the most prestigious honors for emerging education scholars. Jackie Bristol's work explores how teachers' access to affordable housing intersects with race, space and public education, and Lex Hunter is investigating how youth of color view healing as connected to social justice.

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CU Boulder researcher named on Grist 50 list

Megan Maneval — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:12:38 +0000

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Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine

Zia Mehrabi joins a cohort of climate leaders from across the United States who are working on solutions to the planet's biggest challenges.

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131 CU Boulder faculty members honored at convocation

Megan Maneval — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:29:14 +0000

131 CU Boulder faculty members honored at convocation Megan Maneval Wed, 09/24/2025 - 07:29

Last week, CU Boulder celebrated and honored faculty members who have earned tenure, been promoted to full professor or teaching professor, and received the Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award—one of the campus’s highest faculty honors. Together, these recognitions highlight the impact of faculty research and creative work, as well as the campus’s ongoing commitment to faculty success.

The recognition ceremony, held on Sep. 13 at the Center for British & Irish Studies, opened with remarks from Chancellor Justin Schwartz, who welcomed attendees and emphasized the campus’s priorities of supporting faculty success and excellence in research and creative work. Schwartz also highlighted the role of faculty as champions of student success, noting that the recent record retention and graduation rates are a credit to both major scholarly contributions and the many small, often unseen acts of excellence that add up to make a lasting impact.

“Faculty excellence is at the heart of our mission,” said Provost Ann Stevens, who led the ceremony. “These recognitions reflect the extraordinary contributions our faculty make in their fields, in the classroom and in the communities we serve. Their work inspires our students and strengthens CU Boulder’s role as a leader in innovation and discovery.”

The Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award honors faculty whose research or creative work demonstrates significant influence in their disciplines and beyond. This year’s honorees represent a wide range of fields but share a common thread—their work addresses important challenges, advances knowledge and opens new opportunities for creative expression.

Faculty members earning tenure and promotion this year also deserve special recognition. These milestones mark years of dedication to teaching, research and service, and they represent an important investment in the long-term success of CU Boulder.

“These achievements are not only about individual success,” added Stevens. “They reflect the collective strength of our academic community and our shared commitment to advancing knowledge, supporting creativity, and building an environment where faculty and students thrive.”

Below is a list of this year’s awardees.

Provost’s Faculty Achievement Awards

Tenure-track faculty

Kalonji Nzinga (Education) has been granted this award for his groundbreaking article, “Why Errybody Sayin ’No New Friends’?: The Proverbs of Rap and Why Young People Recite Them,” published in 2023 in the top journal, Cognition and Instruction.

Jihye Park (Chemistry) has been granted this award for her pathbreaking article, “Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production through Functionalized Semiconductive Metal-Organic Frameworks,” which was published in 2024 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, a high-impact journal in her field.

Nicholas Reinholtz (Business) has been granted this award for his high-impact 2021 article, “Do People Understand the Benefit of Diversification?”, published in Management Science, a top-tier journal in his field.

Tenured faculty

Joëlle Cruz (Communication) has been granted this award for her award-winning article, “Invisibility and Visibility in Alternative Organizing: A Communicative and Cultural Model,” published in 2017 in Management Communication Quarterly, one of the field’s top journals.

Henry Lovejoy (History) has been granted this award for his 2024 article, “Conceptualizing ‘Liberated Africans’ and Slave Trace Abolition: Government Schemes to Indenture Enslaved People Captured from Slavery, 1800–1920,” which was published in the top journal Past and Present and showcases a significant contribution to public digital humanities.

Orit Peleg (Computer Science) has been granted this award for her transformative body of work on collective computation in nature, which reveals how social insects are able to synchronize, solve complex problems and build structures as a team, without central planning or sophisticated communication.

Ross Taylor (Journalism) has been granted this award for his moving documentary film, “The Hardest Day,” which earned viral media coverage, as well as 12 awards from juried film festivals.

Marina Vance (Mechanical Engineering) has been granted this award for her impactful body of research on the formation, transport and fate of airborne contaminants known as aerosols, using methods such as controlled laboratory experiments and field studies in real environments.

2025 Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award winners

Faculty receiving tenure

Katherine Laura Bos Alexander (Asian Languages and Civilizations)
Natasha Bosanac (Aerospace Engineering Sciences)
Carson J. Bruns (Mechanical Engineering)
Jeremy Calder (Linguistics)
Melissa Hart Cantrell (University Libraries)
Guofeng Cao (Geography)
Edward Boyi Chuong (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology)
Brianne Caitlin Cohen (Art and Art History)
Heather A. Demarest (Philosophy)
Laura Kay Devendorf (Information Science)
Jason A. Dexter (Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences)
Emily Holliday Dommermuth (University Libraries)
Emily Anne Gallagher (Business)
Ashton Lewis Hawk (Business)
Hannah Haynie (Linguistics)
Shu-Wei Huang (Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering)
Maryam Jamshidi (Law)
Hilary B. Kalisman (History)
Marina Kassianidou (Art and Art History)
Brian Keegan (Information Science)
Isabel Koster (Classics)
Morteza Mehdi Lahijanian (Aerospace Engineering Sciences)
Christine M. Larson (Journalism)
Grace Leslie (Music)
Ryan C. Lewis (Business)
Katherine Lininger (Geography)
Francisco Lopez Jimenez (Aerospace Engineering Sciences)
Steven Miller (Environmental Studies)
Jessica Ordaz (Ethnic Studies)
Alessandro Peri (Economics)
Catherine Alisha Quandt (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Julian Resasco (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Benjamin John Robertson (English)
David H. Root (Psychology and Neuroscience)
Ricarose Roque (Information Science)
Charles L. Samuelson (French and Italian)
Nathan Todd Schneider (Media Studies)
Benjamin Rogers Shear (Education)
Carl Simpson (Geological Sciences)
Ashley Nicole Skinner (Business)
Yangwei Song (Economics)
Sara J. Staley (Education)
Amanda Jean Stevenson (Sociology)
Lauren Shizuko Stone (Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures)
Aneesh Chamakuzhi Subramanian (Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences)
Elizabeth Kay Swanson (Music)
Cristina Torres-Machi (Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering)
Georgianna Tsouhlarakis (Art and Art History)
Nishant Upadhyay (Ethnic Studies)
Brian Todd Waters (Business)
Bethany R. Wilcox (Physics)

Faculty hired with tenure

Alan Conrad Bovik (Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering)
Bryan H. Choi (Law)
Chloe N. East (Economics)
Bethany L. Ehlmann (Geological Sciences)
Shiv Ganesh (Communication)
Steven D. Jacobsen (Geological Sciences)
Ann M. Lipton (Law)
Govind C. Persad (Law)
Shanti Simon (Music)
Ann Huff Stevens (Economics)
Amanda Haertling Thein (Education)
Hong Tien Vu (Journalism)

Faculty receiving tenure and faculty hired with tenure in 2025

Faculty promoted to full professor

Jennifer K. Balch (Geography)
Lecia Jane Barker (Information Science)
Sarah Calve (Mechanical Engineering)
Shideh Dashti (Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering)
Zoe R. Donaldson (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology; Psychology & Neuroscience)
Lori Emerson (Media Studies)
Patrick Ferrucci (Journalism)
David Glimp (English)
Stefanie K. Johnson (Business)
Jennifer E. Kay (Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences)
Eric R. Keller (Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering)
Dejun "Tony" Kong (Business)
Javier Krauel (Spanish & Portuguese)
Rebecca Kuglitsch (University Libraries)
Manuel E. Lladser (Applied Mathematics)
Noah P. Molotch (Geography)
Rahul Nandkishore (Physics)
Scott G. Ortman (Anthropology)
Kelly A. Parkes (Music)
Andrew Q. Philips (Political Science)
Melinda Piket-May (Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering)
Antje Richter (Asian Languages & Civilizations)
Richard W. Saxton (Art & Art History)
Scott Skinner-Thompson (Law)
Julia Staffel (Philosophy)
Maciej A. Walczak (Chemistry)
Alexander Watkins (University Libraries)
Laura Winkiel (English)

Faculty promoted to full professors in 2025

Faculty promoted to teaching professor

David L. Allen (Psychology & Neuroscience)
Tyler J. Alpern (Libby Arts RAP)
Daniel R. Bolton (Physics)
Jennifer Bone (Business)
Janet L. Casagrand (Integrative Physiology)
Murray W. Cox (Computer Science)
Ryan Dean Curtis (Psychology & Neuroscience)
Paul Daugherty (Journalism)
Dawn M. Doty (Advertising, Public Relations & Design)
Karen Gebhardt (Continuing Education)
Abby Hickcox (Honors Program)
Steven Hobbs (Integrative Physiology)
Rhonda Hoenigman (Computer Science)
Eric O. Klinger (Undergraduate Education)
Tyler Lansford (Classics)
Yingjie Li (Asian Languages & Civilizations)
Zachary P. Mountin (Law)
Joshua R. Neil (Business)
Natalie Ooi (Masters of the Environment Program)
David H. Paradis (History)
Lonni Pearce (Program for Writing & Rhetoric)
Jose R. Santos (Computer Science)
Leif Saul (Integrative Physiology)
Willem A. Schreuder (Computer Science)
Elisabeth Stade (Computer Science)
Ted Stark (Theatre & Dance)
Jennifer M. Stratford (Psychology & Neuroscience)
Chiara Torriani (French & Italian)
Alina Van Nelson (French & Italian)
Michael Edward Walker (Mechanical Engineering)
Meta Weiss (Music)
Noah T. Zikmund (Business)

Faculty promoted to teaching professor in 2025

CU Boulder recently celebrated and honored faculty members who have earned tenure, been promoted to full professor or teaching professor, and received the Provost's Faculty Achievement Award.

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Introducing Ralphie VII

Megan Maneval — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 18:04:56 +0000

Introducing Ralphie VII Megan Maneval Fri, 09/19/2025 - 12:04

The 1-year-old buffalo will make her debut Saturday against Wyoming. Fans are encouraged to get to their seats by 8 p.m. to make sure they don't miss her inaugural gallop.

The 1-year-old buffalo will make her debut Saturday, Sept. 20, against Wyoming. Fans are encouraged to get to their seats by 8 p.m. to make sure they don't miss her inaugural gallop.

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CU Boulder honors postdocs, mentors during National Postdoc Appreciation Week

Megan Maneval — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:45:55 +0000

CU Boulder honors postdocs, mentors during National Postdoc Appreciation Week Megan Maneval Fri, 09/19/2025 - 11:45

Recently awarded were Outstanding Postdocs and Postdoc Mentors of the Year awards, honoring exceptional faculty mentors and postdocs who excel in research productivity, innovation, communication, leadership and advocacy.

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