Celebrate
- A number of individuals and departments are receiving recognition for innovations that directly reduce the university's ecological footprint, enhancements that build social cohesion and equity, and/or efforts that integrate sustainability into the culture of Boulder and local communities. Help celebrate the winners at the Campus Sustainability Summit on April 21.
- Twenty-three faculty and staff members were recognized this year through the Marinus Smith Awards for the positive impacts they have made on their students. See who they are.
- CU Boulder students Zoe Drigot and Rose Summers are among only 417 college students from across the U.S. in 2022 to be awarded Goldwater Scholarships, which reward juniors and seniors who are actively conducting research in math, science and engineering.
- Environmental Data Science, a new journal devoted to innovative data-driven approaches to environmental problems including climate change, recently published its first cluster of papers. Associate Professor Claire Monteleoni is the editor.
- Thirty-nine CU Boulder graduate students have received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, a prestigious award that recognizes and supports outstanding students in a wide variety of science-related disciplines.
- Each year, CU Boulder recognizes students who have demonstrated exemplary work through the Student Employee of the Year Award program. Join us in celebrating the 2021–22 nominees and winners.
- James Curry has been named a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, which recognizes those who have made “outstanding contributions” to the field.
- A team of of Arts and Sciences faculty has won a $150,000 grant for a project that aims to develop a curricular initiative that enhances the humanities and data science by developing courses that are equally rooted in each discipline.
- Amy Hoagland received the top award from new program that recognizes emerging craft artists who advance sustainability through their art. Hoagland's work is also on display at the CU Art Museum through April 14.
- The CU Board of Regents recently announced the latest slate of recipients of honorary degrees, distinguished service medals and university medals. The CU Boulder affiliates––Juan Espinosa, Linda Hogan, Ryan Haygood and Michael Leeds will be part of a private ceremony on May 4.