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- Roy Parker, distinguished professor of biochemistry and director of the BioFrontiers Institute, will deliver an in-person lecture “Adventures with RNA in health and disease” at 4 p.m. on April 5 in the Chancellor’s Hall and Auditorium.
- “As vice chancellor for research and innovation for nearly seven years, Terri transformed ’s research mission, cementing an ethos of innovation at all levels of the enterprise and taking us to previously unrealized heights of success,” said Provost Russell Moore.
- The research community—as well as potential partner organizations and collaborators—is invited to a virtual MRSEC Town Hall meeting on Thursday, March 3, 12–2 p.m. The goal of this event is to gather valuable input on topics that include education, outreach, program evaluation, and diversity and inclusion as the university envisions the programming necessary to address NSF's Broader Impacts criterion.
- 's CUbit Quantum Initiative today welcomed the first four strategic industry allies to formally join as CUbit Innovation Partners: Atom Computing, ColdQuanta, Meadowlark Optics and SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.
- Rebecca Maloy, a professor of musicology and director of the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, will deliver her in-person lecture, “Constructing Sanctity Through Sound in Early Medieval Iberia,” at 5 p.m. on March 8 in Grusin Music Hall.
- Faculty, staff and students are invited to share, learn and celebrate ’s wide array of sustainability leadership and accomplishments, including the partnership with United Nations Human Rights to co-host the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit in the fall of 2022.
- The Research & Innovation Office (RIO) is launching its Spring Faculty Development and Workshop calendar for 2022. Faculty are encouraged to explore the full range of offerings for the rest of the semester.
- Sixty-five licenses and options. Twenty new startups. $2.1B in capital raised by spinout companies. $3.7B in exits by our startups. When it comes to translating ideas into impact at , the tangible results from 2021 are eye-popping.
- The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society, today announced that three researchers will join the ranks of its newest class of Fellows: Noah Finkelstein (Physics); Karl Linden (Environmental Engineering); and Brian Toon (Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, LASP).
- From launching the Emirates Mars Mission and establishing a new AI institute to addressing COVID-19 and tackling the ever-expanding effects of our changing climate, faculty, staff and students will always be found at the leading edge of the issues that matter most.