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The pandemic accelerated research and science in unprecedented and unexpected ways. Learn more about what went on behind the scenes at to help combat the negative impacts of this deadly virus and give the world a path forward.
The Research & Innovation Office has developed additional guidance—in compliance with current COVID-19 dial status and current COVID-19 public health orders—for individuals approved through the Return to On-Campus and Field Work form and process to meet within small groups under certain conditions.
A proposal by Dr. Chuck Kutscher, a fellow of 's Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), was recently voted as one of the Clean Economy Employment Now Project’s top three ideas for Congressional budget reconciliation.
Helmut Müller-Sievers, a professor in the Department of German and Slavic Languages and Literature, will deliver a virtual lecture, “On Common Ground—Goethe, the Modern Novel, and the Diversity of Experience,” at 4 p.m. on March 10, 2021.
The report provides a window into the impactful work that our faculty, researchers and students are pursuing, such as: developing affordable, rapid-result COVID-19 tests; transforming how we explore our universe; and more.
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has announced that researchers Mark Rentschler, Greg Rieker and Tin Tin Su have been designated as NAI Senior Members in recognition of their impact on society through extraordinary innovation.
Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation Terri Fiez has announced that Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research and Director of the Office of Contracts and Grants Denitta Ward will retire effective June 30, 2021. A search process to identify a replacement within the CU system will commence in mid-February with the goal of filling the role by early summer, before Ward’s departure.
's Office of Information Technology (OIT) is launching a national search for a research computing director to build on the work of noted supercomputer strategist Thomas Hauser, who is departing the university on Feb. 28.
Despite the unprecedented challenges everyone faced in 2020, researchers continued to deliver findings that will improve the lives of people across the globe—or simply dazzle us with new insights into the natural world.
Why are some people more resilient to viruses than others? Ed Chuong, an assistant professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology at , proposes an intriguing answer: Exposure to ancient parasites by our ancestors forever altered our genome, shaping the varied responses of our immune systems today.