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Six life science scholars will embark on their PhD studies and contribute their unique cultural experiences to the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä campus this fall through a nearly $1.9 million gift to the university from the Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation.

Federal Pell Grants, which have helped generations of low- and moderate-income ²ÊÃñ±¦µä students afford higher education, turned 50 years old on June 23. The Pell Grant program helps more than 4,000 ²ÊÃñ±¦µä students annually and nearly 7 million recipients nationwide.

Were you part of a special group of people at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä? Host a reunion with them during Homecoming Oct. 27–29. Reunions registered with the Alumni Association by July 1 receive marketing and event support and CU swag.

John W. Comerford, who discovered the power of film at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä, arranges major gift to its Stan Brakhage Moving Image Art Forum and Studies Collection.

A ²ÊÃñ±¦µä doctoral candidate in ethnic studies with an emphasis on Native American and Indigenous studies has received the 2022–23 Henry Roe Cloud Dissertation Fellowship at Yale University.

Recent ATLAS graduate Elsy Meis proposes Dashboard Zero, an approach to user testing that is both simple and immediate, in a paper she will present later this month at the Human Computer Interaction International Conference.

The ²ÊÃñ±¦µä Office of Data Analytics has updated the 2021 Campus Culture Survey unit-level dashboard to increase the functionality of the survey results by campus unit.

The Office of Information Technology recently launched a Universal Design for Learning micro-credential that offers an introduction to the principles of UDL—a framework that can help participants build flexibility into any learning experience to optimize the success of diverse learners.

Chadd Medina has been named director of university risk management Boulder campus operations following Carolyn Peet’s recent retirement. His new role became effective June 1.

The Pew Charitable Trust has announced that Assistant Professor Wyatt Shields has been selected as a 2022 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences.