Faculty in Focus
- In the Buff Innovator Insights season finale, Jennifer Balch discusses her interest in the relationships between fire, Earth systems and people, and her belief that transforming data into insights can solve the world’s most challenging problems.
- Geologist Robert Anderson and astrophysicist Fran Bagenal are being recognized for "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research."
- In this episode of Buff Innovator Insights, Sidney D’Mello shares how his unique combination of education and research experiences led to his leading-edge work reimagining the role of artificial intelligence in the classroom.
- Renowned historian Patricia Limerick of ²ÊÃñ±¦µä is being honored for her work bridging the gap between academics and the general public.
- What made Tuesday’s verdict so unique, and will it lead to lasting change? In this Q&A, three ²ÊÃñ±¦µä experts in law; sociology, crime trends and policing; and Africana studies and criminology give their takes.
- Professor Sherri Cook has been honored by the National Science Foundation with a five-year $510,000 CAREER Award to study water treatment technologies and build models to help local governments and water operators improve their infrastructure and water quality.
- The next Coloradan Conversation event will feature an expert-led discussion about climate change, moderated by former Denver City Council President Albus Brooks. Hear from panelists including ²ÊÃñ±¦µä's Cassandra Brooks, Joel Hartter and Leaf Van Boven.
- The latest episode of Buff Innovator Insights introduces you to Jennifer Ho, whose research, scholarship and teaching address some of the most challenging issues facing the world today. Listen in to hear from an expert on issues of race and intersectionality.
- For the next chapter of her career, with an NSF CAREER grant, Casey Fiesler—who studies technology ethics, internet law and policy, and online communities—will launch a five-year research project on ethical speculation in technology design.
- The nation’s largest anti-death penalty organization recently honored Sociology Professor Michael Radelet, on the eve of his retirement, for a lifetime of research examining the true societal costs of capital punishment.