Celebrate
- Albert Velasco Abadia was awarded the prestigious Materials Research Society Graduate Student Gold Award for his research using biological catalystsâalso known as enzymesâfor triggering shape reconfigurations in liquid crystal network âsmartâ materials.
- Fifteen faculty and staff members were recognized this year through the Marinus Smith Awards for the positive impacts they have made on their students.
- Dimitri Nakassis, a professor in the Department of Classics and former âgenius grantâ winner, has landed NEH support to complete a paradigm-shifting study of ancient Greece.
- The CU Board of Regents recently announced the latest slate of recipients of honorary degrees, distinguished service medals and university medals. The CU Boulder affiliatesâHenry and Leslie Eaton, Barbara Grogan, Allan McMurray and Ginger Ramseyâwill be part of a private ceremony on May 10. In addition, Ambassador David Bolen was posthumously honored with the Chancellor's Impact Award.
- University of Colorado's Tad Boyle will serve as head coach of the under-19 men's team at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary, this summer.
- Allie Anderson is probing trust in human-robot interactions with a $674,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award.
- Emily Reynolds, Taj Dehart and Livia Follet were awarded a $500 prize each for their essays based on this yearâs Buffs One Read selection, Braiding Sweetgrass.
- The Boulder Faculty Assembly is pleased to announce the 2023 Excellence Award winners, recognized for their outstanding work and concerted effort to make advances in the academy.
- CU Boulder Professor Derek Briggs is one of just 24 scholars nationwide to be named a 2023 fellow of the American Educational Research Association, the countryâs largest interdisciplinary research association devoted to the study of education and learning.
- CU Boulder has several thousand student employees who perform countless services with enthusiasm, dedication and initiative. Learn about this year's Student Employee of the Year, the runner up for the award and the 35 other nomineesâall outstanding members of our community.