Celebrate
- Stephen Graham Jones, author of multiple bestselling horror novels among other award-winning works, has been inducted into the Texas Literary Hall of Fame.
- Orit Peleg will receive a total of up to $2.5 million over five years to pursue the origins of animal communication and how it influences the group cognition of social animals.
- The Office of Faculty Affairs is excited to introduce the academic year 2024–25 cohort of the Faculty Leadership Institute fellows.
- The Colorado chapter of the Public Relations Society of America honored CU Boulder’s Department of Strategic Relations and Communications with two gold and two silver awards for exceptional work in the communications field.
- Faculty Development and Support in the Office of Faculty Affairs is excited to announce the newest cohort of fellows for the Excellence in Leadership Program.
- Physics Professor and RASEI Fellow Ivan Smalyukh and his lab have set a Guinness world record for developing a transparent aerogel, which will boost thermal insulation in windows, increasing the overall energy efficiency of buildings.
- Nicholas Kruczek, an instrument engineer in LASP’s solar and stellar science division, has been named a recipient of a prestigious NASA award that recognizes early-career researchers with innovative ideas to advance astrophysics flight programs and technology.
- Aerospace engineering alumna Marsha Ivins, who has participated in five missions to space, has been selected as a 2024 inductee for the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, one of the highest honors in the industry.
- The AB Nexus program announced its 2024 seed grant awards to interdisciplinary research teams from the Boulder and Anschutz campuses. Collectively, the winning teams will receive $713,000 in funding to advance cutting-edge research that improves human health and well-being.
- Ten athletes with ties to the University of Colorado are set to compete in the 2024 Olympics in Paris, including six former student athletes, three former students and one current student. Read about these incredible Buffs and check out the viewing guide.