CUPD cadets with newly sworn Officer Bianca Sipres in June 2022

CU police recruit largest class of cadets

July 6, 2022

Seven police officers-in-training have joined two newly trained officers, all with varying backgrounds and life experiences, better representing the community they serve.

Coal Harbor, Vancouver, British Columbia

Chancellor, leaders represent CU Boulder among climate coalition

July 6, 2022

Chancellor Philip DiStefano and a pair of CU Boulder sustainability leaders recently participated in University Climate Change Coalition events as CU Boulder continues to take a leading role among higher education institutions in collaborating on climate solutions.

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2 CU Boulder students named Astronaut Scholars

July 5, 2022

CU Boulder students Alexandra “Sasha” Gladkova and Maya Palmer have each been awarded a $15,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. The merit-based scholarship is the largest known monetary award of its kind given in the U.S. to science and engineering undergraduate students.

Engineering Center

Engineering college celebrates 6 NSF CAREER award winners in 2022

July 5, 2022

Six faculty members within the College of Engineering and Applied Science received CAREER Awards from the National Science Foundation. The total continues a trend of significant early-career recognition for faculty over the last three years, said Acting Associate Dean for Research Shideh Dashti.

Gilberto Briscoe-Martinez

Helping robots recover from failure: NASA graduate fellowship winner Gilberto Briscoe-Martinez

July 5, 2022

Gilberto Briscoe-Martinez wants robots to be able to learn from their mistakes and continue persevering to finish a task as best they can. A recent award to him will provide four years of research funding and NASA collaboration.

The sun sets, casting rays over the UMC loggia space.

Panelists share tips for preventing, coping with gun violence

July 1, 2022

The motives and responses for gun violence are numerous and complex, panelists said in a June 28 webinar moderated by Chancellor DiStefano. Learn more about what the CU Boulder and CU Anschutz experts and clinicians said about current research and actions.

Patrick Kociolek standing on the shore of a lake

After 30-plus years working at museums, Patrick Kociolek still pinching himself

June 30, 2022

After 13 years, Patrick Kociolek will step down as director of the CU Museum of Natural History. To mark the milestone, he reflects on the unexpected beauty of microscopic life and why museums still have an important role to play in society, even in the digital age.

Keith Molenaar

Keith Molenaar to become CU Boulder’s dean of engineering

June 30, 2022

Provost Russell Moore named Keith Molenaar dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science. Molenaar has been acting dean since the departure of former dean Bobby Braun in 2020.

Yellow flowers on campus.

Health and Wellness Services moving under Strategic Resources and Support

June 30, 2022

To reflect the university’s holistic approach to campus needs, CU Boulder’s Health and Wellness Services unit is moving from Student Affairs to Strategic Resources and Support. Also, the Faculty and Staff Assistance program, currently in Human Resources, will become part of HWS.

Coffee with a cop event.

CUPD supports cultural change through active bystander program

June 30, 2022

The CU Boulder campus is home to the first university police department in Colorado selected for the Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement Project through the Georgetown University Law Center. ABLE training is designed to help first responders do a better job of identifying police misconduct in peers and intervening.

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