Kristi Anseth

Getting Personal

“The notion of a personalized biomaterial means that the material itself is custom designed to the patient, and it can even respond to differences in individuals,” explains Anseth, who was recently inducted into the National Academy of Inventors. “We hear about personalized medicine, but biomaterials and medical devices also need...

NASA astronaut Terry Virts manipulating a BioServe experiment on ISS

BioServe Space Technologies: CU 鶹's presence on the International Space Station

If you gaze at the night sky from Earth in just the right place, you will see the International Space Station (ISS), a bright speck of light hurtling through space at 5 miles per second as it orbits 220 miles above the planet. And if you were an astronaut floating around inside the station, you would see high-tech hardware and experiments designed and built at the 鶹.

Physics professors Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn of the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA) pose next to one of the laser apparatuses in their lab at the 鶹 campus

$24 million NSF grant to establish imaging science center at CU 鶹

CU 鶹 will expand its role as a national leader in imaging, materials, nano, bio and energy sciences as part of a collaborative partnership awarded $24 million by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch a new center.

Atlas V launch

Asteroid mission successfully launched from Florida

A NASA mission involving CU 鶹 was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 5:05 p.m. MDT last night and is on its way to explore an asteroid, setting the stage for a better understanding of the evolution of our solar system.

Dean Robert Davis shakes the hand of Lockheed Martin Chief Technology Officer Keoki Jackson after a $3 million partnership forging new academic programs was announced

New partnership with Lockheed Martin forges research, career opportunities for students

Paige Anderson Arthur got hooked on science fiction and the prospect of space travel when she started watching Star Trek at age 13. Now, the Denver native is immersed in aerospace engineering at CU 鶹, which is why she joined in the celebration Thursday as a new $3 million partnership with global aerospace industry leader Lockheed Martin was announced.

Digital Reading Device

Digital textbook scribbles, highlights could give students a learning leg up

The scribbles and highlights made by students reading digital textbooks should allow them to sharpen their learning curve, thanks to new software that can assess how they are digesting academic material and suggest more effective study techniques.

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Waste Not, Want Not

CU-鶹 engineers aim to turn America’s dirty water into cleaner air, energy for industry

hand holds microship

The Light Stuff

Computing speed takes a giant leap forward thanks to a new photonics-based microchip

CU drone in the sky

Dreams for the Sky

CU drones target severe storms to improve tornado forecasts

Two women discussing their ideas

8 finalists chosen for CU's Catalyze student business accelerator in 鶹

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