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Luis Navarro has earned a four-year $700,000 NASA Heliophysics grant to answer important and complex scientific questions about Earth’s extreme upper atmosphere.

Svenja Knappe, who is a physicist by training but calls the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering home, is an ideal person to be at the center of a growing cluster of quantum researchers who are ushering in the second quantum revolution on campus and abroad.

Professor John Zhai, an expert in building systems engineering and indoor air quality, has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to address air quality in affordable housing in hot and humid climates. Zhai’s work will focus on not only the technical aspects but also the influence of cultural practices.

Nicole Day, a doctoral student in chemical and biological engineering, has been awarded the 2023 Acta Student Award. Her research aims to improve the delivery of cancer immunotherapies.

The accreditation distinguishes Medical Services at Wardenburg Health Center based on its adherence to rigorous standards of care and safety.

A $400,000 award recognizes the far-reaching medical impact of Marvin Caruthers’ development in the early 1980s of an efficient and fast method to synthesize nucleic acids. Caruthers is a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry at CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø.

CMCI Now earned a bronze Circle of Excellence Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education for its fall 2022 edition, which offered a look back at the founding—and impact—of the Department of Journalism.

A grant through the Can Do Colorado initiative allowed Community Cycles to give electric bikes to 14 CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø employees.

A new Research & Innovation Office program is providing nearly $100K in combined funding to 19 projects that span disciplines, from music and art history to journalism, theater and dance.

Staff Council is excited to announce the winners of the 2023–24 elections and announce its new officers. The group extends its gratitude to all the candidates who took the time to be involved.