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 Â鶹¹ÙÍø and CU Anschutz experts and clinicians said about current research and actions.

An aerial photo of CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø.

Statement on Pac-12 membership changes

July 1, 2022

A statement regarding changes to Pac-12 membership.

The Denver Museum of Nature and Science building.

Join CU Night at the Museum July 20

July 1, 2022

Join CU President Todd Saliman and campus chancellors Philip DiStefano, Don Elliman, Michelle Marks and Venkat Reddy at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science for a celebration of alumni and friends.

group of people marching to protest abortion ban

Abortion bans to increase maternal mortality even more, study shows

June 30, 2022

New data shows that banning abortion would lead to more maternal deaths than previously thought, a critical finding less than a week after the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to overturn Roe v. Wade.

people gathering with signs during a pro-choice rally

What the end of Roe v. Wade means for reproductive rights and privacy

June 30, 2022

On June 24, the Supreme Court released a decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The court also ruled to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. Jennifer Hendricks, a professor at the University of Colorado Law School, addresses her interpretation of the rulings.

2018 aerial view over the CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus. (Photo by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado)

NOAA, CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø expand research partnership

June 30, 2022

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø will continue to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth system and data science research under a new agreement.

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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 Â鶹¹ÙÍø’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.

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