News Headlines
- The satellite, named ‘Challenger’, had a successful lift off Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at 9:11 AM MDT from Cape Canaveral. It is part of the European Union sponsored QB50 project to deploy a network of miniaturized satellites to study part of Earth’s atmosphere.
- Federally-funded research facilities in Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ contributed an estimated $2.6 billion to the state's economy in 2016 and supported more than 17,600 jobs, according to a new report from the Leeds School of Business.
- Conventional wisdom has held that forest growth will dramatically slow with high levels of rainfall. But Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder researchers this month turned that assumption on its head with an unprecedented review of data from 150 forests that concluded just the opposite.
- The Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder Innovative Seed Grant Program (ISGP), now in its 11th year, recently announced more than $1.1 million in seed funding through 23 grants, with a focus on interdisciplinary ventures that take investigators in high-risk, high-reward directions.
- One day, next-generation gene therapies could be used to nudge the body’s own cells to make those proteins at precisely the right time and in just the right amount. Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder biochemistry professor Robert Batey and Alexandria Forbes, Ph.D., founder and CEO of New York-based biotech firm MeiraGTx, are teaming up to explore how to do it.
- The NVC, now in its ninth year, highlights aspiring Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder entrepreneurs and offers students, faculty and staff a chance to conceptualize, design and pitch innovative ideas with support and mentorship from industry partners such as the Caruso Foundation and the Anchor Point Foundation.
- As part of an effort to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and collaborative output of partnerships between Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder’s nationally-ranked aerospace programs and small companies in Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ serving the aerospace and defense sectors, the university held its first Small Business Forum on March 16.
- The University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder is one of only two academic institutions to contribute expertise, testing and refinements to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC's) newly-launched, experimental licensing system for wireless research.
- Benson, who has served as executive director of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder AeroSpace Ventures (ASV) since 2016, will provide seasoned leadership for both ASV and the Office of Industry Collaboration (OIC) in their respective missions.
- A University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder team has entered into a five-year, $4.5-million cooperative agreement with NASA to become part of a virtual institute to pursue the construction of astronomical observatories on the moon.