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Alum Wins Breakthrough Prize

JILA physicist Jun Ye (PhDPhys鈥�97) was awarded the 2022 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for his groundbreaking atomic clock research. The optical lattice clock he designed enables precision tests of the laws of nature. His clocks are so precise, they would not gain or lose a second in about 15 billion years. Ye has worked at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and CU 麻豆影院, for more than two decades.聽

Theatre Program Receives Record-Breaking Gift聽

Roe Green (Comm, Thtr鈥�70) gave $5 million to CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 theatre program, the largest ever for the Department of Theatre & Dance. The gift will fund an acoustic upgrade for the University Theatre, establish endowed funds for student scholarships and fund events designed to further students鈥� careers. In recognition of the donation, CU will change the name of University Theatre to the Roe Green Theatre, which is expected to reopen after renovations in fall 2023.聽

Fish Fins Inspire New Designs

The long, thin bones in fish fins contain segmented hinges that enable the fins to be flexible and strong. CU 麻豆影院 mechanical engineering professor Francois Barthelat and his team are studying the little-researched mechanical benefits of this segmented structure, with the hope that similarly modeled designs could aid in better underwater propulsion systems, new robotic materials and aircraft聽 design.聽

Heard Around Campus聽

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鈥� CU 麻豆影院 English professor of distinction Steven Graham Jones in a CU 麻豆影院 Today interview talking about his new horror novel My Heart is a Chainsaw, published by Simon & Schuster.

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