Jennifer Doudna headshot

Former CU Postdoc Wins 2020 Nobel Prize

March 18, 2021

Jennifer Doudna smashes the glass ceiling with her historic recognition in chemistry. Doudna, a former CU Â鶹ӰԺ postdoc, won the prize for co-development of the genome editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 with French microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier — the first time a science Nobel had been won by two women together.

Marvin Caruthers as a postdoc student

Patent for Human Health

Nov. 10, 2020

CU distinguished professor Marvin Caruthers helped change the course of global human health.

Young Benson

Olester Benson Jr., Aka Mr. Patent

After CU, Olester Benson Jr. went on to earn more than 70 patents, including several that made cellphones, laptops and TVs brighter, more colorful and energy efficient.