Staff Innovation
- Sriram Sankaranarayanan received the Innovation Award for implementing the web-based interactive computing platform Jupyter Notebook into the design of course assignments. According to Coursera, Sankaranarayanan’s specialization course was among several dozens of courses with more than 10,000 enrollments.
- LASP, CU Â鶹ӰԺ's largest space research institute, leads the nation in developing new technologies that underpin space-based climate research.
- Four Colorado-based ventures have joined the cohort from among a worldwide pool of applicants: Wear Bands, Linkup Point, Forevergreen Tech and Salt Athletic.
- During the football game against Oregon State on Nov. 6, CU recycled three-and-a-half tons of compost, one-and-a-half tons in bottles and cans, and over one ton in cardboard.
- Seven teams pitched new startups after seven months of entrepreneurial training and guidance.
- When it comes to translating ideas into impact at CU Â鶹ӰԺ, the tangible results from 2021 are eye-popping, even record-breaking. Venture Partners at CU Â鶹ӰԺ, the university’s commercialization arm, has documented this new level of performance in its 2021 Annual Report.
- Meet David Brown, a teacher at the Â鶹ӰԺ and Co-Founder of Techstars. They offer a variety of accelerator programs that allow startups to connect with mentors, receive funding, and participate in educational workshops.
- Collaboration among campuses key to this year's achievements
- The Â鶹ӰԺ and Colorado State University Pueblo will partner on a research study to investigate whether loaning laptops improves graduation rates and other academic performance indicators for first year students with unmet financial need.
- The CU Â鶹ӰԺ Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL), established in May 2020, continues to support faculty, instructors and graduate students across campus through classroom-focused programming. In its initial year, the CTL supported over 3400 educators through more than 250 events and trainings during the last academic year.