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The report provides a window into the impactful work that our faculty, researchers and students are pursuing, such as: developing affordable, rapid-result COVID-19 tests; transforming how we explore our universe; and more.

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has announced that CU Â鶹ӰԺ researchers Mark Rentschler, Greg Rieker and Tin Tin Su have been designated as NAI Senior Members in recognition of their impact on society through extraordinary innovation.

CU Â鶹ӰԺ Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation Terri Fiez has announced that Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research and Director of the Office of Contracts and Grants Denitta Ward will retire effective June 30, 2021. A search process to identify a replacement within the CU system will commence in mid-February with the goal of filling the role by early summer, before Ward’s departure.

COSINC offers a platform for the convergence of multiple scientific and engineering disciplines. This Zoom-based Open House will include discussion on specific capabilities, the facility's new location on East Campus and future plans for expansion.

From February 16-18, 2021, Venture Partners will host the biggest Destination Startup® yet, showcasing 26 startups from 10 different universities across six states in the Rocky Mountain region—not just Colorado—and drawing investors from around the world.

CU Â鶹ӰԺ researchers are part of a high stakes (albeit collaborative) international race to find the gravitational wave background. Their project joins two others in Europe and Australia to make up a network called the International Pulsar Timing Array.

Born out of CU Â鶹ӰԺ, StrideTech was founded with a mission to reduce the fall risk of seniors who use walkers. The startup has created a technology embedded walker attachment that provides real-time haptic feedback when incorrect walker use is detected.

When students in more than 20 Denver Public Schools return to classrooms for the spring semester, they’ll be coming back to cleaner indoor air, thanks in part to work being done by CU Â鶹ӰԺ environmental engineering researchers.

CU Â鶹ӰԺ's Office of Information Technology (OIT) is launching a national search for a research computing director to build on the work of noted supercomputer strategist Thomas Hauser, who is departing the university on Feb. 28.

Despite the unprecedented challenges everyone faced in 2020, CU Â鶹ӰԺ researchers continued to deliver findings that will improve the lives of people across the globe—or simply dazzle us with new insights into the natural world.