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CU Â鶹ӰԺ is among the first to sign up for the new COVID-19 College Vaccine Challenge designed to spark higher vaccination rates among young adults by enlisting campuses as public health partners.

Marcy and Bruce Benson have dedicated a $6 million endowment to five annual full-ride graduate fellowships in geological sciences. Bruce Benson is a former CU president.

The Distinguished Research Lectureship, for which the nominiation deadline has been extended to June 7, is among the highest honors bestowed by the faculty upon a CU Â鶹ӰԺ colleague.

AB Nexus announced a new round of grants totaling $550,000 for collaborative projects from researchers at CU Â鶹ӰԺ and CU Anschutz that aim to improve human wellbeing through basic science and translational research approaches.

CU Â鶹ӰԺ ranks No. 44 overall globally in the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities, down slightly from the same spot it held in 2019. Among U.S. universities, CU Â鶹ӰԺ ranked No. 27.

CU Â鶹ӰԺ is launching a campus reading program with the goal of building community. "American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures" is edited by actress and activist America Ferrera and available through the University Libraries.

Chancellor Philip DiStefano applauded Gov. Jared Polis for signing a bill into law that ends a state requirement for higher education admissions to consider national assessment scores.

The American Astronomical Society Division on Dynamical Astronomy awarded Ann-Marie Madigan its Vera Rubin Early Career Award for her research spanning the outer solar system to black holes at the centers of galaxies.

Seeing a need for working professionals to refresh or enhance their understanding of data science and machine learning without devoting months or years to training, CU Â鶹ӰԺ launched Tech Frontiers, a short-form education series kicking off this summer.

Todd Whittaker, a first-year doctoral candidate in the Holewinski and Musgrave groups, is the Graduate and Professional Student Government Outstanding Research Assistant Award winner for 2021.