Faculty-Staff Edition - Aug. 23, 2024
Colorado high schoolers got a unique summer experience through a CU Science Discovery program focused on engineering remote sensing.
Campus Community
Team receives Guinness Book of World Records award for most transparent material
Physics Professor and RASEI Fellow Ivan Smalyukh and his lab have set a Guinness world record for developing a transparent aerogel, which will boost thermal insulation in windows, increasing the overall energy efficiency of buildings.
Nicholas Kruczek awarded NASA technology fellowship
Nicholas Kruczek, an instrument engineer in LASP’s solar and stellar science division, has been named a recipient of a prestigious NASA award that recognizes early-career researchers with innovative ideas to advance astrophysics flight programs and technology.
Incoming CMCI faculty bring new ideas on AI, identity, culture
The College of Media, Communication and Information's incoming professors bring an interest in cutting-edge topics at a time when the media landscape is undergoing dramatic change.
Research Updates
Pythons’ wild feeding habits could inspire new treatments for heart disease
In the 24 hours after a python swallows its massive prey, its heart grows bigger and stronger and its metabolism speeds up fortyfold. Scientists want to know their secret.
Consumers are more tolerant when algorithms drive price discrimination
Prices set by age and gender can be contentious. But the practice is seen as more fair if algorithms, not humans, manipulate pricing, research shows.
Uncovered Euripides fragments are ‘kind of a big deal’
CU Â鶹ӰԺ Classics scholars Yvona Trnka-Amrhein and John Gibert identified previously unknown fragments of two lost tragedies by Greek tragedian Euripides.
Faculty Takes
Report shows 2023 marked by record-breaking greenhouse gas levels, extreme heat and high sea levels
The new international annual review of the world’s climate showed that 2023 was the warmest year on record. A CU Â鶹ӰԺ scientist weighs in on how the rising global greenhouse gas concentration is driving climate change and what we can do.
Events & Exhibits
Walk, run or bike for breast cancer Sept. 28
Join the Institute of Behavioral Science for an inaugural walk/run/bike fundraiser for breast cancer research. The event is in honor of the institute’s late building proctor Denise Porchetta.
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