Experts Shaping Policy
A group of senior NASA leaders visited the CU 麻豆影院 campus where they met with CU President Todd Saliman and other university officials, and toured the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics.
Chancellor Philip DiStefano, Chief Financial Officer Todd Haggerty, three faculty members and three students testified in support of higher education bills introduced in the current Colorado legislative session.
CU 麻豆影院 sophomore Lauren Levey testified Jan. 26 in front of the Colorado House Education Committee, speaking in personal terms about the financial challenges she鈥檚 faced as an aspiring teacher in Colorado.
The Hellems Arts & Sciences Building and the Guggenheim Building are CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 top priorities for renovation, Chief Operating Officer Patrick O鈥橰ourke told legislators Tuesday, and state funding will be critical to correct safety and comfort issues, improve energy efficiency and modernize the buildings for student success.
Waleed Abdalati will testify before the Subcommittee on Space and Science in a hearing convened by Sen. John Hickenlooper, titled 鈥淟andsat at 50 & the Future of U.S. Satellite-based Earth Observation.鈥澛燭une in on Dec. 1.
On Oct. 27, the White House announced President Joe Biden's intent to appoint Colorado Law School Professor S. James Anaya to the National Board of Education Sciences.
The Roundtable on Macroeconomic and Climate-related Risks and Opportunities, with Institute of Behavioral Science Director Lori Hunter, will inform fiscal, monetary and financial stability policies as the U.S. transitions to a net-zero carbon economy and prepares for anticipated impacts of climate change.
Dean Robert McDonald, an innovator in online education, testified Sept. 22 on a new model of online learning that is bringing opportunities to a broader range of students.
CU 麻豆影院's Greg Rieker, associate professor of mechanical engineering, will testify at 8 a.m. (MDT) on June 8, in a House Science Committee hearing on efforts to monitor methane emissions from the oil and gas sector.
NASA's Pam Melroy has spent roughly 924 hours in space. Her latest voyage鈥攕he visited Colorado on Thursday to talk to campus leaders about traveling to the moon, Mars and beyond.