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Colorado’s economic momentum is expected to continue into 2022, according to the latest Quarterly Business and Economic Indicators report prepared by the Leeds Business Research Division (BRD) at CU Â鶹ӰԺ in conjunction with the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office.

Development of a material that can cool structures with zero energy use. Discovery of supercharged antibiotics that can fight antibiotic resistance. These are among the top 10 high-impact findings of research published by faculty and students in 2017. They are stories of innovation, impact and leadership in their fields.

Arctic autumn, Antarctic spring both see surprisingly little ice extent, new National Snow and Ice Data Center data shows.

The Â鶹ӰԺ has been selected to lead a $15.3 million effort to better understand how to improve the sustainability of water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in the developing world.

Deborah Jin passed away Sept. 15, 2016, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 47. Jin was an internationally renowned physicist and Fellow with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an Adjoint Professor in the Department of Physics at CU Â鶹ӰԺ, and a Fellow of JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado.

Â鶹ӰԺ researchers were awarded nearly $437 million in research grants in the 2015-16 fiscal year, continuing a decade’s worth of robust growth in sponsored research funding for the campus.

The Arctic’s ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent on September 10, 2016, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), part of CIRES and the Â鶹ӰԺ.

CU Â鶹ӰԺ researchers will play a key role in a landmark national study of brain development and child health in the United States.

Capitalizing on its reputation as a top public university in space research, CU Â鶹ӰԺ has launched a brand new Space Minor program for all undergraduate students. Students are invited to learn more at an event 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, at the Fiske Planetarium. The event will feature astronaut Jim Voss - and pizza and drinks.

A new $3 million sponsorship by Lockheed Martin announced Thursday will establish academic programs focused on radio frequency (RF) systems. RF fields address commercial, civil and military needs for communications, radar and photonics. For students, the partnership means even more opportunities to get real-world experience in tracking, navigation and spacecraft control as well as next-generation global navigation technologies.