Peyton Hall

Cellist wins first prize in Ekstrand competition for grad students

Nov. 17, 2022

Congratulations to Peyton Hall Magalhaes, cello, who won first prize in the Bruce Ekstrand Memorial Graduate Student Performance Competition. Soprano Anna McMahon was awarded second prize, and other finalists included Logan Banister, alto saxophone; Lauren Flaten, flute; and Rebecca Ortiz, trumpet.

Moriba Jah

Boulder alumnus named MacArthur Fellow

Nov. 17, 2022

Astrodynamicist and space environmentalist Moriba Jah is among the prestigious 25-member cohort of the 2022 MacArthur Fellows Program.

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LASP’s Peter Pilewskie named to prominent national committee for space-based research

Nov. 17, 2022

Peter Pilewskie, a senior researcher and faculty member, has been named to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s committee that supports scientific progress on research requiring global data best acquired from space.

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Boulder innovators awarded $1.25M in commercialization funding

Nov. 11, 2022

Twelve teams of faculty, researchers and graduate students competed for a combined $1.25 million in startup funding grants in this year’s Lab Venture Challenge. Judges heard Shark Tank-style pitches across two nights, one for innovations in biosciences and the other for physical sciences and engineering.

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4 Boulder faculty members become distinguished professors

Nov. 10, 2022

One of the highest system honors, four faculty members from the Boulder campus are now distinguished professors, recognized for their outstanding contributions as researchers and educators.

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Information Science students tapped for big tech fellowships

Nov. 4, 2022

Doctoral candidates Jessie Smith and Janghee Cho have accepted fellowships with Google and Meta, respectively. Both will pursue research projects with financial support from the two companies.

Wyatt Shields

Wyatt Shields wins Packard Fellowship for microscale robotics

Oct. 27, 2022

In a banner year that has included receiving five distinguished research awards, the Chemical and Biological Engineering professor has now been awarded one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious awards for young investigators: a Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering.

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Fall Convocation celebrates faculty excellence and achievements

Oct. 27, 2022

Recently at the annual Fall Convocation, the campus community honored 95 faculty members for their excellence in teaching, scholarship, leadership and service.

Margaret Murnane

Margaret Murnane wins Isaac Newton Medal and Prize

Oct. 27, 2022

The award honors those who have made world-leading contributions in the field of physics, this year including JILA fellow Margaret Murnane. Murnane's work has been influential in advancing laser technology, optics research and quantum information science.

Dan Larremore

Daniel Larremore among Popular Science’s ‘brilliant 10’

Oct. 21, 2022

Department of Computer Science Professor Daniel Larremore has been recognized by Popular Science in its annual “brilliant 10” publication, listing top up-and-coming minds in science.

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