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Congratulations to Dr. Zach Ulibarri, who was named a 2024 51 Pegasi b Fellow by the Heising-Simons Foundation. The 51 Pegasi b Fellowship provides postdoctoral scientists with the opportunity to conduct theoretical, observational, and experimental research in planetary astronomy. Dr. Ulibarri earned his PhD in physics from CU Boulder in...

Building on efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in physics, CU Boulder’s Department of Physics and JILA will host a Conference for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics (CU*iP) in January 2025. The conference will bring approximately 150 students from the Midwest region to Boulder.

A team of researchers from CU Boulder and the Colorado School of Mines was named a winner in the 2023 NASA Entrepreneurs Challenge. The Front Range team includes CU Boulder physics faculty Xu Wang and Mihaly Horanyi, who are co-founders of a start-up company, Space Dust Research & Technologies (SDRT).

A group of seven physics students, staff, and faculty were recently awarded funding from the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Innovation Fund for their proposal to improve undergraduate research for underrepresented and minority groups in STEM disciplines. The grant will support two key initiatives including an undergraduate research expo...

The Heising-Simons Foundation recently announced $3 million in multi-institution grants for theoretical and experimental research on Informing Gravity Theory. Half of the award has been granted to a group of five faculty centered at the University of Colorado Boulder and JILA, a joint institute between CU Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Professor Scott Diddams has been named an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow for his contributions in optical frequency combs and their applications. Diddams is the Robert H. Davis Endowed Chair in Discovery and Learning and Professor in Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering and Physics.

The class of 2024 is unique, with many students having arrived on campus during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Three physics and engineering physics students graduating in 2024 share their experiences in the latest issue of the Coloradan.

The Boulder Faculty Assembly has recognized Assistant Professor Bethany Wilcox for her outstanding classroom teaching and student mentoring with the 2024 BFA Excellence in Teaching Award.

Five students in the Quantum Scholars program have been awarded a scholarship in honor of Jennifer Turner-Valle, an alumna of CU Boulder Physics. The named scholarships are a tribute to Dr. Turner-Valle who passed away in 2023.