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United Nations Human Rights, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder and the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance are co-hosting a three day global climate summit exploring solutions that every sector of society—government, business, education and individuals—can adopt and act upon.

As part of this year’s Research & Innovation Week, Massimo Ruzzene, acting vice chancellor for research and innovation and dean of the institutes at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder, shared important insights and aspirations from the university’s research and innovation enterprise during an Oct. 17 webinar.   

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder and NIST researchers will be better able to coordinate their efforts with the recent opening of the QEI Collaboration Lab. This new 1,500 square foot space in the Engineering Center will encourage cross-campus research and experiments in the high-impact field of quantum engineering.

Research & Innovation Week, hosted by the Research and Innovation Office and featuring events for students, faculty, staff and the community, returns to its predominantly in-person format this week. Events showcase research, scholarship and creative work from across the campus.  

The Department of Energy has awarded $400 million for research into clean energy technologies and low-carbon manufacturing through 43 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs), six of which feature 13 Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI) members.

The university obtained grants from a range of government agencies, nonprofits and industry partners. NASA, NSF, the Department of Commerce, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy continue to be the largest federal funding sources.

A new industry-grade 100 kV electron beam writer (EBPG5150plus) will be the only open-access system of its type in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ when operational. The device may eventually prove to be a game-changer for interdisciplinary materials and device research in the Rocky Mountain region.

The city of Boulder and researchers at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder have joined forces to document and study the urban heat island effect. By deploying specially protected thermometers throughout Boulder, researchers hope to gather data on how trees and vegetation can possibly reduce urban heat as part of a climate-mitigation plan.

The sensor features an impressive 83% accuracy rate when detecting contamination in surface waters. The findings were recently published in Water Research, and could improve detection of a variety of contaminants quickly and effectively in water systems around the globe and in America.

The university also scored highly in 10 other academic categories in the ShanghaiRanking Consultancy’s 2022 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, highlighting the breadth of impactful ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder research. The annual ranking includes over 1,800 universities from 96 countries scored across 54 categories.