Faculty in Focus
With her seemingly inexhaustible reservoir of ideas, Michelle Ellsworth leaps over creative boundaries. Recognized for her distinctive and compelling artistic works in contemporary dance, Ellsworth is a winner of a 2019 Doris Duke Artist Award.
The Milwaukee Bucks, like most NBA teams, were using standard folding chairs for bench seats. Players sat on cold surfaces with their knees crunched up, causing stiffness. Jack Zable, a professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, changed that.
Getting humans back to the moon is one thing. Jack Burns and other ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ scientists are asking, "How can we stay?" As the United States prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary, on July 20, of Neil Armstrong’s first lunar step, the nation is again getting serious about going back.
Intrepid brain scientist Zoe Donaldson and an army of furry rodents are decoding life’s most complex emotions: love and loss.
Shilo Brooks, faculty director of the Engineering Leadership Program, has been awarded a fellowship at Princeton University, where he will spend 10 months on research for his next book.
Mechanical engineering professor Jean Hertzberg shares her enthusiasm for nature’s beauty by teaching students to reveal the hidden splendors of mingling gases and liquids—and make art of it.
Assistant Professor Danielle Rivera describes how she unearths and amplifies marginalized communities’ theories and histories through her community-based research.
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder’s Norm Pace isn’t intimidated by the darkness of remote caves, or the vastness of the microbial universe. He’s mastered both.
A new open-source handbook, co-authored by Stephanie Chasteen, provides guidance for implementing evidence-based improvements in undergraduate STEM education.
The Communities Code initiative has garnered university outreach awards for the last four years, and its founders say the program boosts not only kids’ tech skills but also their self-esteem.