April 2025
CEO Magazine: Massimo Ruzzene on transforming research into real-world impact
“Research, creative work and scholarship are a spectrum of activities that go from the fundamental discovery to the translation of ideas into commercial products, ventures or opportunities that impact society,” Ruzzene tells The CEO Magazine.
CU Boulder hosts showcases highlighting breakthrough innovations and investment-ready ventures
Hosted by Venture Partners at CU Boulder, the Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator and Destination Startup showcased breakthrough research and high-growth potential ventures to connect university innovations with industry leaders and investors.
Raytheon, CU Boulder formalize expanding research collaboration
CU Boulder and Raytheon, an RTX business, have announced a Master Research Agreement (MRA) that will pave the way to new benefits for the public through deeper research collaborations to benefit corresponding efforts at both organizations.
Celebrating World Quantum Day at the Colorado Capitol
Dignitaries from CU Boulder joined the Colorado General Assembly at the State Capitol on Monday, April 14, to celebrate World Quantum Day, a global event celebrating how quantum physics has transformed the lives of humans around the globe.
Projects from water quality and brain health to miniature microscopes and quantum science receive $900K in seed grants
The Research & Innovation Seed Grant program will fund 15 new projects for up to $60K each.Including the 2025 investments, the program has provided more than $18.7M to fund more than 400 innovative projects across campus since 2008.
Richard Noble bridges the gap between research and industry
Today, Professor Noble (Chemistry) is an internationally recognized leader in using novel membrane and thin-film materials, with close to 90 patents, hundreds of publications, millions of dollars in research funding and dozens of technologies licensed.
Aircrafts of the future: Boosting aerodynamic performance by engineered surface vibrations
As the principal investigator of a five-year DoD Office of Naval Research (Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative, Mahmoud Hussein is leading an effort to reshape the fundamental character of fluid-structure interactions to reduce drag on high-speed aerospace vehicles.
CU Boulder alum’s digital wellness initiative gains national attention
Social activist and nonprofit entrepreneur Maddie Freeman (BBA ’24) landed on the "Forbes 30 Under 30" list for helping young people strike a healthy tech-life balance through her Boulder-based nonprofit, NoSo November (short for “No Social [Media] November”).