Celebrate
- Distinguished Professor Kristi Anseth has been awarded the prestigious VinFuture Special Prize for Women Innovators in recognition of her pioneering research in tissue engineering. The winners were selected from nearly 1,500 nominations spanning more than 80 countries and territories worldwide.
- The American Heart Association awarded ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ gold-level recognition in the Well-being Works Better Scorecard, representing a notable commitment to the health of its workforce and community.
- A team of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ environmental engineering undergraduates has earned national recognition for a wastewater treatment project.
- The College of Music’s current graduate string quartet in residence—violinists Kisa Uradomo and Leah Pernick, violist Thomas Chafe and bassist Heewon Lee—studies with the Takács Quartet and recently won $2,000 for its performance of works by Joseph Haydn and Kevin Lau as part of the Ekstrand competition.
- A prestigious CO-LABS award highlights Matt Mendoza’s work as a visiting fellow and postdoctoral researcher in geoscience at ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ, where he worked with CIRES Fellow Anne Sheehan.
- Three undergraduate researchers received national poster awards at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers annual meeting. They were selected from more than 400 presenters and judged by approximately 100 professionals.
- A team of five students from the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering took second place in the national Design-Build Institute of America student competition held earlier this month.
- ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ creative communications and advancement teams were recognized last month with four Council for Advancement and Support of Education awards.
- Associate Research Professor Hannah Brenkert-Smith is a member of the wildfire research team that will receive the Pathfinding Partnerships Award on Nov. 20 from the Colorado Governor’s Awards for High Impact Research.
- Associate Professor Jota Samper of the Program in Environmental Design is the 2024 recipient of the Excellence in Faculty Community Engagement Award from the Engagement Scholarship Consortium.