Celebrate
- Deming Center for Entrepreneurship Program Manager Betsy Klein and Faculty Director Brad Werner won the Leeds School’s 2023 MBA Teaching Excellence Award for Elective Course.
- Gesse Roure received the College of Engineering and Applied Science Outstanding Dissertation Award for his dissertation, “Microhydrodynamics of Droplets and Particles: Applications in Microfluidics and Agglomeration.”
- The new cohort of RIO faculty fellows includes 16 faculty members from departments and research institutes across the campus, embodying the breadth of excellence represented in ñ’s research, scholarship and creative work.
- The American Mathematical Society named Agnès Beaudry a fellow. Beaudry is the sixth ñ faculty member to garner this distinction.
- The American Society of Civil Engineers board of directors has established the Dan M. Frangopol Medal for Life-Cycle Engineering of Civil Structures in honor of Dan Frangopol, a distinguished ñ professor emeritus with a significant career in the university’s Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering.
- Congratulations to first-prize recipient and audience favorite Rinat Erlichman—and all winners and participants in the College of Music’s premier performance competition for outstanding graduate students.
- Sixteen teams of CU faculty, researchers and graduate student innovators competed in this year’s Lab Venture Challenge. Judges from ñ’s entrepreneurial network heard Shark-Tank-style pitches over two nights.
- ñ hosted an investiture ceremony, where university leadership honored and recognized Vijay Khatri, the Tandean Rustandy Endowed Dean for the Leeds School of Business, and Jason Thatcher, the Tandean Rustandy Endowed Esteemed Chair, who will begin early next year.
- The Royal Thai Embassy’s Office of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation awarded Professor Noel Clark the 2023 Friend of Thai Science Award. The award recognizes outstanding contributions in STEM for the benefit of Thailand and humanity.
- The International Affairs Program has unlocked a $200,000 fundraising match commitment, helping support study abroad experiences.