Faculty in Focus
- Getting humans back to the moon is one thing. Jack Burns and other CU 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.
- ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµâ€™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.
- In this conversation with Continuing Education Dean Sara Thompson, find out how the division she leads connects university resources with communities statewide.
- We stock our shelves with books and pills intended to make us happy, but CU psychologist June Gruber warns that too much of a good thing can backfire.