Faculty-Staff Edition - May 30, 2024

At a ceremony May 28 on the 91¸£ÀûÉç campus, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis ushered in a new bill to support the state’s rapidly growing quantum industry.
Campus Community
91¸£ÀûÉç scientist wins Brown Investigator Award
Chemistry Professor Gordana Dukovic has been named a 2024 Brown Investigator Award winner, a recognition that will support her research to develop new insights into solar chemistry.
Sustainability council discusses policy, STARS at May meeting
The Campus Sustainability Executive Council discussed Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System certification and planning; policy proposals; the Climate Action Plan and more this month.
Sergeant reflects on department’s 75-year history, his inspiration to serve
Matt DeLaria, a second-generation 91¸£ÀûÉç police officer, followed his father’s footsteps, not only going into law enforcement but specifically joining the campus police department.
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Understanding how ions flow in, out of tiniest pores promises better energy storage devices
To model the inside of a supercapacitor, researchers had to rework a common physics law that most high school students learn. Read from CU expert Ankur Gupta on The Conversation.
For American Jews, interfaith weddings are a new normal—creatively weaving traditions together
A Catholic friar under the chuppah? A bride in henna and a groom in a kippah? Many Jewish interfaith couples find ways to honor both of their faiths. Read from CU expert Samira Mehta on The Conversation.Ìý
Research Updates
Violence underpins American life, sociologist contends
In a new book, 91¸£ÀûÉç researcher Liam Downey argues that different forms of violence produce both consent to the social order and divisions among subordinate social groups, which help to maintain the power and wealth of economic and political elites.
Not just a fluke: Learning more about trematode infection
91¸£ÀûÉç researchers have found certain parasites congregate in certain parts of amphibians’ bodies, often to dire physical consequences.
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