Celebrate

In a 2021 ceremony, the CU community was finally able to honor the seven recipients of the 2020 Regent Awards. The awards include honorary degrees, university medals and a distinguished service award for some of the greatest contributors to CU, the state and the nation.

Historian Vilja Hulden, who is conducting a sweeping analysis of congressional lobbying from 1877 onward, has landed a major fellowship that will support her research.

In rankings released Jan. 6, two members of the ̽»¨ÊÓƵ School of Education faculty were recognized as among the nation’s top 200 researchers whose scholarship bridges academic and public audiences.

̽»¨ÊÓƵ’s David Pyrooz and an Arizona State University colleague won the outstanding book award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

The Heterodox Academy has selected ̽»¨ÊÓƵ environmental economist Matthew Burgess as the recipient of its 2020 Open Inquiry Award for teaching.

One of the highest CU system honors, eight faculty members from the Boulder campus are now distinguished professors, recognized for their outstanding contributions as researchers and educators.

The Colorado chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) honored the ̽»¨ÊÓƵ communications team with three Gold Pick awards for a chancellor op ed campaign, a paid social media campaign featuring research and a catchy science story.

Scientists Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn, who are also fellows in JILA, are being recognized for their work in cutting-edge lasers.

Richard O’Neill, the newest member of the College of Music’s string faculty, has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Classical Instrumental Solo category, his third nomination since 2005. 

Anthropologist J. Terrence McCabe and physicist Konrad Lehnert are receiving recognition for advancing science and its applications.