Celebrate
- Jaylon McGhee is researching next-generation wind turbine designs through a prestigious National Science Foundation graduate research fellowship.
- Mike Gil, René Kissell, Sara Sanchez and Thaiesha Wright are the 2021 recipients of the Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowships for Diversity.
- Thanks to a $1.6 million grant, Dan Dessau, a ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ physics professor, will spend five years striving to make breakthroughs in quantum systems technology.
- Kelsey Grant, a junior who advocates for climate change policies and environmental stewardship, is one of this year’s Udall Scholarship recipients.
- Eight ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ students have been named Fulbright finalists for the 2020–21 academic year by the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
- Congratulations to the director of graduate community and program development. The award provides an opportunity for students to recognize ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ employees who have made a significant impact in their lives.
- Congratulations to Trevor Weschler, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ's student employee of the year.
- Family lore, conflicting heritages, Rocky Mountain snowpack and more. For this year’s recipients of the Thompson Writing Awards, these topics encapsulate what the American West means to them.
- The Renée Crown Wellness Institute has announced the recipients of its inaugural seed grant program. Jill Litt, Kalonji Nzinga, Beth Osnes and Steven Voida will lead research teams that inquire about wellness, while addressing practical questions youth, educators and families face.
- ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ's David Shneer has won a top honor for his project that highlights Holocaust survivors who "commemorated murdered Jews in the very country that orchestrated their murder."