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Maiji Castro, who graduates summa cum laude with a degree in art history and a minor in Italian, has been named the fall 2016 outstanding graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences at the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ.

Natalie Ahn, a professor of distinction in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ, was elected president of The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology last year and began her term as president-elect in July.

Three Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ professors have won prestigious fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies. The three are among 69 fellows chosen from 1,100 applicants.

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder and SuviCa recently received a patent for a promising chemical, SVC112, which helps prevent regrowth of cancer cells following radiation exposure. The chemical was originally identified through lab research with fruit flies — a process that is being shared with undergraduate students — and its synthesis helped create a collaborative pipeline for cross-disciplinary work through CU’s Technology Transfer Office.

Loren Hough has won a New Investigator Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institutes of Health to further vital research in the field of biophysics, specifically the behavior of tubulin, a protein involved in many life processes.

Economics Professor Keith Maskus has been named chief economist for the U.S. Department of State. Maskus, a professor of distinction who also was the director of Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s Program on International Development, is beginning the two-year appointment — based in Washington, D.C. — this month.

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ Professor of Distinction Keith Maskus has been named the U.S. Department of State chief economist. Maskus, who was the director of Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s Program on International Development, is beginning the two-year appointment, based in the District of Columbia, this month.

Joel Kralj, assistant professor in molecular, cellular and developmental biology and a University of Colorado BioFrontiers Institute faculty member, became interested in measuring cellular voltage as a postdoctoral researcher.

David Pyrooz, assistant professor of sociology at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder, has won the 2016 Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology.

Noah Finkelstein, who co-directs the Center for STEM Learning at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder and is a principal investigator for Physics Education Research, one of the largest research groups in physics education in the country, will receive up to $4,000 from the Brazil-U.S. Professorship/Lectureship Program. The Sociedade Brasileira de Física (SBF) and the American Physical Society (APS) jointly sponsor the exchange.