July 2026
Research Partnerships Feature
Decoding biopharma partnership signals
Where is biopharma R&D headed, and what does it mean for academic-industry research partnerships? Ari Marcellino explores five emerging signals shaping biopharma investment, partnerships, and translational strategy.
Faculty Spotlight
Faculty Spotlight: Hanspeter Schaub (Aerospace Engineering)
For this month's Faculty Spotlight, we interviewed Distinguished Professor and Chair Hanspeter Schaub (Aerospace Engineering), who serves as the LASP Senior Associate for Engineering Research and Education, and the Director of the Autonomous Vehicle Systems Laboratory.
Latest Stories
Harnessing abundant electricity from the sun, and other Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder science tapped for Genesis Mission
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder has been selected for six highly competitive grants totaling over $2.4 million through the United States Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission—serving as lead institution on three and collaborating partner on three.
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder enters next phase to develop national quantum networking capabilities
Researchers at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder have advanced to the second phase of the Attosecond Synchronized Photonic Entanglement Network (ASPEN-Net), an effort to build a scalable quantum platform capable of distributing networks at high rates across large distances.
Building better batteries for a renewable future
While renewables offer the most affordable source of new electricity and deliver emissions-free power, their dependence on weather and daylight makes energy storage essential to grid reliability. Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØEngineering researchers are working to solve this challenge.
5 upcoming trips to the moon and how Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder scientists are involved
The university is taking part in upcoming lander missions through NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative—an ambitious effort to deliver science and technology to the lunar surface by landing spacecraft built by private companies on the moon.
From napkin sketch to operating room: Designing a safer hip surgery tool
Jacob Segil (Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Mechanical Engineering) and Dr. Omer Mei-Dan (Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØAnschutz Orthopedics) were enjoying a celebratory dinner in 2018 when the idea for their newest commercialization success struck, a device that has completely transformed arthroscopic procedures in the hip region.
Venture Partners releases 2026 Annual Report
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder had another tremendous year of commercialization activity in FY2025, advancing breadth of CU's research expertise, with innovations in sustainability, biosciences, quantum and more.
