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Eleven teams of University of Colorado entrepreneurs, faculty researchers and graduate student innovators will compete for a combined $750,000 in startup funding grants in this year’s Lab Venture Challenge (LVC) Showcases at the Dairy Arts Center. Judges from Venture Partners at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s entrepreneurial network will hear Shark Tank-style pitches across two nights, one for innovations in biosciences and another for physical sciences and engineering.

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder College of Engineering and Applied Science—Imagine a future where electric vehicle charging stations or AI data center power supply systems can be built like LEGO bricks—small, stackable units that can expand as demand grows. Luca Corradini, associate professor in the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, is embarking on such a project.

Infleqtion’s star continues to rise as Colorado’s quantum hub grows. The company of firsts, spun out of Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder as ColdQuanta, seems to be everywhere these days, including outer space, while commercializing pioneering research to address needs across several critical markets including positioning, navigating and timing, global communication security and efficiency, resilient energy distribution, and accelerated quantum computing. 

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Today—Sanghamitra Neogi, an associate professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences department, is exploring ways to protect semiconductors and microchips from heat damage. She specializes in nanoscale semiconductors, which are so tiny their parts are measured in nanometers (billionths of a meter).

The New York Times—Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder entomologist Sammy Ramsey is leading international efforts to combat the Tropilaelaps mite, a newly identified parasite threatening honeybee populations worldwide. His research highlights the urgent need for global biosecurity measures to protect pollinators essential to food systems and ecosystems alike.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected 27 innovators and entrepreneurs to join the latest cohorts in its Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP). Kian Lopez of Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder startup OsmoPure Technologies will join the West Gate Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

The Conversation—Over the past several months, universities have lost more than $11 billion in funding. Research into cancer, farming solutions and climate resiliency are just a few of the many projects nationally that have seen cuts. The Conversation asked Massimo Ruzzene, senior vice chancellor for research and innovation at the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ, to explain how these cuts and freezes are impacting the university and Colorado’s local economy.

Activate—Three Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder-based innovators and their startups have joined Activate's Cohort 2025. Elliot Strand and Payton Goodrich, co-founders of PAGE Technologies, and Nadia Jorgenson, co-founder of OsmoPure Technologies.

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder College of Engineering and Applied Science—Samuel Silberman, an incoming PhD student in electrical engineering, has been named a 2025 Draper Scholar by Draper. The prestigious graduate fellowship will support his research into radio frequency (RF) lens design using advanced 3D printing and additive manufacturing.

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder College of Arts and Sciences—Edward Chuong, a Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ assistant professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology and a BioFrontiers Institute scientist, has been awarded $1.25 million by the New York City-based Cancer Research Institute (CRI) to pursue his cancer immunotherapy research.