University of Colorado Boulder

10/08/2026

Congratulations to climate scientist Marika Holland (Math’90; MAeroEngr’94; PhD’97) who was named a 2026 MacArthur Fellow!

Each year, the MacArthur Foundation awards an $800,000, “no-strings-attached” grant to exceptionally creative change-makers who are navigating the world’s most pressing social issues.

Marika is a senior scientist in the Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Her research on polar sea ice and global climate dynamics helps scientists and policymakers better understand and predict the wide-ranging implications of our changing climate.

With three CU degrees and a world-changing impact, we are proud to call Marika a Buff!

10/08/2026

Are you a lover or a hate of pumpkin spice? 🎃

In our latest episode of CUriosity, Heather Kennedy, who teaches marketing at Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder, explains the cultural phenomenon that is pumpkin spice and why Americans can't seem to quit it. ☕️ https://bit.ly/4ygMHyl

10/08/2026

What does it take to curate a film festival and build a career in the creative industries? In CU Boulder’s Film Festival Cultures class, students watch hundreds of films, collaborate on a short-film program and learn directly from the Sundance Film Festival professionals.

Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts Associate Professor Kelly Sears explains how hands-on experience helps students connect their interests and skills to meaningful creative paths. ↓
https://bit.ly/4jHMyjF

10/07/2026

Behind every Nobel Prize-winning discovery is a story of persistence. Two CU Boulder physics Nobel laureates look back on the biggest obstacles they encountered and the lessons they learned along the way. 🦬✨

https://bit.ly/4j1AZ6Q

10/06/2026

Homecoming brought our community back to Boulder in full force, celebrating time-honored traditions and new connections. What was your favorite moment? 🦬

10/06/2026

What does it take to make a difference through research?

Four CU Boulder Nobel laureates share their advice for students who want to tackle big questions, push the boundaries of discovery and create lasting impact.

https://bit.ly/47yH4k2

10/05/2026

For 150 years, CU Boulder has been a place where big ideas become world-changing discoveries.

Did you know? Five Nobel Prize winners have called CU Boulder home. The four physics Nobel Prize winners recently helped the Department of Physics celebrate the 100th anniversary of its first PhD, awarded in 1926. Hear from the laureates as they reminisce about winning the Nobel Prize.

https://bit.ly/4y0R1BL

10/05/2026

What a weekend to be a Buff! 💛🖤

Homecoming brought our community together to celebrate CU Boulder spirit, tradition and 150 years of bold beginnings. Here’s to the memories we made and the next 150 years.

10/02/2026

Thousands of stories. One unforgettable night.

From performances and interactive activities to the debut of the Norlin projection experience, Shine On Norlin brought the CU Boulder community together to celebrate 150 years of transforming lives. Thank you to everyone who helped make this milestone event shine.

Missed it? The projection experience will continue to illuminate Norlin Library nightly from 6-9 p.m. throughout October.

10/02/2026

Congratulations, Jun Ye!

Join us in congratulating NIST researcher Jun Ye, who was awarded the 2026 Wolf Prize in Physics! He shares the award with Immanuel F. Bloch of the Max Planck Society.

The Wolf Prize celebrates and promotes exceptional achievements in the sciences and the arts worldwide. Ye and Bloch were recognized for “transformative, widely applicable advances in the control of ultracold atomic systems.”

Ye has been a physicist at JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado Boulder, for more than two decades.

The clocks developed by Ye and his colleagues are so precise that they would neither gain nor lose one second in 15 billion years, roughly the age of the universe. Atomic clocks are crucial to GPS and advanced communications, but Ye’s clocks can extend the applications to make precision measurements of gravity, motion, magnetic fields and many other quantities based on tiny changes in the atoms’ “ticking” rate between two energy levels.

His group has set multiple records for accuracy and precision in atomic clocks and has made numerous advancements in optical frequency combs and ultrafast laser-based tools.

Learn more: https://wolffund.org.il/jun-ye/