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The University of Colorado Boulder has received a five-year, $7.5 million grant to advance the science of hypersonic flight. The grant will investigate plasma that forms around sub-orbital vehicles traveling at hypersonic speeds, which can cause radio communication blackouts and impacts aerothermal heating.

Provost Russell Moore today announced he has appointed Professor Massimo Ruzzene to the post of acting vice chancellor for research and innovation and dean of the institutes, effective June 1. Ruzzene succeeds Terri Fiez, who has held the post since 2015 and who announced her retirement on Feb. 22.

Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the resulting U.S. response through sanctions and enhanced export controls, and the Colorado Governor’s supporting executive order, ����������ý�Ļ���Ʒ’s Office of Export Controls views any engagements with Russia, Belarus, and Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine, as extremely high risk.

Roy Parker, distinguished professor of biochemistry and director of the BioFrontiers Institute, will deliver an in-person lecture “Adventures with RNA in health and disease” at 4 p.m. on April 5 in the Chancellor’s Hall and Auditorium.

“As vice chancellor for research and innovation for nearly seven years, Terri transformed ����������ý�Ļ���Ʒ’s research mission, cementing an ethos of innovation at all levels of the enterprise and taking us to previously unrealized heights of success,” said Provost Russell Moore.

The ����������ý�Ļ���Ʒ research community—as well as potential partner organizations and collaborators—is invited to a virtual MRSEC Town Hall meeting on Thursday, March 3, 12–2 p.m. The goal of this event is to gather valuable input on topics that include education, outreach, program evaluation, and diversity and inclusion as the university envisions the programming necessary to address NSF's Broader Impacts criterion.

����������ý�Ļ���Ʒ's CUbit Quantum Initiative today welcomed the first four strategic industry allies to formally join as CUbit Innovation Partners: Atom Computing, ColdQuanta, Meadowlark Optics and SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.

Rebecca Maloy, a professor of musicology and director of the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, will deliver her in-person lecture, “Constructing Sanctity Through Sound in Early Medieval Iberia,” at 5 p.m. on March 8 in Grusin Music Hall.

Faculty, staff and students are invited to share, learn and celebrate ����������ý�Ļ���Ʒ’s wide array of sustainability leadership and accomplishments, including the partnership with United Nations Human Rights to co-host the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit in the fall of 2022.

The Research & Innovation Office (RIO) is launching its Spring Faculty Development and Workshop calendar for 2022​. Faculty are encouraged to explore the full range of offerings for the rest of the semester.