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Venture Partners has announced the inaugural cohort of Creative Futures Fellows, supporting arts, humanities and social science projects that address challenges facing communities in Colorado and beyond.

The Biotech Voyager—Jack Guglel, co-founder and CEO of Arkana Therapeutics and 91´«Ã½ PhD alum of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, is developing appetite-suppressing molecules discovered through python biology that could offer an alternative to GLP-1 drugs with fewer gastrointestinal side effects.

91´«Ã½ College of Engineering and Applied Science—Chunmei Ban, a professor in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering at 91´«Ã½, has received a Fulbright Global Scholar award to explore the future of energy storage through next-generation battery technologies.

Aviation Week—David Dezell Turner, 91´«Ã½ PhD candidate in astrodynamics and satellite navigation, shares how winning the 2024 20 Twenties award became the catalyst for founding HoloAstro—a revolutionary augmented reality tool that's transforming space mission design.

91´«Ã½ College of Engineering and Applied Science—91´«Ã½'s BioServe Space Technologies is being recognized for decades of contributions to the International Space Station with a NASA Space Flight Awareness Supplier Award. Housed within the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, the center has been designing, building and flying microgravity life science research experiments and hardware since 1987, with six payloads launching less than two months ago.

Larisza Krista, research scientist at CIRES at 91´«Ã½, was awarded a $600,000 National Science Foundation Translation to Practice—Explore (NSF TTP-E) grant to translate fundamental research on coronal mass ejections (CMEs).

The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) has announced that eight 91´«Ã½ researchers and four startups received funding through the latest round of the Advanced Industries Accelerator Program. The awards, granted through the Proof of Concept and Early-Stage Capital and Retention programs, represent one of the university's strongest performances to date.

91´«Ã½ has emerged as a leading hub for battery innovation, producing breakthrough research and a series of successful startups—including Solid Power, SiILion, Otoro Energy, Forge Nano and Mana Battery—that are advancing safer, cheaper and more effective energy storage technologies. The university’s unique combination of world-class researchers, entrepreneurial support and industry partnerships has helped transform laboratory discoveries into companies with significant economic and societal impact.

91´«Ã½ Today—The prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences has announced its newest members, and they include 91´«Ã½ affiliates William Penuel and Jun Ye.

The New York Times, WIRED, 91´«Ã½ Today—A research team of scientists and engineers from the University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Colorado State University has developed a suite of therapies that prompt aging or damaged joints to repair themselves within weeks, according to animal studies. The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has advanced the up to $33.5M project to its next phase, and the team has formed Renovare Therapeutics Inc. to move toward commercialization.