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This summer, 10 undergraduates came to CU �Ǹ�Թ� from across the country to conduct cutting-edge research through the CU �Ǹ�Թ� Physics and JILA Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program.Now in its 38th year on the �Ǹ�Թ� campus, the

To alumnus Gal Weitz (EngrPhys, ApMath’22), �Ǹ�Թ� was a “dream destination” for undergrad. Now working in quantitative finance, Weitz shares how his education at CU �Ǹ�Թ� set him up for success in the finance world.

IDEX, the interstellar dust experiment, is scheduled to launch aboard NASA's IMAP mission on Wednesday, Sept. 24. Professor and LASP Scientist Mihály Horányi serves as the IDEX Instrument Lead.

Infleqtion, a CU �Ǹ�Թ� quantum technology spinout founded by Professor and JILA Fellow Dana Anderson, has announced a merger to go public, becoming the 10th "unicorn company" out of CU �Ǹ�Թ�.

Professor Mihály Horányi is the principal investigator of IDEX, a space dust instrument built at CU �Ǹ�Թ�'s Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics that will launch on board a NASA spacecraft on Sept. 23.

A team at CU �Ǹ�Թ� including physics graduate student Hanqing Zhao and Professor Ivan Smalyukh, have made a curious state of matter in which particles move constantly—like a clock with hands and gears that spin forever, even without electricity to keep them going.

Returning to college for a second degree takes grit and determination – and Kerrie Ellzey (Psyc’12, Phys’17) had both.After completing her degree in psychology from CU �Ǹ�Թ�, Ellzey taught preschool for several years before

Stephanie McNamara, geophysics graduate student, is conducting research with Nathalie Vriend, associate professor at the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering at CU �Ǹ�Թ�. Among other questions, the lab explores how dunes evolve over time.

Jun Ye and collaborator Lilliam Ambroggio (CU Anschutz) have been awarded a 2025 AB Nexus seed grant for their project "Using Quantum Sensing to Detect Pneumonia and Asthma in Children."