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CSU's College of Natural Resources gets $1.5M gift
Colorado State University?s Warner College of Natural Resources received a $1.5 million gift from Jim Kennedy that will help promote sustainability and conservation efforts in natural resources management. As part of the Campaign for Colorado State University, the gift will help support two college...
Latisys picks Englewood for its corporate headquarters
Latisys, which operates three data centers in Colorado, California, and Illinois, has chosen Englewood for its corporate headquarters. The privately held company was founded in Virginia in June 2007 and entered the Denver market six months later by acquiring data-center operator Data 393. "We've i...
ITN Energy Systems awarded $4.9 million ARPA-E grant
ITN Energy Systems (ITNES), a clean energy and technology incubator, announced that it has been awarded $4.9 million as part of the Department of Energy ARPA-E grant program November 17. The primary goal for this project is to develop solid-state electrochromic film on plastic substrates by using I...
Campaign promotes Denver as holiday destination
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper joined VISIT DENVER, The Convention & Visitors Bureau, and other business leaders at a press conference November 18 in the newly refurbished Denver Pavilions to kick off the sixth annual Mile High Holidays ? a marketing campaign valued at $1 million to promote Denver a...
Germany-based SGB to open facility in Wheat Ridge
SGB USA, Inc., is set to open its first U.S. manufacturing plant within the 44th Industrial Park in Wheat Ridge. SGB is a leading manufacturer of industrial transformers in Europe. SGB?s parent company, Starkstrom - Geratebau GmbH (SGB), is based in Regensburg, Germany. SGB USA, Inc., will bring an ...
Colorado and CU launch online renewable energy resource
The University of Colorado Law School's Center for Energy and Environmental Security (CEES) in partnership with the Governor's Energy Office has launched the new Colorado Energy Profile (CEP), on-line at www.energyincolorado.org. The CEP provides easy access to the latest renewable, sustainable and...
Colorado School of Mines to receive DOE funding
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently announced awards for 123 projects in 39 states, including three at Colorado School of Mines, as part of the Department of Energy?s investments in the exploration and development of new geothermal fields and research into advanced geothermal technologies. Th...
CSU hits $300M milestone in comprehensive campaign
Despite the national and statewide economic downturn, Colorado State University announced today it has surpassed the $300 million mark in its comprehensive campaign targeted to raise $500 million in private gifts by 2012 to support scholarships, academics and campus improvements. "This milestone in...
NREL eco-friendly SUV gets hydrogen mileage boost
When researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) participated in a test drive for a hydrogen fuel cell SUV that reached the equivalent of a 431-mile driving range, it wasn't just California dream. Th...
Metro Denver EDC releases fifth competitiveness study
In the fifth edition of Toward a More Competitive Colorado, the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) reports its annual benchmarking of Colorado's strengths, challenges, and opportunities for future job growth. Statewide members of the media are invited to participate in...
CSU awarded $1.7M to design levee overtopping facility
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has hired a world-renowned Colorado State University water researcher to design and build a levee testing facility capable of simulating erosion from the enormous waves that likely contributed to Hurricane Katrina?s devastating toll on New Orleans. The U.S. Army Cor...
DIA to celebrate America Recycles Day, Nov. 15
16 restaurants and DIA?s Environmental Services Team will surprise random passengers caught recycling with gift certificates and discount coupons To celebrate America Recycles Day on Nov. 15, Denver International Airport and 16 of its shops and restaurants will be rewarding passengers who recycle w...
CO Race to the Top recommendations go to Gov. Ritter
Recommendations for Colorado's Race to the Top education reform grant proposal went to Gov. Bill Ritter on Nov. 13, following the issuance of final guidelines from the U.S. Department of Education. "Colorado's efforts align well with the guidelines announced today. We have been working on thes...
Colorado receives federal grant for cleantech exports
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced on Nov. 12, 2009 that the Colorado International Trade Office (ITO), a division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (COEDIT), is one of five recipients of the Market Development Cooperators Program (MDCP) for 2009. The ITO ...
Lockheed Martin ready for Intelsat 14 spacecraft launch
Lockheed Martin is in the final stages of preparation for the November 14 launch of a commercial telecommunications satellite for Intelsat, the world?s leading provider of fixed satellite services, aboard an Atlas V booster provided by United Launch Alliance. The launch window opens at 12:48 a.m. ES...
ITN Energy Systems awarded $4.9 million ARPA-E grant
ITN Energy Systems (ITNES) a clean energy and technology incubator announced today that it has been awarded $4.9 million as part of the Department of Energy ARPA-E grant program. The primary goal for this project is to develop solid-state electrochromic film on plastic substrates by using ITN?s prop...
U.S. DOE celebrates new DOE 1.5 research wind turbine
Officials from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) joined industry representatives and managers from DOE?s National Laboratories on November 10, 2009 to celebrate the latest tool to advance the Department?s wind energy research: a state-of-the-art wind turbine installed at DOE?s National Wind T...
Generation-Y start-up stuns NREL Growth Forum
Fingers flying on his cell phone, Ecovative Design co-founder Eben Bayer was tweeting news of his start-up's stunning victory at NREL's 22nd Clean Energy Growth Forum even as potential investors were circling him at the awards banquet and slipping business cards under his dessert plate. Bayer and E...
CU-Boulder butterfly payload to launch on space shuttle
When NASA?s space shuttle Atlantis launches for the International Space Station on Nov. 16 it will carry a University of Colorado at Boulder butterfly experiment that will be monitored by thousands of K-12 students across the nation. The butterfly payload was designed and built by BioServe Space T...
Study analyzes health reform economic impact in Colorado
Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce event previews report authored by health policy expert Len Nichols with review and comment by the University of Denver?s Center for Colorado?s Economic Future Nationally renowned health care policy expert Len Nichols will join state economic expert Henry Sobanet to ...
Denver again named a top real estate market to watch
Denver ranked in the top 10 of national cities to watch in the recently released Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2010 Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Urban Land Institute. (Download full report.) Nationally, 2010 is expected to be a challenging year for the commercial real estate indus...
Metro Denver region featured in national media
Placements underscore infrastructure and economic optimism Two national media placements shed positive light on infrastructure developments occurring in Metro Denver and the overall economic picture, further setting the region apart from its competitors in challenging economic times. This week, ...
CU-Boulder wins $1M grant as part of Hypersonic Center
The University of Colorado at Boulder will help to usher in a new era of high-temperature materials for hypersonic flight as part of a multi-institutional center launched this fall. CU-Boulder will receive $1 million over the next five years under a grant from Teledyne Scientific & Imaging of Thous...
Denver Arts Week hosts more than 200 events
Third annual event offers art walks, dance, music, theater, and free access to 11 museums The third annual Denver Arts Week will run November 6-14, offering more than 200 art-focused events throughout the Metro Denver area. Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper kicked off the event at a press conference ...
National Wind Technology Center to celebrate "DOE1.5"
On Tuesday, November, 10th, the U.S. Department of Energy?s Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program, DOE?s national laboratories, and industry partners including GE and RES Americas will gather to celebrate the completed installation and commissioning of the first utility-scale wind turbine to be o...
CU-Boulder team develops first atlas of bacterial diversity
A University of Colorado at Boulder team has developed the first atlas of bacterial diversity across the human body, charting wide variations in microbe populations that live in different regions of the body and which aid us in physiological functions that contribute to our health. The study showed...
NREL?s Clean Energy Forum attracts investment community
Three clean energy companies honored at awards event The U.S. Department of Energy?s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 22nd Clean Energy Industry Growth Forum this week attracted nearly 600 investors, entrepreneurs, scientists, and policymakers to Denver. The three-day forum highlighted ...
Nichols and Sobanet to speak at Health Care Luncheon
WHAT Nationally renowned health care policy expert Len Nichols will join state economic expert Henry Sobanet to discuss their findings in a new study about the economic impact of health care reform and Colorado?s current health care system. The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce will host its sevent...
Student leads effort of sustainability at Auraria Higher Education Center
Auraria Higher Education Center 100% wind offset, tops state list for college campus renewable energy purchasers; 7th in nation A student-backed sustainability initiative has made the Auraria Higher Education Center the top Colorado college campus purchasing renewable energy as ranked by the U.S. E...
Mayor Hickenlooper to kick off Denver Arts Week
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper will kick off the third annual Denver Arts Week at a press conference in the Denver Art Museum that will also include tourism and arts leaders. Running Nov. 6-14, Denver Arts Week will feature more than 200 art-focused events that are either free or at greatly reduced ...
Downtown Denver Ambassador Street to get makeover
Downtown Denver?s 14th Street will soon emerge has a vibrant pedestrian-oriented thoroughfare, thanks to the successful result of the November 3rd election in which private property owners along the street voted to contribute $4 million to the overall $14 million cost of the streetscaping project th...
NIH awards $577,000 to ImmuRx for tuberculosis treatment
ImmuRx, co-founded by Ross Kedl, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Immunology at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, has been awarded a $577,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the potential of the Im...
Mayor Hickenlooper announces Cleantech Open winners
Cleantech Open announced the winning teams in the Rocky Mountain region of the world's biggest cleantech business plan competition: New Sky Energy, Rivertop Renewables, and SunTrac Solar. In addition, Cool Energy, Inc. won the Sustainability Award for the Rocky Mountain region. In remarks to more ...
Clean energy sector a 'silver lining' in current economy
NREL Industry Growth Forum Nov. 3-5 to showcase emerging companies Despite a challenging economy where most industry sectors have reduced their workforce, one industry in Colorado's economy is bucking that trend - the clean energy sector. Major expansions by clean energy companies such as Vestas W...
Gov. Ritter applauds Xcel Energy's new solar plan as job-creator
Gov. Bill Ritter applauded Xcel Energy's announcement October 28 that it is adding nearly 260 megawatts of on-site solar power generation to its renewable energy compliance plan, which was filed this afternoon with the Public Utilities Commission. The expanded solar photovoltaic goals are part of X...
Colorado companies recieve $18M in ARRA geothermal grants
Gov. Bill Ritter congratulated four Colorado companies, three state institutions, and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science for securing $18 million in Recovery Act funding for geothermal exploration, research and demonstration projects. Grants included $4.78 million to Flint Geothermal to use ge...
Green Build Road Show Denver to be held November 4
Sustainable building construction has taken off in both Europe and the United States over the past five years. Despite the worldwide recession, growth in sustainable construction is expected to outpace many other markets due to strong government involvement. National and local European Union governm...
Colorado cancer researcher earns $1.4M ARRA grant
A two-year, $1.4 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant will kick start dynamic research in acute myeloid leukemia, or AML, at the University of Colorado Cancer Center. Dr. Christopher Porter, assistant professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine an...
New Colorado center to advance discovery of drugs
Colorado State University is launching an innovative center that will help university researchers across the state discover new medications to treat illnesses. The Colorado Center for Drug Discovery is part of a statewide initiative to foster bioscience commercialization in Colorado. The center, kn...
NREL building panels protect, provide comfort
Walking into a building constructed before the days of heating systems and air conditioning, such as a southwestern adobe, still elicits a sense of comfort and coziness. The concept of using thermal mass in walls to help maintain the temperature of a building is not new. And now, this tried and true...
BioWest 2009 Expo showcases region?s bio industry
More than 40 exhibitors will be showcasing new technology, products and services for 700+ attendees at the 2009 BioWest Conference and Expo. The announcement is made by John Collar, President and CEO of the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA), who says the event is November 10 at the Grand Hyatt ...
UC Denver to participate in nationwide NIH clinical trial
More than 900 million adults worldwide and nearly one in three adult Americans have high blood pressure?one of the most common conditions among middle-aged and older adults. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) now has launched a large multicenter randomized clinical trial to determine whether ma...
Team selected to complete 16th Street urban design plan
A consultant team led by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architechts LLP (ZGF) has been selected to complete the first 16th Street Mall Urban Design Plan. The primary design team includes The Olin Studio (Philadelphia, PA), ELS and StudioINSITE (Denver, CO.) Additional members of the team will consider univers...
German wind energy experts to host reception
On November 12, 2009, the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, Colorado Chapter ? will be hosting an industry networking event as part of the transatlantic WindEnergy Business Event Series. The scope of the event is to further collaboration between German and American leaders in the ...
Lt. Gov. O?Brien: successful Ares 1-X launch a good omen
Lt. Gov. Barbara O?Brien, co-chair of the Colorado Space Coalition, says today?s successful launch of NASA?s new generation of rockets is also good news for Colorado. "The Ares 1-X rocket launch ushers in a new era of space exploration, the next step after the space shuttle. Today?s success is a go...
DigitalGlobe announces new agreement with Microsoft
DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution world-imagery products and services for defense and intelligence, civil government, and commercial customers, announced it has signed an agreement with Microsoft Corp. to launch the Clear30 program, an initiative to distribute hig...
Chamber Leadership Foundation to host Leadership Forum
WHAT: Please join the alumni and friends of the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation for an hour-long dialogue that will reflect upon the dynamics of leadership. WHO: Freshman United States Senator Michael Bennet is a leader known for taking on complex challenges and opportunities. Many of...
NREL Growth Forum features 34 clean energy comps
Thirty-four clean energy companies, including seven Colorado companies, will gather in Denver Nov. 3-5 to present their clean energy business cases to a panel of national venture capitalists at the U.S. Department of Energy?s National Renewable Energy Laboratory 22nd Industry Growth Forum. Colorad...
Gov. Ritter closes $270M shortfall in FY09-10
Gov. Bill Ritter presented the legislature?s Joint Budget Committee with an updated balancing plan that closes a $271.4 million, recession-induced shortfall in the state?s current Fiscal Year 2009-10 budget. Over the past year, the Governor and legislature have now addressed budget gaps of $2.1 bill...
State lands largest US solar inverter production facility
Governor Bill Ritter, Mayor John Hickenlooper, and Tom Clark, executive vice president of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) joined officials from SMA Solar Technology to announce the Germany-based company will open its first North American manufacturing site in Den...
Largest wind R&D study underway at NREL
Strong winds are a common research partner for scientists working at NREL's National Wind Technology Center (NWTC). Recently, those gusting Colorado winds helped usher in a new milestone for wind technology research and development. NREL and Siemens Power Generation "flipped the switch" starting the...
New exec at Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education
The Colorado State Forest Service has hired Kathryn "Katie" Navin to serve as the new executive director of the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education (CAEE), a statewide organization dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of environmental education in Colorado. The CAEE supports and prom...
Colorado Leadership Alliance seeks Leader of the Year
The Colorado Leadership Alliance and 9News are seeking nominations for the 2010 9News Leader of the Year Award. In 2010, two 9News Leader of the Year awards will be presented to exceptional emerging leaders ? one from the private sector and one from the non-profit/public sector. These awards recog...
Director of Governor's Energy Office to speak at CSU
Tom Plant, director of the Governor?s Energy Office and Colorado State University alumnus, will speak at the university Monday, Oct. 26 about national and regional trends in clean and renewable energy developments and the impact of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act on Colorado residents. P...
NREL Solar Technology Acceleration Center powering up
Members of the Solar Technology Acceleration Center (SolarTAC) and supporters convened in Aurora, October 21, to mark a milestone in "Powering Up" one of the world?s largest solar test and demonstration facilities. Since announcing the initial launch of SolarTAC one year ago, the site infrastructure...
CSU researchers discover what causes brain to shrink
Colorado State University researchers have discovered that low levels of two chemicals in the brain cause the brain to shrink -- a condition that leads to dementia ? and the discovery could help scientists prevent the condition. While researchers have suspected that both insulin and insulin-like gro...
Gov's Energy Office partners with Energy Outreach Colorado
The Governor's Energy Office (GEO) has selected Energy Outreach Colorado (EOC) in a competitive solicitation for a third-party administrator to provide weatherization services for large, multi-family buildings in Colorado. The project is designed to improve comfort, save energy and reduce utility bi...
Denver Metro Chamber introduces new healthcare plan
The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce has introduced Chamber Health Plus to help members save money on one of their biggest expenses, employee benefits. Chamber Health Plus also helps members encourage long-term health improvement and increased productivity among employees. For many companies, the m...
CU-Boulder and NIST awarded $500k grant
The University of Colorado at Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have been awarded a $495,000 grant to look for Earth-like planets around other stars using technology based on 2005 Nobel Prize-winning research conducted at JILA, a joint institute of the two Boulder instit...
College of Nursing offers new programs in grad program
Graduate students from 14 states surrounding Colorado can now attend University of Colorado Denver College of Nursing (CON) programs they don?t have in their states at in-state tuition rates. UC Denver CON was recently approved by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) to off...
CU-Boulder and NREL institute announce plans
The Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute announced its inaugural group of RASEI Fellow appointments and plans for future faculty hires to form one of the world?s leading university and federal laboratory partnerships in the development and commercialization of renewable energy technologies. R...
Denver solicits proposals for ARRA development projects
Notice of Funding Availability issued for business lending, community/neighborhood improvements funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act The Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) has issued two notices of funding availability for programs funded by the American Recovery and Reinve...
DU business school ranked among the best in the world
Daniels College of Business program, ranked by London?s Financial Times for the second straight year The Financial Times, one of the world?s leading business newspapers, based in London, ranked the University of Denver?s Daniels College of Business Executive MBA Program as one of the top EMBA progr...
DigitalGlobe unveils first WorldView-2 images
DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution world-imagery products and services for defense and intelligence, civil government, and commercial customers, released the first images from WorldView-2, the company?s most recent high-resolution, remote-sensing satellite. Initial...
New Siemens research turbine commissioned at NREL
The U.S. Department of Energy?s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Siemens Energy Inc. formally commissioned a new 2.3 megawatt Siemens wind turbine at NREL?s National Wind Technology Center October 19. The turbine is the centerpiece of a multi-year project to study the performanc...
CSU grad student honored with Popular Mechanics award
A spherical robot that climbs stairs has won a Colorado State University mechanical engineering graduate student recognition as one of the "10 Most Brilliant Innovators of 2009" by Popular Mechanics magazine. Greg Schroll also received the publication?s Next Generation Breakthrough Award for h...
SWE awards Outstanding Faculty Advisor to Mines prof
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is pleased to announce Candace Sulzbach, P.E. as the 2009 Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award recipient. She is recognized for outstanding contributions to engineering education, and for mentoring and advising engineering students. Sulzbach is a lecturer in the Co...
Science magazine features Colorado's Mines research
Science magazine has published a paper by Colorado School of Mines doctoral graduate student Matthew Walsh, and faculty and co-directors of the Center for Hydrate Research (CHR), Carolyn Koh, E. Dendy Sloan, Amadeu Sum, and David Wu ? ?Microsecond Simulations of Spontaneous Methane Hydrate Nucleatio...
Ritter welcomes solar-leasing firm to Colorado
Gov. Bill Ritter welcomed SunRun as the newest member of Colorado's New Energy Economy on October 19. SunRun offers homeowners the opportunity to lease solar power systems, providing another way for consumers to save energy costs and access clean energy. California-based SunRun is expanding its bus...
NREL manages Solar Decathalon in DC
Rain usually spoils a solar power contest. But three days of showers ? and thin-film photovoltaic technology ? actually helped Team Germany win the 2009 U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon. Team Germany's Cube House was one of the most technologically advanced among the 20 clean energy prot...
Denver Living Streets Initiative holding workshops
The Living Streets Initiative is holding five public workshops around the city of Denver in mid-October. The workshops will provide attendees with an opportunity to learn more about living streets and to provide important feedback on the creation of great places with transportation options that work...
National Jewish developing lung disease roadmap
Researchers at five research centers have been awarded an $11 million, two-year grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute as part of the NIH Recovery Act that will allow a team of national scientists to delve deeply into the biology of two fatal lung diseases for which there are few the...
Denver Chamber of Commerce wants tax breaks saved
The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce has delivered a list of business tax breaks to the governor's office that it thinks should be preserved to prevent damaging the state's economic recovery. The business organization also is asking Gov. Bill Ritter for more detail from his revenue staff about whic...
Ball Aerospace's Eric Bachtell honored by Popular Mechanics for Kepler Mission
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.?s Eric Bachtell, chief systems engineer for the Kepler program, has been honored by Popular Mechanics with a 2009 Breakthrough Award for his work on NASA?s planet-finding mission. The 2009 Popular Mechanics awards recognized life-changing innovations in a ceremon...
Ball Aerospace completes STPSat-2 satellite pre shipment
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully completed a comprehensive pre-shipment review for STPSat-2, the first spacecraft for the Department of Defense (DoD) Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV) program. Launch of the vehicle is scheduled for the second qua...
CU-Boulder awarded $2.4 million from NASA
NASA has awarded the University of Colorado at Boulder $2.4 million to design, build and fly four rocket payloads to probe nearby "interstellar weather" using new technologies being developed for use on future orbiting observatories. The payloads ? ultraviolet telescopes known as spectrographs ? ar...
Philly and Denver get ready for the NL playoffs
As the Philadelphia Phillies and the Colorado Rockies prepare for the first round of playoffs in the road to the World Series, here is a comparison of the cities, stadiums, food and fans, as coordinated by the cities? respective tourism organizations: The Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing...
HealthONE family welcomes a new addition
HCA-HealthONE LLC announced the establishment of a non-profit foundation, Rocky Mountain Children?s Health Foundation, serving the Rocky Mountain Region. The Foundation will be headed by long-time healthcare executive and foundation leader, Executive Director Patricia L. Peterson. Rocky Mounta...
GE and Tendril to bring Smart Grid to the home
Tendril, developer of the first integrated software/hardware platform to enable real-time, two-way communications between utilities/retailers and their customers on energy supply and consumption, is broadening its smart grid relationship with GE beyond appliances with an equity investment by GE...
Siemens research turbine to be commissioned at NREL
The U.S. Department of Energy?s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Siemens Energy Inc. will formally commission a new 2.3 megawatt Siemens wind turbine at the National Wind Technology Center on Monday, Oct 19. The turbine is the centerpiece of what will be the biggest governm...
Polish officials to host business meetings in Denver
The City of Katowice, Poland and the Economic Section of the Polish Embassy in Washington are sending a delegation of over 20 Silesian business, government, and university representatives to Colorado between October 19-25, 2009. The World Trade Center, W. E. Loopesko & Associates, Inc. and the Col...
STEMapalooza connects kids to STEM education
Kindergartener, policymaker, teacher or business executive?no matter what age or occupation?there will be something for everyone at the 2009 University of Colorado Denver STEMapalooza. More than 7,500 participants are predicted to attend, including 4,500 students who have registered for field trips....
NREL Web portal makes Green driving easier
The U.S. Department of Energy?s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a convenient online directory of Web-based tools, database searches, cost calculators, and interactive maps?all related to alternative fuels and advanced vehicles. This comprehensive Web page helps users q...
CSU professors obtain $917,000 to improve firefighter gear
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a group of Colorado State University engineering professors a $917,000 grant to help reduce the heat stress firefighters experience wearing heavy, fireproof suits. Professors Thomas Bradley, Wade Troxell, and John Williams are working with Niwot ...
UNC to receive $1.5 million gift for student research
The University of Northern Colorado will receive a $1.5 million planned gift from Dr. Mary Jo Drew to create a distinguished professorship and memorial scholarship and provide funding for student research. Drew, chief medical officer of blood services at the American Red Cross chapter in Portland,...
CU-Boulder professor elected to Institute of Medicine
Kristi Anseth, a University of Colorado at Boulder distinguished professor and the Tisone Professor in chemical and biological engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Science?s Institute of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. Anseth, who als...
Denver Cultural Office releases annual report
The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs (DOCA) released its 2008 Report to the Community on October 12. Below is a message from Erin Trapp, director of DOCA. In 1993, Jon Krakauer, writing for Smithsonian, published a feature article on Denver titled "Denver: the cow town with culture and proud ...
Mines awarded grant by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Colorado School of Mines has been awarded $86,400 in scholarship grants by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).The NRC has awarded nearly $20 million to 70 institutions to boost nuclear education and expand the workforce in nuclear and nuclear-related disciplines. Congress provided the NRC fundi...
NREL software helps design energy stingy buildings
OpenStudio, a new quick, easy to use and free software tool created by National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) developers seamlessly combines the building energy simulation of EnergyPlus with the popular drawing interface of Google's SketchUp. Gone is the tedious and time-consuming task of man...
Aardex announces new St. Anthony Hospital Campus plan
Aardex LLC, a full service design, development and construction firm, announced today its plans to develop 250,000 square feet of medical office space to serve the new St. Anthony Hospital Campus in Lakewood, just west of Denver. The first Medical Office Building breaks ground in January 2010 and,...
Metro Denver EDC sponsoring NREL Growth Forum
Thirty-four clean energy companies will present their business cases to a panel of investors and industry experts in Denver Nov. 3-5 as the U.S. Department of Energy?s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) hosts the 22nd NREL Industry Growth Forum. The 34 companies were selected through an ap...
DigitalGlobe announces successful WorldView-2 launch
DigitalGlobe, headquartered in Longmont, (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution world-imagery products and services for defense and intelligence, civil government, and commercial customers, announced on October 8, 2009 the successful launch and deployment of WorldV...
CU-Boulder among nation's top sustainable campuses
The University of Colorado at Boulder is again ranked one of the top campuses in the nation for sustainability by the Sustainable Endowments Institute, a special project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. CU-Boulder today earned an "A-" grade, the highest grade given, on the institute's College ...
Denver Metro SBDC and Seedco announce loan program
The Denver Metro Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and Seedco Financial announced today that applications for the Next Stage Loan Assistance Program will be due October 31, 2009. The Next Stage Loan Assistance Program provides mid-level loans, between $250,000 and $1,000,000 for small, establ...
Metro Denver celebrates 15th anniversary of light rail
This month, RTD is marking the 15th anniversary of light rail opening in the metro area. Since RTD opened the 5.3-mile Central Light Rail Line October 7, 1994, RTD?s 35-mile light rail system has carried nearly 150 million passenger trips. The light rail network carries an average of about 60,000 pa...
Denver and Philly Mayors make friendly bets
FirstBank, Comcast, and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania are taking sides in the baseball playoff series between the Colorado Rockies and Philadelphia Phillies that started Wednesday. Both sides. The companies are sponsoring friendly bets between the mayors of the two competing cities in Major League...
Southeast Business Partnership hosts mid-year lunch
The Southeast Business Partnership (SEBP) will host their Mid-Year Awards Luncheon on Monday, October 26, 2009 at The Wildlife Experience from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Featuring 2010 Republican Gubernatorial Candidates, former Congressman Scott McInnis and State Senator Josh Penry to speak on e...
Colorado touts bioscience at DC AdvaMed conference
For three days, representatives from the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA), Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation and the Greater Colorado Springs Economic Development Corporation will be showcasing Colorado?s medical devi...
DIA sees busiest August in airport history
4.8 million passengers traveled in August 2009, continuing positive traffic trend A total of 4,877,212 passengers traveled through Denver International Airport in August, an increase of 2.3 percent over the 4,768,799 travelers who used the airport during the same month last year. It was DIA?s ...
Leadership Foundation recaps Minneapolis/St. Paul trip
Colorado?s capital city has much to learn from leaders in the Twin Cities area, according to Maureen McDonald, executive director of the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation (DMCLF). McDonald, DMCLF Chair Becky Cordes of First Western Financial and Trip Co-Chair Dan Lewis of Molson Coors esco...
Colorado Brownfields Conference 2009 announced
The Colorado Brownfields Foundation, the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, & the Environmental Protection Agency announced the 2009 Colorado Brownfields Conference: Revitalization in the New Economy. Held November 9 and 10 at the Doubletree Hotel in Westminster, the conferenc...
CSU professor earns NIH award for innovation
A Colorado State University researcher?s discovery that how tuberculosis is studied in laboratory settings across the world may not realistically model many human infections has earned her a New Innovator Award from National Institutes of Health. The award, which comes with a $1.5 million grant ove...
Three physicians honored with global health award
The 2009 Award for Excellence in Global Health was given to three outstanding, local leaders in the global health arena this year. The awards were given Oct. 1 at the kickoff event of the second annual Global Health Symposium hosted by the Colorado School of Public Health?s Center for Global Health ...
NREL conference tackles interstate transmission
It sounds like a dreaded word problem on a final exam: More than 50% of the best class 5 - 7 winds in the Western U.S. occur in southern Wyoming. Southern California's population is expected to grow by 74% by 2030 to 23 million residents, and will need all the low-cost renewable power it can get. H...
Leaders laud cooperation, urge statewide focus
Members of the Colorado Competitive Council (C3) traveled to Durango on October 1 to meet with state representatives and business leaders in southern Colorado on Thursday to prepare for the upcoming legislative session, ensuring that all corners of Colorado have a voice at the state capitol. ...
Denver receives $6 million grant for energy efficiency
Mayor John Hickenlooper has announced that the City of Denver will receive $6,079,500 from the U.S. Department of Energy to improve community energy efficiency through its Greenprint Denver programs. The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) will provide dedicated funding for the Ci...
Commnet Wireless expanding in Castle Rock
In a time when many businesses are cutting back, one Castle Rock company is expecting to double its workforce. Commnet Wireless is a rapidly growing rural wireless carrier with headquarters in Atlanta. The firm opened a regional office at 1562 Park St. in Castle Rock in 2000. At that time they had ...
Site selectors get a 'Mile High' experience
Familiarization tour brings eight site selection experts to Metro Denver Eight national site selection consultants participated in the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation's (Metro Denver EDC) Site Selection Conference Sept. 23-25, 2009. The Conference is one of the organization?s most ef...
Ritter announces green jobs college certificate program
Gov. Bill Ritter was joined by leaders in education and energy on September 30 to announce two new educational tools that will help strengthen Colorado's clean energy workforce: a community college green jobs certificate and a green jobs guidebook. "Colorado's New Energy Economy is leading America ...
Anschutz Medical Campus expands enviro health research
The Colorado School of Public Health announced its selection for the chairperson of its Department of Environmental & Occupational Health this week at the Uniting Public Health meeting in Copper Mountain, Colo. The conference provided a perfect opportunity for the announcement, bringing together sev...
UCCC gets $900k to create new thyroid cancer cell lines
Thyroid cancer researchers at the University of Colorado Cancer Center have received a $900,000, two-year Challenge Grant from the National Institutes of Health to create new validated thyroid cancer cell lines and validate that currently used cell lines are thyroid cancer. The National Institutes ...
Northern Colorado taps $7.7 million for medical research
Congresswoman Betsy Markey announced that more than $7.7 million in Recovery Act grants has been awarded to fund cutting-edge medical research in Colorado?s Fourth Congressional District. The grant awards are expected to create hundreds of jobs over the next two years and are part of a nationwi...
Auraria pays off for Colorado state investment
Study shows state investment dollars well-leveraged The three schools that make up the Auraria campus account for more than $1 billion in spending in the state a year, according to a new study. In all, the campus generates $11 in spending for every dollar the state contributes, the study by Develo...
CH2M HILL awarded CO2 pipeline project
Project will reduce carbon emissions and increase domestic energy supplies CH2M HILL, a global full-service engineering, procurement, construction, and operations firm, has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management contract from Encore Acquisition Company (Encore) f...
ArtDistrict on Santa Fe and Golden Triangle District connect
Denver?s ArtDistrict on Santa Fe and the Golden Triangle Museum District have partnered to connect two of Denver?s premiere art and cultural districts. Beginning on First Friday October 2 art patrons can travel on a free luxury shuttle coach with an on-board guide between the two art districts. For...
UCCC scientists win $870,000 cancer stem cell grant
University of Colorado Cancer Center scientists have been awarded a coveted American Recovery and Rehabilitation Act (ARRA) Challenge Grant to find biomarkers for head and neck cancer stem cells. Xiao-Jing Wang, MD, PhD, Antonio Jimeno, MD, PhD, John Song, MD, and Stephen Malkoski MD PhD are the co...
NREL weathering system cuts product testing time
Engineers design a new auto paint, a better solar device or a sturdier vinyl siding. But how can they know if the new products deserve a five-year, 10-year or 30-year warranty, with the sun beating down on it day after day? Better a leap in technology than a leap of faith. A senior scientist at th...
Ritter praises ranking as 4th-best state for business
Gov. Ritter praised Forbes.com for naming Colorado as the fourth-best state to do business, up from No. 6 last year. The ranking measures six categories for businesses: costs, labor supply, regulatory environment, current economic climate, growth prospects and quality of life. Colorado finished in ...
Sen Mark Udall praises CU-Boulder's climate change efforts
Against the backdrop of last week?s Clinton Global Initiative and Climate Week NYC, and on the heels of the University of Colorado at Boulder last month being named the No. 1 "green" university in the nation by Sierra Magazine, CU-Boulder launched a new online tool that localizes climate change for ...
National labs work to settle PHEV fuel economy puzzle
NREL-developed methodology shows promise for estimating real-world energy use The U.S. Department of Energy?s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently joined forces with researchers from Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) to take the lead in deve...
CU-Boulder scientists set for final Mercury flyby
NASA?s MESSENGER spacecraft, which is toting an $8.7 million University of Colorado at Boulder instrument, will make its third and final flyby of Mercury on Sept. 29 -- a clever gravity-assist maneuver that will steer it into orbit around the rocky planet beginning in March 2011. The spacecraft wi...
CSU engineering prof honored with national award
The Society of Automobile Engineers International has honored Azer Yalin, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Colorado State University, with the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award for young educators who are successfully preparing engineers to meet societal challenges. Yalin received t...
Site Selection Conference set for Sept. 23-25
Nine national site selection consultants will converge upon Metro Denver for the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation's (Metro Denver EDC) Site Selection Conference, Sept. 23-25. The Conference is one of the Metro Denver EDC's most effective strategies for marketing Metro Denver's business...
Denver Metro Chamber CEO urges continued efforts
Addressing the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce membership for the first time since taking the helm of the organization last month, President and CEO Kelly Brough lauded the organization for its ongoing efforts to help businesses thrive amid Colorado?s economic ups and downs during the Chamber?s sto...
Former Lockheed Martin CEO Augustine to speak at CSU
Norman Augustine, retired chairman and chief executive officer of Lockheed Martin Corp., will talk about education?s role in expanding U.S. competitiveness as part of a visit to Colorado State University on Monday, Sept. 28. Augustine has been invited to speak as part of the Information Science & T...
Northern Colorado EDC secures USDA development grant
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development State Director Jim Isgar was in Loveland today to present representatives from the Northern Colorado Economic Development Corporation (NCEDC) with a Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG) for $12,500. "The funding will be used to...
NREL team tests higher ethanol fuel mix
Going on a diet can be good for you. And maybe a gasoline "diet" of traditional fuel blended with increased levels of ethanol will be good for the environment and economy without hurting conventional cars and small engines. NREL researchers are trying to find out, because these new ethanol blends co...
DigitalGlobe named Earth Observation Operator of the Year
DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution, world-imagery products and services for defense and intelligence, government, and commercial clients, today announced that it has been named Earth Observation Operator of the Year by Euroconsult. ?The Awards for Excellence in Sa...
CSU Chancellor Joe Blake inaugurated on historic Oval
The Colorado State University community today celebrated the inauguration of Joe Blake as the first sole chancellor of the CSU System and Tony Frank as the 14th president of the university. The two were officially installed by the Board of Governors on the historic Oval before a crowd of hundreds of...
Colorado Energy Coalition releases competitiveness study
The Colorado Energy Coalition (CEC), an affiliate of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC), published a study on September 15, 2009 measuring Colorado's competitive position in the wind, solar, coal, natural gas, and oil industries. The inaugural Resource Rich Col...
Bach Composite Industry to locate in Northern Colorado
Gov. Bill Ritter and Economic Development Director Don Marostica today joined Bach Composite Industry, Upstate Colorado Economic Development and Fort Lupton officials to announce that Denmark-based Bach will locate its first North American manufacturing plant in Fort Lupton. Bach recently acquired ...
DIA sets record for busiest month in history
A total of 5,109,342 passengers were recorded at Denver International Airport in July, a 2.2 percent increase from the 5,000,505 travelers who used the airport during the same month last year. This marks DIA?s busiest month in history and bucks the trend of declining passenger numbers that started l...
NREL expands suite of Web-based fuel-efficiency tools
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) expanded its suite of Web-based, fuel-efficiency tools by launching the Mobile Truck Stop Electrification Locator. This comprehensive mobile application helps truck drivers find public truck stops with idle reduction f...
CU announces $1.6M in bio commercialization grants
The University of Colorado has selected 11 projects for funding under a 2008 legislative initiative to increase the commercial potential of bioscience technologies from Colorado research institutions. These grants, known as 'proof of concept' grants, fill a crucial gap in funding between basic resea...
EPA, HUD, DOT to visit Denver on sustainability tour
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan will visit three cities on a Sustainable Communities Tour on September 17 and 18, 2009. The officials will travel to Chicago, Dubuque and Denver and tour communities that ...
NREL's award-winning battery's secret is 'buried'
An innovative microbattery based on a National Renewable Energy Laboratory team's inspired digression is already bringing home major awards. But those involved with the buried anode thin-film rechargeable battery's ongoing development say the technology holds greatest promise as a building block for...
CU-Boulder prof unraveling mystery of treating chronic pain
Successfully treating chronic pain with opioids such as morphine -- minus the side effects -- may soon become a reality, bringing relief to millions of people who suffer from debilitating pain, according to Distinguished Professor Linda Watkins of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Watkins and ...
Life Science Investor Conference announces investors
On Thursday, September 17, Denver will welcome 31 life science investors and business development professionals for the inaugural Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor Conference. This conference will showcase 30 of the region?s top life science companies to interested investors including business de...
CU-Boulder unmanned aircraft buzz over Antarctic
A series of record-setting unmanned research flights are providing University of Colorado at Boulder researchers with some of the first 3-D observations of gaping holes in the Antarctic sea ice known as polynyas and the blasting winds that help form them. Using unmanned planes roughly 9 feet acros...
CSIA announces 2009 DEMOgala Showcase nominees
The Colorado Technology Association (CSIA), the state?s largest and most influential technology organization, announced more than 130 showcase nominees for the 2009 DEMOgala. This year?s Colorado companies are pushing technology and driving success through innovative pathways and revenue generating ...
Colorado jobs in the arts receive ARRA funds
The Colorado Council on the Arts (CCA), the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs (DOCA) and the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) today announced 47 Colorado nonprofit arts organizations will receive $568,040 in federal recovery funds to preserve or restore 313 salaried and contract positions.&nb...
Vestas Nacelles to host career information forum
Vestas Nacelles America, Inc, the world's leading producer of high-tech wind power systems, will kick off its search for the best employees for its new Nacelle facility underway in Brighton. In August 2008, Vestas announced plans to further expand its U.S. presence by establishing a nacelle assembly...
CaridianBCT gets $5.6M from Pentagon for blood-safety
CaridianBCT, a leading global provider of technology, products and services in automated blood collections, therapeutic apheresis and cell therapy systems, whole blood processes and pathogen reduction technologies, has announced it has been awarded a $5.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of De...
CSU awarded $2.5M NSF grant to study wasting disease
A Colorado State University research team has been awarded a $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant to study transmission of chronic wasting disease. Chronic wasting disease, or CWD, affects members of the deer family and is similar to diseases like scrapie in sheep and mad cow disease ? or...
Therm-Tech Colorado to host open house
The Northern Colorado Economic Development Corporation (NCEDC) is pleased to announce an open house for Therm-Tech of Colorado, LLC. The Wisconsin-based heat treat manufacturing company, which is family owned and operated, recently expanded into the Rocky Mountain Region. The company is leasing 26,0...
WIRED Initiative launches MetroDenverCareers.com
The Metro Denver WIRED Initiative has created MetroDenverCareers.com, a place for students, job seekers, educators and business professionals to learn about and access career resources for some of the region's fastest growing, high-wage, industries - aerospace, bioscience, energy, and information te...
NREL energy execs make an impact nationally
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is no stranger to the spotlight when it comes to the discussion of renewable energy solutions for the country. But now alumni from the NREL Executive Energy Leadership program (Energy Execs) are also finding themselves in the national spotlight for their ener...
Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins rank in best places for college
A new report rating the best places to attend college in America ranks Denver, Boulder and Fort Collins among the top 10 cities in different size groups. The American Institute of Economic Research ranked Denver No. 5 among mid-sized metro areas in its "College Destinations Index 2009-10." Boulder ...
Boulder's SmartGridCity first functioning in the world
Xcel Energy?s SmartGridCity project in Boulder has completed construction of the infrastructure and launched the remaining software to enable all SmartGridCity operational functions. This step makes it the first fully functioning smart grid enabled city in the world that increases reliability, provi...
HealthONE rolls out the green carpet for Metro Denver
HCA-HealthONE, LLC joined Practice Greenhealth, the nation?s leading group for organizations in the healthcare community that have made a commitment to sustainable, eco-friendly practices. Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) established this relationship on behalf of its 163 hospitals and 112 outp...
Gov. Ritter joins Secretary Shinseki at new Veterans Hospital groundbreaking
Gov. Bill Ritter joined U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki to break ground on the new stand alone Veterans Hospital on the Fitzsimons campus August 22. The new hospital will serve veterans from Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, and portions of Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada and North ...
CSU to host colloquium on global sustainability challenges
The university community and the public are invited to join the discussion surrounding the challenges and opportunities for creating a sustainable future in Colorado State University?s first International Colloquium on Global Challenges for Sustainability, Sept. 9-11. Fifteen separate sessions are p...
Mines institute to lead nation in natural gas research
Colorado School of Mines has announced the establishment of the Unconventional Natural Gas Institute (UNGI) for the upstream research and development of natural gas, which is clean-burning, helps minimize greenhouse gas emissions, and is in great supply in the United States. ?This lower carbon alte...
New program helps businesses green their operations
Greenprint Denver, the Denver Office of Economic Development and Connected Organizations for a Responsible Economy (CORE) launched the new Greener Denver Business program in August 2009, a collaborative initiative supporting local businesses interested in greening their operations. Participating b...
HostMySite and Hosting.com merge, new HQs in Denver
Hosting.com, the leading provider of global managed hosting, cloud hosting and colocation solutions, announced on August 31, 2009 that it will combine HostMySite and Hosting.com under the Hosting.com name over the next several weeks. Customers of the new company will receive the same quality of supp...
Companies invited to Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor Conference
Organizers of the Inaugural Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor Conference (RMLIC) have announced the final 13 of 30 presenting companies that will showcase their innovations to leading investors and industry experts on September 17 at the Ritz Carlton, Denver. The announcement is made by John Coll...
Abengoa, Xcel to build first solar thermal coal plant
Abengoa Solar has been selected by Xcel Energy, Colorado?s largest electric utility company, to build a demonstration parabolic trough concentrating solar power (CSP) plant at its Cameo coal plant near Grand Junction, Colorado. The project is the first to integrate an industrial solar installation i...
Colorado gets $19.3M in homeland-security grants
Gov. Bill Ritter announced August 30 this year's homeland security grant awards to state agencies and communities across Colorado, providing $19.3 million to be administered by the Governor's Office of Homeland Security. Over 80 percent of the funds awarded will go to counties and local jurisdictio...
UNC to receive $1.17M to direct national science initiative
The University of Northern Colorado will receive $1.17 million from the National Science Foundation to lead a collaborative national initiative focusing on the advancement and retention of women faculty members in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The four-y...
CU-Boulder awarded $2 million to research social media
The National Science Foundation has awarded more than $2 million to University of Colorado at Boulder researchers to take leading-edge investigations on the public?s use of social media during crisis situations to the next level of research and development. The grant to Assistant Professor Leysia P...
Colorado State Forest Service receives $10.7 million
The Colorado State Forest Service, an agency of the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University, has received $10.7 million in stimulus funds to solicit proposals that will create and retain forestry-related jobs in Colorado. Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ...
DIA job fair set for September 4
To connect job seekers with a wide variety of airport jobs, the Denver Office of Economic Development will host a DIA Job Fair, Friday, September 4, from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., at the DIA City Conference Room on the sixth level of the main terminal. The job fair will promote approximately 75 full-ti...
CSU announces $500M campaign for competitiveness
Colorado State University announced August 29 the launch of its first-ever comprehensive campaign in the 139-year history of the university. The Campaign for Colorado State University seeks to complete a $500 million fundraising effort in the next three years. The campaign focuses on ensuring studen...
CSU professor to receive sustainability award
Village Earth will honor Colorado State University Professor Bryan Willson with the Maurice L. Albertson Medal in Sustainable Development on Friday, Aug. 28 at the Lory Student Center. Under Willson?s leadership over the last 18 years, the CSU Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory has developed ...
Colorado State University recognized for diversity
Colorado State University?s commitment to a diverse campus has been acknowledged with a national award by Minority Access, Inc. The formal award ceremony will be held during the 10th annual National Role Model Conference in Washington, D.C., Sep. 11 ? 13. "This award is not being given to one parti...
DigitalGlobe WorldView-2 arrives at Vandenberg AFB
DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution, world-imagery products and services for commercial, defense, and intelligence clients, today announced that the WorldView-2 remote-sensing satellite has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in anticipation of its launch on Octobe...
Aurora P-20 education campus breaks ground
Gov. Bill Ritter joined Aurora Public Schools Superintendent John Barry and other educators August 24 to break ground on the district's new unique education campus, which will guide students along a seamless path from pre-school to college and careers. The $72.4 million, 100-acre campus will help f...
Support grows for governor's job-creation strategy
Statewide business groups joined Gov. Bill Ritter and endorsed the next step forward for the governor's job-creation strategy. The Colorado Jobs Cabinet presented Gov. Ritter with recommendations to improve workforce quality and better meet the needs of businesses today and into the future. "These ...
Creative industries tour showcases Colorado's talent
Over 45 business and economic policy leaders boarded a motorcoach and toured Denver creative industries that are economic hubs of employment and commerce on Friday, August 21. They heard from business owners and industry and economic leaders on their achievements and challenges in building and susta...
New leaders take helm at Metro Denver EDC
The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) announced new leadership appointments to its Executive Committee and Board of Governors August 26. John Beeble, president and CEO of Saunders Construction Inc, has been appointed to a two-year term as a Co-Chair of the Executive ...
Wind Technology Center installing dynamic duo
The clean wind energy industry must expand significantly in the next two decades to fulfill a strategy of generating 20 percent of the nation's electricity. To provide the technological foundation for that dramatic growth, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is embarking on significant i...
CU-Boulder named top "green" university by Sierra mag
The University of Colorado at Boulder is ranked the top "green" university in the nation this year by Sierra magazine in its September/October edition, a move up from second place in 2008. Universities trailing CU-Boulder in the top five are the University of Washington at Seattle, Middlebury Colle...
CSU ranked among "America?s Best Colleges"
U.S. News and World Report ranked Colorado State University in the top tier of best universities in the nation in the 2010 "America's Best Colleges" edition released August 20. U.S. News and World Report listed Colorado State in the top tier of public and private doctoral universities, ranking the ...
DIA plans to build solar project to power fuel facility
Denver International Airport will ask the Denver City Council to approve construction of a photovoltaic solar electricity-generating system that will power the airport?s fuel-storage and -distribution facility. DIA has filed the ordinances necessary to obtain council approval to enter into an agree...
CSU hits new research expenditures record for 2008-09
Colorado State University faculty received $312 million in competitive research support in fiscal year 2009, setting a new record for the university despite the economic downturn and increased competition for federal and private grant money. For the first time in university history, faculty members...
Gov. Ritter presents $320 million budget-balancing plan
Gov. Bill Ritter presented to the legislature's Joint Budget Committee a balancing plan that closes a nearly $320 million shortfall in the current 2009-10 budget. The package includes more than 100 separate items, and most aspects will take effect Sept. 1. The plan reflects a 9 percent reduction in...
UC Denver researcher receives funding for Parkinson?s drug
Award is part of Michael J. Fox Foundation program for high-risk/high-reward approaches to Parkinson?s Dr. Curt Freed is testing a new clinical strategy for the treatment of Parkinson?s disease thanks to a grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) through their 2009 Rapid Response Innovation ...
Colorado site of solar power plan
Under initiatives announced June 29 by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and U.S. Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), federal agencies will work with western leaders to designate tracts of U.S. public lands in the West as prime zones for utility-scale solar energy development, fund environmental studies,...
Biotricity Medical options CU bioelectric power technology
The University of Colorado and Biotricity Medical Inc. recently executed an option agreement allowing Biotricity Medical to develop technology for implantable biogenerators. These biogenerators provide a long-term (potentially inexhaustible) power supply to implanted medical devices such as pacemake...
ULA Delta II completes Air Force GPS IIR-21 launch
The 48th successful and final Air Force Delta II Global Positioning System satellite launch occurred Aug 17, ending one of the most successful space launch programs in American history. A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket launched GPS IIR-21(M) into orbit from Space Launch Complex-17A at 6:35 a...
REpower: Denver new Headquarters for US subsidiary
REpower USA Corp., the wholly-owned subsidiary of German wind energy manufacturer REpower Systems AG, will have a new US headquarters location beginning in early September. The US office for all administrative, sales and project management functions, previously located in Portland, Oregon, will move...
CSU gets $1M stimulus grant to design sturdier computers
Lighting strikes, floods, and other natural and manmade disasters can mean life or death for people, and they also can devastate computer systems at times when they?re most needed. H.J. Siegel, Tony Maciejewski and Arnold Rosenberg, engineering professors at Colorado State University, have received...
Ball Aerospace to ship WISE spacecraft
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully completed a comprehensive pre-shipment review for NASA?s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE satellite. The pre-shipment review was completed on August 4 and followed assembly and performance testing. Ball Aerospace engineers have packed ...
Gov. Ritter tours new Intuit business center
Gov. Bill Ritter toured software firm Intuit Inc.'s new small-business customer-service center in Englewood, which announced Aug 11 it will expand operations, adding 90 new jobs over the next few months. "I want to welcome Intuit as the newest member of Colorado's growing tech sector," Gov. Ritter ...
Healthcare training center to be operated by UC Denver
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment has contracted with the Colorado WIN Partners, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, to manage the operation of the Work, Education and Lifelong Learning Center (WELLS Center), a state-of-the-art healthcare simulat...
Chamber announces 2009 legislative vote tracking results
The Denver Metro Chamber, as part of its role of enhancing and hastening the economic recovery in Colorado, tracked the votes of state legislators and their alignment with Chamber positions on legislation during the 2009 session of the Colorado General Assembly. The Chamber?s goal with ...
Mid-year forecast: Colorado "last in, first out" of recession
In December 2007, the U.S. economy entered the most severe recession in decades. A number of instabilities contributed to the downturn, but a global pattern of inflated housing trends and financial market failures was a key factor. U.S. job losses between December 2007 and June 2009 totaled nearly...
Gov. Ritter to kick off Colorado Wind Research Center
Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter will join state and federal administrators, scientists and engineers from three Colorado universities and three federal laboratories Aug 14 at the University of Colorado at Boulder for the inaugural symposium of the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory's Center for Resea...
NREL, industry work to halve building energy use
Walk into your favorite retail or office building, and something's at work all around you that you probably take for granted ? energy. Energy to run lights for displays, energy to cool the building on a hot summer day, energy to keep your favorite ice cream nice and cold. Partners from the private ...
NREL summer labs season science students
No more school, no more books? Students across the country routinely spend their summers avoiding anything that smacks of scholarship, but for a dedicated group of college and graduate students at NREL, summer is embraced as a time of new discoveries and learning. In June, the National Renewable En...
Denver parks and recreation trail system named No. 1
The July 2009 edition of Parks and Recreation, the official publication of the National Recreation and Parks Association, has named Denver as Best Trail Parks in the United States. The honor comes during National Parks and Recreation month. ?If a city is a great tourist destination, you want its p...
Gov Ritter congratulates Brough as new Chamber pres
Gov. Bill Ritter congratulated new Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce President Kelly J. Brough on her recent appointment. The Chamber's board of directors ratified her selection early Aug 7. "As we continue to recover from the worst economic crisis in 75 years, it is vital that we have strong, visio...
Chamber selects Kelly J. Brough as new leader
Today, the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce board of directors ratified the selection of Kelly J. Brough as the new president and CEO of the organization. ?Kelly Brough understands and is able to articulate the important role the position of CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce plays in dev...
UQM Technologies lands $45M electric vehicle grant
Gov. Bill Ritter today congratulated Frederick-based UQM Technologies for securing a $45.1 million Recovery Act grant to advance the research and production of the company's electric and hybrid-electric vehicle propulsion systems. UQM was the only Colorado company to land any of the $2.4 billion in...
CU-Boulder sponsored research awards hit record
The University of Colorado at Boulder received nearly $340 million in sponsored research awards in fiscal year 2009, surpassing last year's record-breaking total by a whopping $60 million and making it the largest jump in university history. "To shatter the $300 million mark is a remarkable achieve...
CSU selected for $5 million stimulus DOE grant
The U.S. Department of Energy on Wednesday announced it has selected Colorado State University for a $5 million grant to educate the public and train the workforce and emergency responders about the inner workings of hybrid and electric vehicles. The grant is one of 48 advanced battery and electric...
Mayor Hickenlooper, business & civic leaders announce regional economic stimulus strategies
Mayor John Hickenlooper joined Metro Denver business and civic leaders April 19 to announce new, locally developed economic stimulus measures and update the community on the progress of previously announced strategies to accelerate infrastructure projects, create jobs, increase spending and attract ...
NREL award-winning reflector to cut solar cost
Huge parabolic mirrors catching the sun's rays could crisscross America's deserts soon, thanks to a breakthrough that may greatly lower the cost of solar power. A small solar company has teamed with scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to develop massive curved sheets of metal tha...
Mayor Hickenlooper to speak at Chamber's State of the City
Presentations will also be given by regional leadership, an economic development expert and a representative of the non-profit sector What: 7th Annual State of the City LuncheonWhere: Sheraton Downtown Denver Hotel, 1550 Court Pl. Denver, 80202When: Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009 from 11:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m....
CSU to add solar power plant on Foothills Campus
Colorado State University this fall will install a two-megawatt solar power plant on the university?s Foothills Campus as part of Xcel Energy Solar*Rewards program ? enough solar power to meet more than 10 percent of the university?s electric energy needs on the Foothills Campus. The 15-acre solar ...
