Cindy Regal, a University of Colorado assistant professor of physics and associate fellow of JILA, has been awarded the prestigious David and Lucile Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation established the fellowship “to allow the nation’s most promising professors to pursue science and engineering research early in their careers with few funding restrictions and limited paperwork requirements.” This year, sixteen fellows were selected from 100 applicants across leading 50 universities.
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Oliver DeWolfe, who won the 2012 Boulder Faculty Assembly's Excellence in Teaching Award. The award was presented during a ceremony on Wednesday, April 18th.
"I am honored to receive this award from the BFA," DeWolfe said, "especially knowing that it was based on the recommendations of my colleagues in the Physics department, who have taught me a tremendous amount about teaching, and on the recommendations of my former students, who have taught me even more."
Each year, the Boulder Faculty Assembly nominate and recognize faculty who perform outstanding work in the fields of research, teaching and service. These awards are especially notable because Boulder Campus colleagues make the nominations as well as the selections of award recipients.
DeWolfe's research is in theoretical high energy physics, focusing on string theory, supergravity and their applications to other phenomena via holography. He joins five other physics faculty who have earned this award: Noah Finkelstein (2007), Paul Beale (2004), Michael Dubson (2001), Steven Pollock (1998) and Robert Taylor (1981-2).
Each award includes a $3,000 cash prize, funded by the Chancellor's office.
