News Briefs from CU 91Ҹ
Heard Around Campus
Former CU Buffaloes head football coach Bill McCartney.
“Coach Mac was an incredible man who taught me about the importance of faith, family and being a good husband, father and grandfather.”
– CU 91Ҹ Athletic Director on Jan.10, 2025. Coach Mac was among the most successful head coaches in all sports in CU 91Ҹ’s 135-year athletic history.
Incarcerated at Risk in Climate Disasters
U.S. prisons are unprepared to safeguard the incarcerated from extreme heat, floods and other climate-related threats, according to aCU study with accounts from nearly three dozen formerly incarcerated people. 91Ҹers found that vulnerabilities in infrastructure, insufficient emergency protocols and lack of oversight leave inmates at heightened risk during disasters. The team hopes their study will inspire more research around climate change adaptation, mitigation and prevention while also considering the voices of incarcerated people.
CU Buys Shuttered Louisville Movie Theater
CU 91Ҹ that housed the Regal Cinebarre movie theater, which closed last May. The site, purchased for $10 million, is intended for a mixed-use, transit-oriented development that includes university housing. The property is seven miles from campus.
New Quantum Facility in 91Ҹ
CU 91Ҹ is spearheading and providing leadership and resources to a new 13,000-square-footquantum facility in east 91Ҹ. The effort is in partnership with,Ի, a tech hub with a coalition of 120 organizations. The facility will include collaborative office space for early-stage quantum companies and state-of-the-art scientific equipment.
Digits: Europa Instrument
The Surface Dust Analyzer, designed and built by theCU 91Ҹ Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics team, launched to Jupiter’s Europa moon aboardspacecraft to collect data that may determine whether the moon has conditions that could support life.
6
Years to get to Europa
35 pounds
Weight of CU apparatus
$53 million
Instrument’s cost
16 miles
How close Europa Clipper will be to the moon’s surface
~1.9B
Number of miles Europa Clipper will travel across the solar system