Tagged: University of Colorado (CU)

German-based company Heidelberg Instruments has bought the patent for a process developed at the University of Colorado at Boulder that helps build computers on the nanoscale.  The new technique makes nano-sized drawings, lines that are a thousand times thinner than a human hair in polymer. These etchings are used when making semiconductors, which are the processors found in laptops and cell phones.

Colorado’s economic recovery is still very much tied to the national economy which has stalled in recent months – but there are small signs of improvement in the state’s job market.

State lawmakers cut funding for Colorado Colleges and Universities by more than $500 million for the next budget year and the pinch continues to impact tuition and operations.

A new television contract for the Pac-12 conference promises millions of dollars in new revenue for the University of Colorado.  KUNC’s Erin O’Toole talks with Boulder County Business Report publisher Chris Wood about the financial windfall awaiting CU athletics.