In response to the global coronavirus pandemic, CU’s federal relations team worked with university leadership, institutions of higher education across the state, and the Colorado congressional delegation to ensure critical support for students, research and the State of Colorado.
Congresswoman Diana DeGette visited the CU Anschutz Medical Campus to learn more about the Gates Biomanufacturing Facility, CellSight Program, and the Bates Laboratory.
With support from the Office of Government Relations, CU President Mark Kennedy joined nearly 1,600 public university leaders for the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities' (APLU) largest-ever annual meeting.
Regents Sue Sharkey and Jack Kroll met with the Colorado Congressional delegation in Washington, D.C. to discuss reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA).
Senator Cory Gardner visited the CU Anschutz Medical Campus to learn more about cutting-edge immunotherapy research taking place at the University of Colorado Cancer Center and CU School of Medicine..
Congressman Jason Crow joined CU Denver Chancellor Dorothy Horrell and Patrick Browne, Director of Veteran and Military Services for a student veteran roundtable.
Terri Fiez, CU Boulder's Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation and Jun Ye, Director of the CUbit Quantum Initiative, met with leadership at the White House, federal research agencies, and in Congress to discuss the university's unique strengths in quantum information sciences, as well as its support for fully funding federal quantum activities authorized in the National Quantum Initiative, which was enacted last year.