Technology  June 18, 2020

Baurs donation results in endowed chair at CU Boulder

The endowed faculty chair at CU Boulder will help students to study nanoscale systems related to optics and photonics across JILA research disciplines at the university. Courtesy CU Boulder
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BOULDER — A new $2.5 million endowed chair at JILA, a joint institute of the University of Colorado Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, will open doors to early-to-mid-career researchers from historically underrepresented groups, as well as academics who have an established interest in teaching and mentoring.

Tom and Jeanne Baur donated $1.5 million to create the endowed chair to benefit photonics and optics research and programming. Their gift received matching contributions of $500,000 from the International Society for Optics and Photonics and CU Boulder contributed $500,000. The chair will be…

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