Education  October 15, 2014

Stein Sture to retire as CU-Boulder’s vice chancellor for research

BOULDER — Stein Sture will retire in June after 35 years of service to the University of Colorado Boulder, including his role as vice chancellor for research during the past nine years, the university announced Wednesday.

During Sture’s tenure as vice chancellor for research, CU-Boulder’s sponsored research awards to the university increased from $257 million to $412 million. He has overseen a number of initiatives and collaborations in a wide variety of research ranging from planetary sciences and environmental engineering to climate change and biomedical exploration.

Stein Sture
Stein Sture

“Stein has been the university’s chief research advocate, and his success has manifested itself in many arenas,” said CU-Boulder’s provost Russell Moore, in a prepared statement.

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Moore noted that CU-Boulder is the No. 1 ranked public university for NASA funding and is leading NASA’s $671 million MAVEN mission that just arrived at Mars.

Sture was pivotal in the establishment of the BioFrontiers Institute, a $160 million research and teaching facility that opened its doors on CU-Boulder’s East Campus in 2012.

Sture is playing a prominent role in the university’s new Sustainability, Energy and Environment Complex, which is currently under construction on the East Campus and will bring together faculty and students from a variety of departments, facilities and institutes.

He also was influential in the selection of the United States as one of five international hubs for Future Earth, a 10-year research initiative to address global environmental change solutions and actions. Future Earth will be headquartered in Colorado and managed jointly by CU-Boulder and Colorado State University.

CU will launch a national search for Sture’s successor.

BOULDER — Stein Sture will retire in June after 35 years of service to the University of Colorado Boulder, including his role as vice chancellor for research during the past nine years, the university announced Wednesday.

During Sture’s tenure as vice chancellor for research, CU-Boulder’s sponsored research awards to the university increased from $257 million to $412 million. He has overseen a number of initiatives and collaborations in a wide variety of research ranging from planetary sciences and environmental engineering to climate change and biomedical exploration.

Stein Sture
Stein Sture

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