This March, CU Boulder vice chancellor for research and innovation and dean of the institutes Massimo Ruzzene spent several days in Washington, D.C. to advance this important agenda.

During the visit, Ruzzene and colleagues from CU Boulder and the four-campus University of Colorado system met with congressional and federal leaders about university efforts spanning areas such as the National Science Foundation (NSF) Colorado-Wyoming Climate Resilience Engine, workforce development progress across several industries, important quantum science and technology advances—including Colorado’s recent TechHub designation—and more.

Meetings with Colorado Congressional delegations—including the offices of Senator Michael Bennet, Senator John Hickenlooper, Representative Joe Neguse and Representative Brittany Pettersen—gave special attention to recent workforce development achievements, especially in semiconductor and quantum sectors. Of particular interest to state delegations was the recently announced Quantum-Ready Workforce Vision document, and ongoing progress on a detailed roadmap to create a coordinated Quantum Information Science and Technology (QIST) workforce ecosystem for Colorado.

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