Justin Schwartz named CU Boulder’s 12th chancellor
Dr. Justin Schwartz was selected in a nationwide search and will start his term July 1, succeeding Chancellor Philip DiStefano. Schwartz joins the campus from Penn State and has spent his career as an engineer, researcher, educator, entrepreneur and academic leader.
As one of America’s leading public research universities, CU Boulder is focused on creating a student-centered campus culture that enables the belonging and success of everyone in our community.
Warming temperatures are causing a steady rise in copper, zinc and sulfate in the waters of Colorado mountain streams affected by acid rock drainage. Concentrations of these metals have roughly doubled over the past 30 years, a new study finds, presenting a concern for ecosystems, downstream water quality and mining remediation.