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DENVER (KDVR) — It’s the final game of the season for the University of Colorado Buffaloes and coach Deion Sanders.

The season has been better than forecast, but only just. Sports betting forecasters had the Buffs at three-and-a-half wins and they currently sit at four.

The Buffaloes can bump that up to five with a win over the Utah Utes.

How to watch Colorado vs. Utah on TV

It seems fitting that this game between the Buffaloes and Utes will air on the Pac-12 Networks, as it is the final game for these teams as members of the conference. Next season both schools move to the Big 12.

Forecast for Colorado vs. Utah

It should be a nice, but chilly, afternoon for football in Salt Lake City. Nexstar station ABC4 is forecasting a high temperature of 35 degrees on Saturday, with a 10 percent chance of rain.

The best part about these afternoon games is that fans don’t need to prepare for sinking temperatures after sunset.

Things to know for Colorado vs. Utah

Colorado (4-7, 1-7 Pac-12) at Utah (7-4, 4-4)

Line: Utah by 21 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.

Series record: Utah leads 34-32-3.

What’s at stake: Utah has sights set on winning a seventh-straight game over Colorado in the series. The Utes sputtered on both sides of the ball in a 42-18 loss to Arizona and have dropped three of their last four games. The Buffaloes are trying to end a five-game skid and are coming off one of their worst losses of the season after falling 56-14 to Washington State.

Key matchup: Can Colorado’s backup quarterbacks throw the ball against Utah’s battered pass defense? The Buffaloes may be without quarterback Shedeur Sanders, who is questionable for Saturday after getting sacked four times and suffering a pair of injuries against Washington State. The Utes were down three key defensive starters against Arizona and the Wildcats dialed up 325 yards through the air.

Players to watch: Colorado: Travis Hunter has played more than 900 snaps this season, seeing time at defensive back and wide receiver. Hunter will need a big performance to give the Buffaloes a chance at the upset. He has 27 tackles and three interceptions on defense. Offensively, Hunter has tallied 614 yards and four touchdowns on 49 catches.

Utah: Ja’Quinden Jackson has battled nagging injuries this season. Despite those injuries, Jackson has managed to pile up 674 rushing yards and average 5.1 yards per carry in 10 games. His production directly influences Utah’s success. The Utes are 8-1 over the past two seasons when Jackson rushes for at least 60 yards.

Facts & Figures: Utah leads the Pac-12 in third down defense (.286) and time of possession (33:35). … Colorado has allowed a Pac-12 worst 54 sacks and 477 sack yards. … Utes QB Bryson Barnes has totaled 587 passing yards over his last two games and eight passing touchdowns in his last three contests. … Buffaloes safety Shilo Sanders has forced four fumbles this year, ranking first in the Pac-12 and second-best among all FBS players. … Utah WR Devaughn Vele has back-to-back 100-yard receiving games while averaging 18.3 yards per catch. … Colorado ranks seventh among FBS teams in turnover margin (+10). … The Utes have won 12 of 14 games against the Buffaloes dating to 1961.

The last time Colorado and Utah met, the game was decided by 24 points, but it sure doesn't look like the final score will be so lopsided this time. After one quarter, neither team has the match in the bag, but Colorado leads 33-30 over Utah.

Colorado entered the game having won six straight and they're just one half away from another. Will they make it seven, or will Utah step up and spoil it? We'll know soon.

Utah Utes @ Colorado Buffaloes

Current Records: Utah 18-13, Colorado 22-9

The Colorado Buffaloes and the Utah Utes are set to clash at 11:30 p.m. ET on Thursday at T-Mobile Arena in a Pac-12 postseason contest. Colorado will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.

Oregon State typically has all the answers at home, but on Saturday Colorado proved too difficult a challenge. They enjoyed a cozy 73-57 victory over the Beavers.

Colorado's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Eddie Lampkin Jr., who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 11 rebounds. Another player making a difference was J'Vonne Hadley, who scored 15 points along with seven rebounds.

Meanwhile, Utah had to travel to play their first game of the season, but the final result was worth the trip. They took their contest on the road on Wednesday with ease, bagging a 90-57 victory over the Sun Devils. With Utah ahead 47-22 at the half, the match was all but over already.

Utah relied on the efforts of Deivon Smith, who almost dropped a triple-double on 15 points, ten rebounds, and nine assists, and Cole Bajema, who went 6 for 9 from beyond the arc en route to 22 points and 0 assists. Bajema didn't help Utah's cause all that much against Oregon on Saturday but the same can't be said for this match.

The Buffaloes have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-9 record this season. As for the Utes, their victory bumped their record up to 19-13.

Colorado is hoping to beat the odds on Thursday, as the experts think they're headed for a loss.

Everything went Colorado's way against Utah in their previous matchup back in February as Colorado made off with a 89-65 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Colorado since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

Colorado is a 4-point favorite against Utah, according to the latest college basketball odds.

The oddsmakers had a good feel for the line for this one, as the game opened with the Buffaloes as a 3.5-point favorite.

The over/under is 153.5 points.

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Colorado has won 6 out of their last 10 games against Utah.

CU Boulder faculty are supporting the University Libraries in current negotiations with major academic publishers over licensing agreements that will determine who gets access to academic journals under what terms and conditions and at what cost to the campus.

The Boulder Faculty Assembly, which is the representative body of the faculty for the Boulder campus, passed a resolution on October 5, 2023, supporting the libraries’ mission to provide equitable access to information and preserve author’s rights. Approved without dissent, the resolution recognizes the impact of subscription costs on the campus budget and champions open access to information and protecting authors rights to retain copyright of their work.

The faculty support comes as the University Libraries engage in negotiations over fees and terms for renewal of licenses with major academic publishers including Elsevier, Wiley, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, and SAGE, who together account for half of worldwide academic publishing revenues.

At stake are issues such as whether publishers can stop authors from sharing their articles openly with other researchers and the public after they’ve been accepted into academic journals; whether the public has immediate, unfettered access to taxpayer funded research content; whether libraries can share content through Interlibrary Loan; and how much faculty and graduate students must pay publishers to get their articles published.

“I’m heartened to see our CU Boulder faculty supporting the University Libraries as they engage in very difficult licensing negotiations over access to information and how it is managed,’’ said Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Russell L. Moore. “From our perspective, journal content is a result of the labor of our scholars and productivity of our labs and we are buying it back as well as paying to publish.”

Elsevier is the single largest and most expensive journal license package purchased by the University Libraries amounting to about $2 million or roughly 14% of the library materials budget. The Elsevier negotiations are being conducted through the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries on behalf of 15 libraries in Colorado and Wyoming. The CU Boulder contingent to that team is composed of librarians and faculty members and is meeting almost weekly this semester to review offers, discuss options, and formulate counter offers. Librarians say the negotiations may run six months or longer.

“Academic publishing under its current model is unsustainable as it continues to charge libraries for read access and charges publishing fees direct to our researchers with no or minimal compensation for the academic labor of writing, peer review and editing,” said Robert H. McDonald, dean of University Libraries and senior vice provost of online education. “Campuses need sustainable publishing models that will support our research enterprise without taxing the limits of what campuses can afford.”

One of the roles of collections librarians is to negotiate alternative agreements with academic publishers that move away from subscription-based reading and towards open access publishing.

“The Boulder Faculty Assembly resolution signifies a growing awareness among scholars and researchers of the power that academic publishers hold over a critical part of the research lifecycle,” said BFA Chair and Prof. Shelly Miller, Mechanical Engineering. “Our research depends upon timely publication and dissemination as well as open access to enable global scientific collaboration and share scientific results widely.”

The University Libraries has established licensing priorities for upcoming negotiations which are in the resolution approved by CU Boulder faculty. These include:

The University of Colorado is a national leader in startup creation with a growing suite of entrepreneurial resources giving innovative researchers opportunities to spin ideas into businesses.

The University of Colorado has ranked fifth for startup creation, according to the latest report by AUTM*, the leading global organization for recording data on university commercialization**. In fiscal year 2021, CU launched 25 startups, a record high for the four-campus system. With the emergence of new entrepreneurial resources, the annual rate of spinoffs has increased in recent years, nearly doubling from 13 in 2019 to 25 in 2021. Each company was created to commercialize innovation from the university’s research labs, and those businesses represent a broad array of disciplines, from climate tech to biomedicine and quantum sciences.

The AUTM survey shows that CU innovators are in good company alongside those at other institutions. The top-ranking University of California system recorded 80 startups, followed by Columbia and Harvard universities (tied for second place with 27 startups each) and the University of Texas system with 26. Innovation powerhouses the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford trailed CU with 24 and 23 startups, respectively.

CU is also generating startups at a rate significantly higher than the other two public universities (California and Texas) in the survey’s ‘top five.’ When controlling for research budget size, CU again comes out on top, indicating superior startup creation compared to other institutions in the survey.

Venture Partners provides practical guidance throughout the startup process, including:

“When a university startup is created, it is the culmination of years of research and significant work by the founders to build a compelling company vision, strategy and business model,” said Bryn Rees, associate vice chancellor for research and innovation and managing director for Venture Partners at CU Boulder. “The team at Venture Partners is here to help with each step along the way.”

This recent success reflects CU’s strategic imperatives to lead, innovate and impact, according to Massimo Ruzzene, vice chancellor for research and innovation and dean of the institutes. “We contribute to all three imperatives: we lead nationally, meaning that our quality and quantity are at the top of the ranking, and we show others how it can be done. And creating new startups and new intellectual property is part of the innovation process and feeds into the innovation ecosystem that we're part of. And the impacts are on the careers of the people pursuing these ventures and the impacts those technologies might have on society.”

“CU’s leadership position in startup creation reflects the university’s commitment to innovation and to translating our research in a way that transforms lives with new solutions for health, clean energy, sustainability and other important challenges,” said Bryn Rees, associate vice chancellor for research and innovation and managing director for Venture Partners at CU Boulder.

Of the 25 CU startups cited in the AUTM data, 20 worked with Venture Partners at CU Boulder, tapping into multiple programs that help university researchers commercialize their innovations. Those venture numbers have been on the rise; in fiscal year 2019, CU Boulder spun out six companies, and that number doubled in 2020. “The surge in startups is a result of a long-term effort to make CU Boulder a place where innovative researchers are well supported and where partners see value and opportunity. We look forward to growing CU Boulder’s startup portfolio by expanding collaborations with the creative arts and humanities on campus and by partnering with community entrepreneurs to start new ventures through the Embark deep tech startup creator,” said Rees.

A startup built to stop climate change

CU Boulder’s startups launched in 2021 included Prometheus Materials, a company spun out of the labs of Wil Srubar, Mija Hubler and Sherri Cook in Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at the College of Engineering and Applied Science, and Jeff Cameron in Biochemistry at the College of Arts and Sciences.

Prometheus aims to eliminate most if not all carbon emissions associated with traditional concrete-based building materials. Instead, the venture uses micro-algae to help produce zero-carbon “bio-concrete” that can supplant traditional construction materials while matching or even surpassing the strength of conventional concrete. “With this material, we can really make a difference in the world,” said CEO Loren Burnett. The company’s approach circumvents the traditional concrete production process, which pumps roughly 11 million tons of CO₂ into the atmosphere daily.

The new material also sequesters carbon, an attribute that attracted the attention of Microsoft, which is looking for carbon-negative solutions in building huge data centers. The company invested in Prometheus’ $8 million Series A funding round which closed in mid-2022. Other notable investors include Sofinnova Partners, a leading European venture capital firm and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, an American architectural, urban planning and engineering firm. In 2023, Prometheus Materials was also featured in Venture Partners’ Destination Startup^®, where top research-based ventures in the Intermountain West present their innovations to investors from throughout North America.

CU Boulder and the innovation economy

Burnett joined the company through an introduction by Venture Partners, which he praises for its own innovation and efficiency. “Their tech transfer process is, I think, just spectacular. And very friendly to all parties including the entrepreneurial company, the inventors and CU itself,” he said. The startup statistics from AUTM reflect a healthy, growing ecosystem of innovation spanning CU Boulder from academic programs, entrepreneurship courses, student clubs, events and workshops to accelerators and incubators, competitions, funding and prototyping.

Placing fifth nationally in startup quantity is a notable achievement, but startup quality is also important, and recent data on that impact are also compelling. Even though they are early-stage companies, the 20 CU Boulder startups in the 2021 cohort have already raised over $67 million–a significant influx of capital spurring new jobs and economic growth in Colorado. A Leeds School of Business analysis found that, between 2018 and 2022, the commercialization of innovations created in research labs across CU Boulder had an economic impact of $5.2 billion in-state and $8 billion nationally.

Another indication of the quality of innovation emerging from CU came into focus recently when the National Academy of Inventors released its annual list of the top 100 universities in the world granted utility patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2022. With 115 patents issued, CU ranks 19^th globally.

Alongside the economic benefits of new CU Boulder ventures are the meaningful impacts they’re having on the world. “At the level of personal impact, we now see innovations developed by CU Boulder startups in our medical clinics, orbiting the earth and in our children’s learning apps. These are powerful ways that the university benefits society,” said Rees.

*Accessing AUTM’s report and its supporting data requires a paid subscription. **AUTM, or the Association of University Technology Managers, defines a university startup as a new business that is created to commercialize university intellectual property and that has executed a license or option agreement.

The U.S. Space Force expanded its University Partnership Program at the University of Colorado during a memorandum of understanding signing event Aug. 20.

Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David D. Thompson joined University of Colorado President Todd Saliman, CU Boulder Provost Russell Moore and others on the UC Colorado Springs campus to sign the MOU.

CU Boulder Provost Russell Moore speaks during a memorandum of understanding signing event Aug. 20 on the UC Colorado Springs campus. (Photo provided)

“The state of Colorado and community of Colorado Springs have long been key members and supporters of the national security space enterprise, so it’s fitting for the Space Force to establish a formal partnership between the University of Colorado and the Space Force,” Thompson said.

Signing an MOU is only the first step in defining the partnership. Next, the Space Force will work with CU and each university that follows to outline specific implementation milestones to meet the program’s four main goals.

“We’re thrilled the U.S. Space Force selected the University of Colorado for its University Partnership Program,” said Saliman. “Given Colorado’s aerospace and defense economy – the largest per capita in the nation – and CU’s broad array of related workforce and research capabilities, we’re excited to contribute to Space Force’s workforce and help advance our nation’s aerospace and national security capabilities.”

Thompson also highlighted the focus on ROTC scholarships and the hope to attract talent from geographic or cultural communities underrepresented in military service.

“The partnership with CU will not only advance space science and technology through research efforts, but it will also provide a path to higher education and workforce development,” Thompson said. “In order to protect the space capabilities America and the world rely on every day, we need the brightest minds working together in high-performing teams to drive innovative solutions,” Thompson said.

The CU system is the second university in the UPP, joining University of North Dakota that signed an MOU Aug. 9. The nine additional universities on track to join the partnership in fiscal year ’21 are:

Universities were selected based on four criteria: the quality of STEM degree offerings and space-related research laboratories and initiatives; a robust ROTC program; a diverse student population; and degrees and programming designed to support military, veterans and their families in pursing higher education.