The Office of Government Relations State and Federal Teams provide a preview of what 2017 may bring.
Briefs
At the end of 2016, Congress and President Obama took a significant step forward in reforming how this country researches and delivers new cures and therapies to patients in need.
In a surprise move, the 114th Congress passed S. 3084, the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act (AICA) before adjourning in 2016.
Congressman Jared Polis toured the Alliance for Technology, Learning, and Society (ATLAS) on the CU Boulder campus.
Several representatives joined UCCS Chancellor Pamela Shockley-Zalabak for lunch on the UCCS campus.
Representative Bob Rankin (R-Carbondale), Representative Alec Garnett (D-Denver), Doug Friednash, Chief of Staff to Gov. Hickenlooper, and Tanya Kelly-Bowry, CU Office of Government Relations Vice President served as panelists at a recent Buechner Breakfast First Friday sponsored by the CU Denver School of Public Affairs.
Audience members were treated to a special pre-screening of “The Answer to Cancer May Be Walking Right Beside Us,” a documentary produced by Colorado State University (CSU) and Rocky Mountain PBS.
Senator Randy Baumgardner (R-Hot Sulphur Springs) hosted the University of Colorado Boulder's Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) presentation in Winter Park, CO.