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An international science team involving the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder that is working on the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling project hit bedrock July 27 after two summers of work, drilling down more than 1.5 miles in an effort to help assess the risks of abrupt future climate change on Earth.

University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder Interim Provost Russell Moore today announced that all Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder study abroad programs in Mexico and one Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ academic program for undergraduates have been temporarily suspended for summer and fall due to continuing safety concerns in the country.

A new study examining death sentences in North Carolina over a 28-year period ending in 2007 shows that among similar homicides, the odds of a death sentence for those who are suspected of killing whites are approximately three times higher than the odds of a death sentence for those suspected of killing blacks.

For the first time in three years, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ business leaders are predicting solid growth in the state economy, according to the most recent quarterly Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder Leeds School of Business.

Forest fires that have burned thousands of acres near Durango over the last several years may be responsible for unlocking the mercury trapped beneath the soil in the San Juan National Forest and allowing it to wash into Vallecito Reservoir northeast of Durango, according to preliminary findings by a University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder engineering professor.

Zonta International, through its foundation, has awarded Amelia Earhart Fellowships to 35 outstanding women pursuing doctoral degrees in aerospace-related sciences and engineering this year -- including six who are studying at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder.

Professor Robert Boswell of the molecular, cellular and developmental biology department at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder today was named interim vice chancellor for diversity, equity and community engagement effective July 15.

Soviet photojournalists working for the country's most important newspapers were among the first to document the unfolding Holocaust in their homeland, and they were also witnessing and recording the slaughter of Soviet citizens who, like the photographers themselves, were Jewish.

The social impacts of the Gulf oil spill and the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake are among the topics to be addressed at the annual workshop of the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder's Natural Hazards Center July 10-13.

University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder faculty member Douglas Sicker has been appointed chief technologist of the Federal Communications Commission, the federal agency announced today. He will work in the FCC's Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis and will advise the agency on technological issues.