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The University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder was ranked second in the world in geosciences this week by U.S. News & World Report. Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder trailed only the California Institute of Technology. Rounding out the top five are the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Harvard University and the University of Washington. U.S. News & World Report ranked the top 100 universities in geosciences in 2014 based primarily on their research and reputation.

Parents are more reactive than proactive when providing political influence and opportunities for their children, according to a study led by the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder. The study, published in the journal Social Science Quarterly , found that political engagement independently pursued by youth spurs parents to realize that childrearing extends to the civic realm. It also is the first study to show intentional political parenting as an outcome of family interaction rather than a stimulus.

University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder administrators have signed a memorandum of agreement to host 36 of the nation’s top high school students beginning next summer to image, measure and track near-Earth asteroids using university telescopes.

The type of sound processing that modern hearings aids provide to make speech more understandable for wearers may also make music enjoyment more difficult, according to a new study by the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder.

Former NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless will present University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder senior Jeni Sorli with a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation during a free public campus event on Thursday, Oct. 30.

Oil and natural gas production fields can emit large amounts of air pollutants that affect climate and air quality—but tackling the issue has been difficult because little is known about what aspects of complex production operations leak what kinds of pollutants, and how much. Now a study led by the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics sheds light on just that, pinpointing sources of airborne pollutants.

Longtime Boulder resident Paul N. Eklund has made a transformative gift to the opera program at the College of Music at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder that, combined with additional university commitments, establishes a $2 million endowment for the program, to be renamed the Eklund Family Opera Program in honor of the gift.

Not everybody or everything makes it to 100, but the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder Homecoming is about to reach that centennial mark. On Nov. 7, 1914, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ took on Utah to win 33-0 in the first Homecoming featuring an intercollegiate matchup. This year, from Oct. 22 to 25, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder will host hundreds of guests at dozens of major events. In addition to the traditional football game and parade, the celebration will include a concert, an alumni lecture series, affinity reunions and college and school gatherings.

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft has provided scientists their first look at a storm of energetic solar particles at Mars and produced unprecedented ultraviolet images of the tenuous oxygen, hydrogen and carbon coronas surrounding the Red Planet, said University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder Professor Bruce Jakosky, the mission’s principal investigator.

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder alumni Michele (Mikhy) and Mike Ritter have a deep love for Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder. They've recently made a trailblazing gift to the classical guitar program in the College of Music that, combined with a commitment from the Office of the Chancellor, will endow and name the program.