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Former space shuttle astronaut Richard Truly will present University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder junior Minh Trong Than with a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation during a free public campus event on Monday, Oct. 18.

University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder Professor Douglas R. Seals has amassed scientific evidence indicating that exercise, weight loss, good nutrition and salt restriction can cut your chances of getting cardiovascular disease, the United States' No. 1 killer.

A University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder space dust counter designed, tested and operated by students that is flying aboard NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto now holds the record for the most distant working dust detector ever to travel through space.

NASA announced today that the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder-led mission to Mars to investigate how the planet lost much of its atmosphere eons ago has been approved by the space agency to move into the development stage.

One hundred years ago, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Gov. John Shafroth, a group of University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ dignitaries and leading Boulder citizens stood on a barren hillside overlooking the town and laid the cornerstone for what would become the Boulder area's premier performing arts venue.

University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder officials are urging Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ students and other fans to arrive early for Saturday's football game between Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ and Georgia at Folsom Field, and to be on their best behavior.

A half-billion years ago, vertebrates lacked the ability to chew their food. They did not have jaws. Instead, their heads consisted of a flexible, fused basket of cartilage.

Three University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder programs receive special recognition in the recently released 2011 Fiske Guide to Colleges, including a Top 10 ranking as "environmental studies schools that should be on your radar."

Distinguished Professor Carl Wieman of the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as associate director for science in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

The Big 12 announced it has reached agreement with the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ regarding its withdrawal from the Conference effective June 30, 2011, subject to final approval from the other 10 school's governing boards.