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The University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Real Estate Center and the U.S. Green Building Council Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Chapter today are beginning a pilot program to prepare Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Real Estate Center students to take the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, Green Associate exam.

The INVST Community Leadership Program at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder has been involving Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ students in community service since 1990, and on March 12-14, alumni of the program will gather in Boulder for a 20th anniversary reunion weekend.

University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder officials confirmed Saturday that all six Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder students who were studying in Chile or had weekend travel plans to the country for the start of an academic program are safe.

Each morning, University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder alumna Julie Fast wakes to the footsteps of "campesinos" hiking past her front door in Peru on their way to their farm fields.

Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano of the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder visited the White House today as one of four public research university leaders representing about 120 universities pledging to address the national shortage of science and mathematics teachers in a letter presented to President Barack Obama.

Combine the youth and idealism often found on the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder campus with a business degree, and the ability to make a difference in the world takes on new dimensions.

University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder junior David Hinojosa is one of thousands of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder students who are annually making a difference in their communities through civic engagement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder has risen on the Peace Corps' top 25 list of large schools producing Peace Corps Volunteers. With 102 alumni currently serving as Peace Corps Volunteers, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder is No. 2 in the 2009 rankings. Since Peace Corps' inception, 2,157 alumni of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder have served in the Peace Corps, making it the No. 5 all-time producer of volunteers.

University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder Professor Jack Burns of the astrophysical and planetary sciences department has been named chair of the NASA Advisory Council's Science Committee.

Andra Wilkinson is one of 13,397 reasons the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder is one of only three colleges and universities in the United States to receive a Presidential Award for General Community Service.