Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ

Despite a dip in business filings in Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ during the third quarter of 2015 with 25,164 new entities recorded, employment in the state is projected to expand over the next two quarters, according to a University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder report released Oct. 27 by Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Secretary of State Wayne Williams.

Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey and key academic partners including the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder have quantified how rapidly ancient permafrost decomposes upon thawing and how much carbon dioxide is produced in the process.

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder’s Center of the American West presents Diné photographer Will Wilson as the twelfth speaker in the Modern Indian Identity lecture series. Willson will speak on Monday, Oct. 26, at 6:30 p.m., in Hale, room 270.

Launched in May 2014 to jumpstart projects led by current Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder students, faculty and staff, the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder Crowdfunding platform hosted 19 projects raising over $80,000 in the first year.

SuviCa Inc. of Boulder, a University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder biotech start-up company, has been awarded roughly $1.5 million in federal funding to develop novel treatments for head and neck cancer.

The 23rd annual Rothgerber Conference Oct. 15 and 16 will celebrate the career of Professor Hal Bruff, who served as Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law’s dean from 1996 until 2003. Conversations will focus on the questions raised in Bruff’s most recent book, Untrodden Ground: How Presidents Interpret the Constitution , in which he explores how all 44 presidents have responded to pressing matters by setting new legal precedents, which often developed into standard practices.

When he was in high school, Daniel Pette was fascinated by stars. When his earth science teacher told him that massive stars die out faster than smaller ones, Pette diagrammed a theory to figure out why this was. When he discovered that his findings were correct, Pette became determined to pursue a career in astrophysics.

NASA has awarded the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder’s Fiske Planetarium $1 million for the development of short, full-dome videos about space science-related discoveries that will be distributed to hundreds of planetariums nationwide.

A new paper published today in the journal Nature Communications and co-authored by a researcher at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder’s BioFrontiers Institute, looks at the genetic strategy used by the human malaria parasite and how old it is from an evolutionary perspective.

In 2013, the torrents of water that poured out of the mountains, ripping up roads and inundating Boulder, Lyons, Longmont and other Front Range communities, also resulted in a deluge of questions. Both the general public and local officials wondered just how unusual this rainfall and flooding had been. Had something like it happened before? Was anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change responsible?