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Last July, something unprecedented in the 34-year satellite record happened: 98 percent of the Greenland Ice Sheet’s surface melted, compared to roughly 50 percent during an average summer. Snow that usually stays frozen and dry turned wet with melt water. Research led by the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences now shows last summer’s extreme melt could soon be the new normal.

Google Inc. and the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder computer science department are partnering to inspire high school and middle school teachers looking for motivating, engaging and fun ways to prepare students for college and career success during an activities-packed workshop July 10-12.

The 56th annual season of the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Shakespeare Festival will feature a classic lineup — a comedy, a tragedy, a history — alongside a hilarious Shakespeare sendup and a return engagement of an Off-Broadway hit. But if anything, expect the unexpected, as two veterans and two of CSF’s favorite comic actors take the helm and offer their own visions, from the exotic to the traditional.

Twelve University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder students have been offered Fulbright grants to pursue teaching, research and graduate studies abroad during the 2013-14 academic year, an all-time record for Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder.

Twelve University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder students have been offered Fulbright grants to pursue teaching, research and graduate studies abroad during the 2013-14 academic year, an all-time record for Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder.

The University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder has been ranked No. 14 in the world on the scholarly impact of its journal publications, according to an analysis by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands. The Leiden Ranking analyzed the 500 universities with the largest number of publications recorded in Web of Science, a database of articles published in more than 12,000 journals that is maintained by Thomson Reuters.

A particular tumor suppressor gene that fights cancer cells does more than clamp down on unabated cell division -- the hallmark of the disease -- it also can help make cells more fit by allowing them to fend off stress, says a University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder study.

In an extensive survey of University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder seniors in 2012, an overwhelming majority of the nearly 3,000 respondents expressed positive views of their educational experiences at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder. Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ four in five respondents reported satisfaction with their Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder education. A similar proportion would recommend Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder to a friend and nearly 98 percent of the seniors reported that their program of study met their educational goals.