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University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder faculty member Ivan Smalyukh is one of only 100 men and women in the United States to be awarded a coveted 2010 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, or PECASE.

Melt water flowing through ice sheets via crevasses, fractures and large drains called moulins can carry warmth into ice sheet interiors, greatly accelerating the thermal response of an ice sheet to climate change, according to a new study involving the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder.

Brian E. Lebowitz has a deep fondness for used books and bookstores, a keen interest in Judaica and the acumen to amass a collection of 19,000 works of 20th century Jewish-American Literature. He is donating this collection to the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder, and faculty members say the gift will enhance the university's stature.

A highly skillful and delicate method of sharpening and retouching stone artifacts by prehistoric people appears to have been developed at least 75,000 years ago, more than 50,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study led by the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder.

NASA's space shuttle Discovery will make its swan song flight Nov. 1 carrying two University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder-built biomedical payload devices, including one to help scientists better understand changes in the virulence of nasty bacteria in the low gravity of space as a way to help researchers prevent or control infectious diseases.

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Two University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ faculty members have received prestigious National Science Foundation Early Career Development, or CAREER awards.

Taylor Roberts, a University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder senior majoring in architectural engineering, is an example of the growing number of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder students who are civically engaged.

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.