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A joint renewable energy center of the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ State University, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ School of Mines, the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory and industry has been awarded $336,534 from the National Science Foundation so that undergraduates can conduct research related to the conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals.

An international science team involving the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder that is working on the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling project hit bedrock July 27 after two summers of work, drilling down more than 1.5 miles in an effort to help assess the risks of abrupt future climate change on Earth.

University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder Interim Provost Russell Moore today announced that all Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder study abroad programs in Mexico and one Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ academic program for undergraduates have been temporarily suspended for summer and fall due to continuing safety concerns in the country.

A new study examining death sentences in North Carolina over a 28-year period ending in 2007 shows that among similar homicides, the odds of a death sentence for those who are suspected of killing whites are approximately three times higher than the odds of a death sentence for those suspected of killing blacks.

Environmental engineering faculty and students at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder are launching a study this month to determine the environmental fate of chemical dispersants being used in the Gulf oil spill cleanup.

For the first time in three years, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ business leaders are predicting solid growth in the state economy, according to the most recent quarterly Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder Leeds School of Business.

Forest fires that have burned thousands of acres near Durango over the last several years may be responsible for unlocking the mercury trapped beneath the soil in the San Juan National Forest and allowing it to wash into Vallecito Reservoir northeast of Durango, according to preliminary findings by a University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder engineering professor.

Newly detected rising sea levels in parts of the Indian Ocean, including the coastlines of the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java, appear to be at least partly a result of human-induced increases of atmospheric greenhouse gases, says a study led by the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder.

Zonta International, through its foundation, has awarded Amelia Earhart Fellowships to 35 outstanding women pursuing doctoral degrees in aerospace-related sciences and engineering this year -- including six who are studying at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder.

Soviet photojournalists working for the country's most important newspapers were among the first to document the unfolding Holocaust in their homeland, and they were also witnessing and recording the slaughter of Soviet citizens who, like the photographers themselves, were Jewish.