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October 6, 2008
As Colorado Heats Up, Water Supply Expected to Be at Risk, Says New Study Water resource managers may have to prepare for a warmer Colorado and a shift in the timing of runoff in most of the state's river basins, according to a new assessment of Colorado climate change by scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the University of Colorado at Boulder and Colorado State University.
CU-Boulder Energy Initiative Names New Leadership Council Members The University of Colorado at Boulder's Energy Initiative, created in 2006 to help meet the world's sustainable and renewable energy needs, has announced a group of corporate leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, advisers, scientists, policymakers and academics as members of its newly formed EI Leadership Council.
European Union Center of Excellence Formed at CU-Boulder The University of Colorado at Boulder has won a $450,000 grant to establish the Colorado European Union Center of Excellence, which will study and teach the relations between the EU and the United States.
CU-Boulder Launches New Graduate Program in Optical Sensing and Imaging with NSF Grant A new graduate program in computational optical sensing and imaging is being established at the University of Colorado at Boulder this fall with the awarding of a $3.2 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation.
Public Health Officials Investigating E.coli Cases The CU community should be advised that Boulder County Public Health (BCPH) is currently investigating a cluster of E. coli O157:H7 in the county. Since September 23rd, BCPH has investigated eight related cases. A cluster of seven cases includes CU students.
Arctic Sea Ice Hits Second-Lowest Extent and Likely Record-Low Volume, According to CU-Boulder Assessment Arctic sea ice extent during the 2008 melt season dropped to the second-lowest level since satellite measurements began in 1979, reaching the lowest point in its annual cycle of melt and growth on Sept. 14, according to researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center.
CU-Boulder Space Scientists Set for Second Spacecraft Flyby of Mercury NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, which is toting an $8.7 million University of Colorado at Boulder instrument to measure Mercury's wispy atmosphere and blistering surface, will make its second flyby of the mysterious, rocky planet Oct. 6.
CU Researchers Hosting Public Forums on Affirmative Action as Part of Study University of Colorado at Boulder School of Education researchers are hosting 16 public forums about affirmative action over the next several weeks in Boulder and Denver in an effort to find out what the public knows and could learn about the controversial topic.

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