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A team of geophysicists at the University of Colorado at Boulder has developed a new technique to visualize the colliding rock bodies beneath the Himalaya with unprecedented detail, answering a number of questions about the world's highest mountains and providing a new tool for assessing earthquake hazards.

CU System/Anna and John J. Sie Foundation news release DENVER AND BOULDER - June 29, 2005 Today the University of Colorado and The Anna and John J. Sie Foundation of Denver announced The Sie Family Down Syndrome Break-Through Research Initiative. The initiative will provide $600,000 in grant funds to stimulate new scientific research on Down syndrome with the aim of enhancing cognitive ability. These are the first such grants provided to CU for a specific chromosomal condition and the first nationwide specifically for Down syndrome.

Ofelia Miramontes, former professor of education and associate vice chancellor for diversity and equity at the University of Colorado at Boulder, died today in Boulder. She was 60. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on July 10 at Koenig Alumni Center on the Boulder campus, located on the southeast corner of Broadway and University Avenue.

Editors: Reporters and photographers are welcome to attend the workshop. For a complete schedule of events, please e-mail caughey@colorado.edu or call (303) 492-4007. Recovery from the massive Indian Ocean tsunami, the communications revolution and "warning fatigue" will be among the topics addressed by about 400 people attending the 30th annual workshop hosted by the University of Colorado at Boulder's Natural Hazards Center.

Note to Editors: Sommers-Bausch Observatory will be closed to the public during the evening on July 3, but reporters and photographers are welcome. CU-Boulder's Fiske Planetarium will be open Sunday, July 3, at 11 p.m. for the public to watch as a probe from NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft slams into a comet millions of miles from Earth.

News release courtesy of the Peace Corps DENVER - A University of Colorado at Boulder graduate student and Colorado native, Jay Shah, is one of 11 former Peace Corps volunteers from across the nation who will be recognized for their dedication to community service with the Franklin H. Williams Award in Washington, D.C., on June 23.

Three University of Colorado at Boulder graduates have accepted Fulbright foreign scholarships, including one who is headed for Chile to conduct research on the plight of the endangered alerce tree, often called the "redwood of South America."

The University of Colorado at Boulder's Wardenburg Health Center has received accreditation from the College of American Pathologists based on the results of a recent on-site inspection. Inspectors from the College of American Pathologists Laboratory Accreditation Program examined Wardenburg's records and quality control of procedures for two years, and reviewed the health center staff's qualifications, lab equipment, lab management, facilities and safety program and record.

University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Bernard Amadei has been awarded the American Association of Engineering Societies' Norm Augustine Award in recognition of his passion and commitment to training globally responsible engineering students. Amadei is the founding president of Engineers Without Borders-USA, a nonprofit organization that partners with developing communities to meet their needs for water, sanitation and energy systems.

Local businesses will have an easier time tapping into the innovative ideas of Leeds School of Business students and faculty, thanks to a new center being established by the University of Colorado at Boulder. The Center for Business Integration is being created to connect students and faculty from the systems division with local businesses looking for help with some of their toughest problems. James Marlatt, a Leeds School of Business senior instructor and former Arthur Andersen partner, will direct the center.