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University of Colorado at Boulder police and facilities management authorities have closed the Ramaley Biology Building to investigate the cause of a flood that occurred sometime Thursday night.

The teaching and outreach work of University of Colorado civil engineering Professor Bernard Amadei and his colleagues in the Engineering for Developing Communities program will take a giant leap forward thanks to a $5 million commitment from Mort and Alice Mortenson, and builder M. A. Mortenson Company.

University of Colorado at Boulder geological sciences Professor Gifford Miller has been elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union, an international organization made up of about 45,000 member scientists from more than 130 countries.

The University of Colorado at Boulder is hosting an opportunity for faculty, staff and people who will be affected by construction of the new Center for Community building to come learn about the building and the programs and offices it will house.

About 85 University of Colorado at Boulder students will spend their spring break vacations rebuilding homes ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, doing conservation work on Catalina Island or taking part in one of five other projects around the country.

University of Colorado at Boulder chemistry and biochemistry Professor Margaret Tolbert has been awarded the American Chemical Society's Creative Advances in Environmental Sciences and Technology Award for her groundbreaking research in atmospheric chemistry.

The University of Colorado at Boulder will temporarily close a section of 18th Street on campus in March to allow contractors to complete utility work for the Visual Arts Complex.

"Provost Phil DiStefano is an excellent choice to lead the University of Colorado at Boulder as interim chancellor," said CU-Boulder Chancellor G.P. "Bud" Peterson.

University of Colorado President Bruce D. Benson today named Phil DiStefano interim chancellor of the Boulder campus.

The Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels, or C2B2, is offering a professional short course in the area of renewable and sustainable biorefining and biofuels designed for the educational growth, training and professional development of industry and research professionals May 11-13 in Fort Collins.