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A new University of Colorado at Boulder-based supercomputer will vastly extend the ability of scientists across the globe in modeling and predicting many important aspects of Earth's surface processes, from glacial melting and flooding to coastal erosion and tropical ocean storms.

The importance of this year's Black Heritage Month celebration at the University of Colorado at Boulder might best be illustrated by the sea of faces that packed the National Mall in Washington, D.C., last month for the inauguration of the first black president of the United States of America.

The University of Colorado at Boulder will host a community meeting regarding the Phase IIa development process of the Williams Village expansion project on Wednesday, Feb. 4.

Even the brightest science students sometimes have trouble learning new or complicated ideas if they can't see firsthand what an instructor is trying to explain. Further complicating the problem is the fact that real-life examples of many scientific processes aren't easy to re-create in, say, a dorm room or lecture hall.

Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times foreign affairs columnist and best-selling author Thomas Friedman will speak at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Monday, Feb. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Macky Auditorium.

The 2009 Rocky Mountain Sustainability Summit, which runs Feb. 11-13 at the University of Colorado at Boulder, will provide a learning and networking forum for participants from campuses in the Rocky Mountain region to advance sustainability.

It was like a dream come true for Richard Preston, a young author who in 1993 was researching deadly diseases most people had never even heard of for what would become the best-selling book "The Hot Zone."

ORLANDO – The University of Colorado's beloved costumed mascot Chip won the 2009 UCA Mascot National Championship Friday here in conjunction with the 2009 College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championships administered by the Universal Cheerleader Association and the United Dance Association.

Chuck Kutscher, a University of Colorado at Boulder faculty member, as well as a CU-Boulder alumnus and principal engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, has been selected to receive the Governor's Excellence in Renewable Energy Award for 2008 for his outstanding contributions to protect Colorado's environment and provide clean power through renewable energy.

University of Colorado at Boulder physics Distinguished Professor Margaret Murnane has been named a National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow by the U.S. Department of Defense.