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The University of Colorado at Boulder, a national leader in aerospace engineering, and SpaceDev Inc., a leading entrepreneurial space company located in Louisville, Colo., have partnered to create eSpace: The Center for Space Entrepreneurship. eSpace is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating new entrepreneurial space companies, commercializing aerospace technologies created within these companies and developing the aerospace workforce to support them.

University of Colorado at Boulder students won first place this week in a national competition for nanosatellite design, earning a rare opportunity to launch their winning satellite within the next two years.

A new study led by the U.S. Geological Survey and involving the University of Colorado at Boulder indicates tree deaths in the West's old-growth forests have more than doubled in recent decades, likely from regional warming and related drought conditions.

Former U.S. Marine captain and press officer and current Al-Jazeera English correspondent Josh Rushing will speak at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Monday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. about the future of the relationship between the United States and the Middle East.

The University of Colorado at Boulder's Center of the American West and School of Law will host a panel discussion on "Public Lands, Private Ceremonies: Native American Religious Practices and Public Lands in the West" on Jan. 21.

The University of Colorado at Boulder and the city of Boulder will host a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the University Memorial Center on Monday, Jan. 19.

Does an unseen higher power control the mysteries of the universe or do reason and science alone explain the intricate patterns of life?

A renowned expert on the ancient Pueblo people of Chaco Canyon will give a free public lecture at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Jan. 24.

A New Congress. Scott Adler, associate professor of political science, can comment on the new Congress and how it differs from the 2006 Congress, as well as the new Obama administration. Adler is best reached by e-mail at e.scott.adler@colorado.edu . His office number is 303-492-6659.

The University of Colorado at Boulder is beginning the spring semester with a new tradition called "Spirit Fridays," and is inviting all students, staff and faculty to show their school spirit by donning their favorite CU clothes, decorating their desks or otherwise showing their positive school spirit in any way they choose.