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A new University of Colorado at Boulder study showing that American toads who pal around with gray tree frogs reduce their chances of parasitic infections known to cause limb malformations has strong implications for the benefits of biodiversity on emerging wildlife diseases.

The University of Colorado at Boulder Environmental Center will host a live, interactive national webcast on Wednesday, Oct. 22, to detail solutions to the growing threat of "climate disruption."

The University of Colorado at Boulder's Renewable and Sustainable Energy Initiative and the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research are co-sponsoring free, campus panel discussions and lectures this fall on climate change and global energy to coincide with the 2008 presidential election.

The University of Colorado Foundation today announced a $2 million pledge by Jack (Hist '64, MA '70) and Jeannie Thompson (Zool '64) of Boulder to fund the new Vaccine Development Laboratory in CU-Boulder's Systems Biotechnology Building, slated for groundbreaking in 2009.

Pieter Johnson, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has won a highly prestigious David and Lucille Packard Fellowship, a five-year award that will support his study of emerging diseases in changing environments.

The University of Colorado at Boulder will present three public panel discussions and celebrate its outstanding faculty during the third annual Fall Convocation on Oct. 17. The event will take place as part of Family Weekend.

Popular Science magazine has named University of Colorado at Boulder chemical and biological engineering Distinguished Professor Kristi Anseth as one of its "Brilliant 10" for 2008, honoring her as one of the nation's top young scientists.

Nearly 5,500 visitors are expected for this year's fall Family Weekend at the University of Colorado at Boulder, hosted by the CU-Boulder Parents Association.

Patty Limerick, a well-known author and professor of history at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is the recipient of the 2008 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Western Literature Association.

University of Colorado at Boulder Assistant Professor Michael Stowell has received a three-year, $900,000 award from the National Institutes of Health for a unique research project targeting brain cell communication.