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University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Michael Shull has been selected to be a co-investigator on a NASA space mission to map the cosmic web of hot gas that spans the universe. The spacecraft, known as the Spectroscopy and Photometry of the Intergalactic Medium's Diffuse Radiation, or SPIDR, is one of two "Small Explorer" satellite missions announced yesterday by NASA. The second was AIM, a satellite that will look at polar mesospheric clouds. CU-Boulder will design and build two of the four instruments and control the AIM satellite from campus.

Four prominent real estate professionals have joined the University of Colorado Real Estate Council, or CUREC, a part of the Leeds School of BusinessÂ’s Real Estate Center. The new members are Edward N. Barad, Peter W. Grosshuesch, Chester T. "Chetter" Latcham and Kimra Perkins. CUREC consists of members from diverse disciplines in the real estate industry. Members play a key role in helping students supplement their education with professional experience.

Note to Editors: Photos of the researchers are available on request by calling Jeannine Malmsbury in the CU-Boulder news office at (303) 492-3115. President George W. Bush officially announced the 60 recipients of the 2001 Presidential Early Career Awards June 26, including four researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder, which led the nation in winners.

Editors: Photos, bios and show notes are available on the festival press Web site, http://www.theatre.colorado.edu/csfmedia02 The long tradition of lampooning William Shakespeare continues with "Shakespeare In Briefs!" starting July 6 at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus.

Chris Green, professor of economics from McGill University of Montreal, to speak on "Stabilizing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: What Will it Take?" on Wednesday, July 10, at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Green's talk will begin at 3 p.m. in the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences auditorium, room 338. The event is free and open to the public, and is sponsored by CIRES' Center for Science and Technology Policy Research.

"Medieval Treasures: Books and Manuscripts from the 9th to the 15th Centuries" is now on display in the Norlin Library Special Collections department at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The exhibit features classical and popular works in addition to medieval service books. Other highlights include two complete 13th century Parisian Bibles, examples of fragments and decorated borders, an English private letter and the work of two 15th century Florentine scribes.

The University of Colorado at Boulder's Physics 2000 Web site has been honored by Scientific American magazine with a 2002 Sci-Tech Web Award for physics. Scientific American editors selected five Web sites in each of 10 scientific categories to receive the awards. The winning sites are posted on the Scientific American Web site at www.sciam.com .

The Study Abroad Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder has awarded more than $152,000 in scholarships and grants to students enrolled in study abroad programs in summer 2002. The aid comes from the program's auxiliary accounts, alumni donations, the Colorado Commission on Higher Education Diversity Fund, foundation donations, the Council on International Exchange, Denmark International Study, the Boettcher Foundation and the Freeman Foundation.

The oft-criticized committee system in the U.S. House of Representatives resists change because it serves its members well, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder political science professor. Advocates of congressional reform often point to the House committee system as an outmoded relic that could benefit from changes to make it more efficient and accountable. But since the late 1940s the system has changed little.

Ten new Daniels Scholars have elected to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder this fall, according to Cynthia Gayles, CU-Boulder's senior assistant director of admissions and Daniels Scholarship liaison.