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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ has risen on the Peace Corps' top 25 list of large schools producing Peace Corps Volunteers. With 102 alumni currently serving as Peace Corps Volunteers, CU-Â鶹ӰԺ is No. 2 in the 2009 rankings. Since Peace Corps' inception, 2,157 alumni of CU-Â鶹ӰԺ have served in the Peace Corps, making it the No. 5 all-time producer of volunteers.

Â鶹ӰԺ Professor Jack Burns of the astrophysical and planetary sciences department has been named chair of the NASA Advisory Council's Science Committee.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ has received a grant of up to $2.4 million to improve teacher education in math and science following a nationwide competition that included submissions from more than 50 universities. CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's grant is one of 12 being awarded by the National Math and Science Initiative to implement programs modeled after UTeach, a highly successful math and science teacher preparation program at the University of Texas at Austin.

A growing program at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ is working to combat what many experts call a looming crisis brought on by a shrinking pool of new K-12 science teachers. Known as the Colorado Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics Learning Assistant project, its goal is to improve introductory math and science classes at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ and to recruit and train future K-12 science teachers, according to Valerie Otero, director of the program and an assistant professor in CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's School of Education.

A growing program at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ is working to combat an impending crisis brought on by a shrinking pool of new K-12 science teachers. Known as the Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics-Teacher Preparation project, it involves a collaboration between the School of Education and six campus science departments.