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Two University of Colorado faculty members have received prestigious National Science Foundation Early Career Development, or CAREER awards.

Taylor Roberts, a University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ senior majoring in architectural engineering, is an example of the growing number of CU-Â鶹ӰԺ students who are civically engaged.

Former space shuttle astronaut Richard Truly will present University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ junior Minh Trong Than with a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation during a free public campus event on Monday, Oct. 18.

University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Professor Douglas R. Seals has amassed scientific evidence indicating that exercise, weight loss, good nutrition and salt restriction can cut your chances of getting cardiovascular disease, the United States' No. 1 killer.

A University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ space dust counter designed, tested and operated by students that is flying aboard NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto now holds the record for the most distant working dust detector ever to travel through space.

NASA announced today that the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ-led mission to Mars to investigate how the planet lost much of its atmosphere eons ago has been approved by the space agency to move into the development stage.

One hundred years ago, Colorado Gov. John Shafroth, a group of University of Colorado dignitaries and leading Â鶹ӰԺ citizens stood on a barren hillside overlooking the town and laid the cornerstone for what would become the Â鶹ӰԺ area's premier performing arts venue.

University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ officials are urging CU students and other fans to arrive early for Saturday's football game between CU and Georgia at Folsom Field, and to be on their best behavior.

A half-billion years ago, vertebrates lacked the ability to chew their food. They did not have jaws. Instead, their heads consisted of a flexible, fused basket of cartilage.

Three University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ programs receive special recognition in the recently released 2011 Fiske Guide to Colleges, including a Top 10 ranking as "environmental studies schools that should be on your radar."