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The CU-Â鶹ӰԺ College of Business Dean Steven Manaster has appointed five new members to the college's Business Advisory Council, all accomplished executives who will bring invaluable experience to their roles of advising the school's administration. The advisory council members are Marvin Gill, Richard Knowlton, Paul Larkins, Thomas Lewis and John Lillicrop.

The Graduate School of Business at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ has been selected to join a group of colleges and universities, including Stanford and Yale, that participate in the MBA Enterprise Corps, which provides long-term assistance to companies in developing economies. Through the MBA Enterprise Corps, graduates of the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ MBA program will have the opportunity to apply their business knowledge while helping to improve the economic condition of companies in developing countries such as Bulgaria or Kazakhstan.

The College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ is still accepting applications for the 34th annual High School Honors Institute as well as a new opportunity with the Royal Academy of Engineering's "Headstart" program at the University of Southampton, England. Both programs are intended to introduce the field of engineering to students who have an interest in math or science. The application deadline for the Colorado High School Honors Institute is June 30, but students who want to attend the program in England must apply by June 1.

Editors: A complete schedule of events is posted on the NRLC home page at www.colorado.edu/Law/NRLC . What has been accomplished in the field of water law and science during the past 20 years? Or, more importantly, what has not? Those questions and others will be discussed at the 22nd annual CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Natural Resources Law Center's Summer Conference to be held June 13-15 at CU's Fleming Law building in Â鶹ӰԺ.

Researchers at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ have developed a novel process involving the production of ethanol that could lead to a significant decrease in the cost of renewable fuel.

The University of Colorado College of Business will send seven entrepreneurship doctoral students to the 22nd Babson College/Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference in Sweden in June. It is unprecedented for any university to have seven doctoral student papers accepted in one year to this premier entrepreneurship research conference.

Editors: The attached "Marquee" jpeg is from the bronze awards campaign and the "Broncos" file is from the finalists' campaign. For more files from both campaigns, please contact Monteith Mitchell at (303) 492-5526 or monteith.mitchell@colorado.edu

Researchers at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ have received a $280,000 grant to help unlock the mystery of how diffuse knapweed, a noxious weed that has infested more than 80,000 acres along the Front Range and 3.2 million acres in the West, has become dominant in the prairies around Â鶹ӰԺ.

The Robert H. and Beverly A. Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ has received a $500,000 grant from the Price Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, which will help expand entrepreneurial programs and learning opportunities for business and engineering students.

Editors note: Reporters are welcome to attend the meetings. University representatives will present an overview of the project and answer questions. The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will hold public meetings on the Williams Village student housing expansion project for neighborhood residents May 30 and 31.