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Three Â鶹ӰԺ students -- Brittany Earle, Mike Lotto and Jeni Sorli, all from the College of Engineering and Applied Science -- have been awarded prestigious Goldwater Scholarships. The scholarships are worth up to $7,500 and recognize sophomores and juniors who have achieved high academic merit and who are expected to be leaders in their fields.

Every student faces challenges during college, but not everyone knows where they can get help. For CU-Â鶹ӰԺ senior Emmie Matsuno, this was a challenge to construct a resource that fit the needs of students searching for some advice.

The Â鶹ӰԺ will hold its spring commencement ceremony on Friday, May 10, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Folsom Field. Due to traffic delays, and ongoing construction on U.S. 36 leading into Â鶹ӰԺ, early arrival is strongly advised. Gates open at 7 a.m. and guests should plan to be seated by 8:15 a.m. The ceremony will be held outdoors in the stadium regardless of the weather. In the event of heavy rain or snow an abbreviated ceremony will be held.

The sluggish recovery of U.S. jobs since the recession began is due to companies being mired in business uncertainty about national policies rather than other hiring and financial roadblocks, according to a Â鶹ӰԺ study. Businesses are uncertain about the yet-to-be-realized costs of policies such as health care, tax reform and environmental cap and trade as regulations take shape and are implemented, according to lead author Sanjai Bhagat, a provost professor of finance at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s Leeds School of Business.

Two Â鶹ӰԺ professors have been elected members of the National Academy of Sciences, a top honor recognizing scientists and engineers for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

Your online persona is fair game if graduate programs and prospective employers want to find out what you’d be like as a member of their team. Check out our tips for cleaning up your profile and promoting yourself online in May’s issue of Student Health 101 .

A multimillion dollar Â鶹ӰԺ instrument package to study space weather has passed its pre-installation testing and is ready to be incorporated onto a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite for a 2015 launch.

NASA is inviting members of the public to submit their names and a personal message online for a DVD to be carried aboard a spacecraft that will study the Martian upper atmosphere. Scheduled for launch in November, the DVD will be in NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft. The DVD is part of the mission's Going to Mars Campaign coordinated at the Â鶹ӰԺ's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics.

By mimicking the bulging, bowl-shaped eyes possessed by dragonflies, praying mantises, houseflies and other insects, a team of researchers that includes a Â鶹ӰԺ engineer has built an experimental digital camera that can take exceptionally wide-angle photos without distorting the image.

Two Â鶹ӰԺ professors have been elected members of the National Academy of Sciences, a top honor recognizing scientists and engineers for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.