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Forensic scientists may soon have a valuable new item in their toolkits -- a way to identify individuals using unique, telltale types of hand bacteria left behind on objects like keyboards and computer mice, says a new University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ study.

A research team led by the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ has discovered a previously unknown cellular "switch" that may provide researchers with a new means of triggering programmed cell death, findings with implications for treating cancer.

The Colorado Nanofabrication Laboratory at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will host a symposium April 2 and a program of interactive, family-oriented outreach activities April 3 as part of "NanoDays" 2010, the third annual nationwide festival of educational programs about nanoscale science and engineering.

A new scientific study packs a double surprise about the chemistry happening in the air around us. Chlorine, a chemical usually kicked into the atmosphere by sea spray, is more abundant than expected in air far from any coastline, and looks to be interacting with manmade pollution at night in ways that might affect air quality and climate.

The University of Colorado Real Estate Center and the U.S. Green Building Council Colorado Chapter today are beginning a pilot program to prepare CU Real Estate Center students to take the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, Green Associate exam.

With spring's warmer temperatures quickly approaching, University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ officials are reminding students of important personal and community safety measures to keep in mind when they are out and about on campus and in the Â鶹ӰԺ community.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will host a topping-out ceremony March 12 at 10 a.m. to celebrate placement of the last steel beam for the Institute of Behavioral Science building, which is under construction on the corner of Grandview Avenue and 15th Street.

The INVST Community Leadership Program at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ has been involving CU students in community service since 1990, and on March 12-14, alumni of the program will gather in Â鶹ӰԺ for a 20th anniversary reunion weekend.

University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ alumna Jane Butcher, who with her late husband Charlie Butcher has played a key role in supporting CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's rapidly expanding biotechnology research efforts, has pledged $1 million toward the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building being built on the university's East Campus.

University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ officials confirmed Saturday that all six CU-Â鶹ӰԺ students who were studying in Chile or had weekend travel plans to the country for the start of an academic program are safe.