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Four University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ professors will receive $750,000 grants under the Department of Energy's new Early Career Research Program -- the most awards received by any university in the nation.

A new approach to social media called "Tweak the Tweet," conceived of by University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ graduate student Kate Starbird and being deployed by members of CU's Project EPIC research group and colleagues around the nation, is helping Haiti relief efforts by providing standardized syntax for Twitter communications.

Springtime ozone levels above western North America are rising primarily due to air flowing eastward from the Pacific Ocean, a trend that is largest when the air originates in Asia.

Howard Dean, former Democratic National Committee chairman, and Karl Rove, former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to former President George W. Bush, will debate current events on Monday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ's Macky Auditorium.

Five University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ faculty members and students were honored with prestigious research awards from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the organization's 2010 meeting held this month in Orlando.

The death toll in the massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti Jan. 12 is expected to continue to rise in the coming days, likely in large part because of corruption and resulting shoddy construction practices in the poor Caribbean nation, according to a University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ seismologist.

** Richard Collins, a professor of law at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Law School and the director of the Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law, can talk about legal issues connected with two proposed bills to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado.

Amgen, a global biotechnology company with manufacturing operations in Â鶹ӰԺ and Longmont, is giving $1 million toward the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building, a state-of-the-art research and teaching facility under construction at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ.

** Kathleen Tierney, director of the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Natural Hazards Center and a nationally recognized expert on disasters, is available to talk with the media about the Haitian earthquake. The center is the nation's leading repository of knowledge on human behavior in disasters.

The University of Colorado Law School's Natural Resources Law Center is working on a new Colorado River Governance Initiative to examine the current governance structure of the Colorado River and engage policymakers on possible institutional reforms.