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While two new studies by researchers at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences predict wetter storms for the Arctic and for the Northern Hemisphere because of global warming, whether or not this means more net precipitation depends on the latitude.

The 2007 melt extent on the Greenland ice sheet broke the 2005 summer melt record by 10 percent, making it the largest ever recorded there since satellite measurements began in 1979, according to a University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ climate scientist.

Colorado's economy will experience modest growth in 2008, and should outpace the national economy, according to economist Richard Wobbekind, of the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ's Leeds School of Business. Wobbekind's announcement was part of the 43rd annual Business Economic Outlook Forum hosted Dec. 10 by CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's Leeds School of Business and Compass Bank.

Alaska's Columbia Glacier, one of the most rapidly shrinking glaciers in the world that recently reached the mid-point of its projected retreat, is the subject of a new book by a University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ glaciologist.

Much of the gaseous mass of the universe is bound up in a tangled web of cosmic filaments that stretch for hundreds of millions of light-years, according to a new supercomputer study by a team led by the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ.

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences is teaming up with NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory, one of the nation's pre-eminent research labs, to offer a new, competitive fellowship to earth science graduate students at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. The fellowship will allow students to pursue a master's degree or doctorate in one of 10 CIRES-affiliated departments at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ while simultaneously working with the world-class research team at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration labs in Â鶹ӰԺ.

University of Colorado President Hank Brown today announced a settlement in the case of Lisa Simpson, who sued the university in a Title IX-related lawsuit involving the Â鶹ӰԺ campus Athletics Department. Details of the Title IX Settlement will be posted on the CU system Web site at www.cu.edu/news .

Alternative energy cars and bicycles, a wireless iPod charger and assistive technology devices for people with disabilities are among 65 student inventions that will be demonstrated at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ's Engineering Design Expo on Saturday, Dec. 8. The Expo is free and open to the public from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The event will be held at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory, located at Regent Drive and Colorado Avenue.

Molecular technology developed by a University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ professor to probe extreme life forms in undersea hydrothermal vents has been used to identify unexpected bacteria strains in the lung fluid of Denver children suffering from cystic fibrosis, findings that may lead to more effective therapies.

University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Chancellor G.P. “Bud” Peterson today named Ron Stump, vice chancellor for student affairs at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ, as interim executive director of the University of Colorado Alumni Association, effective Feb. 4.