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A new report by University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ researchers examines the impact that global warming will have on native communities and offers recommendations to Congress and federal agencies on how to deal with these changes. Titled "Native Communities and Climate Change: Protecting Tribal Resources as Part of National Climate Policy," the report evaluates a number of devastating consequences facing native tribes due to global warming including:

A University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ program that aims to mold the next generation of leaders has introduced a "leader in residence" initiative this year that will give students opportunities to work closely with the state's top corporate and nonprofit executives, government policymakers and entrepreneurs.

The University of Colorado has received $1 million from Jane Butcher to provide support for groundbreaking interdisciplinary research in the emerging field of molecular biotechnology. The gift represents major support for the Colorado Initiative in Molecular Biotechnology (CIMB) and builds upon earlier gifts from Jane Butcher and her late husband, Charlie, to further research in an area at the forefront of science and medicine. The initiative has wide-ranging implications for patients who need sophisticated treatments.

A new study by a University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ journalism professor that spotlights the growing trend of "news outsourcing" - when big-city radio stations produce and package local news stories for sister stations in distant markets - has garnered the attention of federal regulators who are reviewing media ownership rules. More than 40 percent of radio stations produce news for one or more stations outside their own markets, according to data from the Radio-TV News Directors Association cited in a study by Lee Hood, assistant professor of broadcast journalism at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ.

When the Columbine Memorial is completed this fall, it will join hundreds of memorials across the United States ranging from simple plaques to towers hundreds of feet tall. However, University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Professor Kenneth Foote says that while memorials like the one honoring the Columbine victims are becoming more common, it hasn't always been that way.

University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ anthropology Professor Payson Sheets will give a free public talk on Monday, Sept. 17, about the site of Ceren in El Salvador, buried by volcanic ash 1,400 years ago and considered the best preserved ancient village in Latin America. The archaeology talk will be on campus at 7 p.m. in room 220 of the Education Building, located just north of the intersection of 15th Street and Broadway. Paid parking is available in the Euclid AutoPark located east of the University Memorial Center.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ's 2007 Homecoming festivities kick off Friday, Sept. 28, at 5:15 p.m. with a parade through Â鶹ӰԺ's University Hill neighborhood featuring NASA astronaut Steve Swanson as Grand Marshal. Other parade royalty will include Honored Faculty Professor Brett King and Honorary Marshals Deon Figures, Kanavis McGhee, Matt Russell and Alfred Williams, all former Buff and NFL players.

The University of Colorado's sportsmanship program, "Compete with Class" enters its fifth year at Folsom Field with this Saturday's gridiron match-up against Florida State University starting at 8 p.m. MST. A hotline, (303) 735-BUFF, will be available to fans to report unruly behavior. The hotline was installed midway through the season last year.

CU Buffs fans who are rowdy or who try to smuggle banned substances into Folsom Stadium at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ could find themselves ejected from the game under tight enforcement of rules violations planned by CU Police. CU Police Chief Joe Roy said this Saturday's 8 p.m. game with Florida State will follow the model for all home games of recent years in which violations of banned substances and materials, or disruptive and unruly behavior, could result in fans being booted from the game.

Ivan Doig, the acclaimed author of "This House of Sky" and 10 other books often set in Montana, will receive the Wallace Stegner Award from the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ's Center of the American West on Thursday, Sept. 27. The center's highest award will be presented at 7 p.m. in the Wolf Law Building courtroom. The evening will feature a discussion with Doig conducted by Patty Limerick, professor of history and chair and faculty director of the Center of the American West, and Charles Wilkinson, distinguished professor of law at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ.