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The televised launch of a NASA mission involving University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ faculty, staff and students to probe mysterious clouds, possibly tied to climate change, will be presented Wednesday, April 25, at 1:30 p.m. on the east campus. The program is being hosted by CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, which built two of the three instruments for the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere mission, or AIM. LASP will control the NASA spacecraft from campus.

The southwestern United States has experienced a significant delay in its annual summer monsoon rains in recent decades due to warmer sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, according to a new study at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ.

o Based on policy set forth by the University of Colorado Board of Regents and Colorado Revised Statute Title 18-12-105.5, it is unlawful to carry a concealed weapon or to possess a weapon while on the grounds of a CU campus.

A second candlelight vigil in remembrance of the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings will be held at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ on Sunday, April 22, from 8-9 p.m. The event will be held on the Norlin Quad. Candles will be provided. The candlelight vigil aims to unite the Â鶹ӰԺ community to express compassion and sympathy for those people who were killed or wounded and for "those whose lives will be forever changed" by the April 16 tragedy, according to CU-Â鶹ӰԺ students from Virginia who are organizing the event.

Procedures have been in place for many years at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ to help campus counselors and administrators identify and reach out to people - including students, faculty and staff - who may be at risk for injuring themselves or others. "Students are encouraged to let us know of students in distress so that we can refer people who need help to various counseling resources on campus," said Ron Stump, vice chancellor for student affairs.

NEWS TIP SHEET When jurors found Joseph Nacchio guilty of insider trading, they served notice that senior executives must learn to better manage their egos, according to Mathew Hayward, an assistant professor of management at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ's Leeds School of Business.

On April 19, 2007 at about 9:00 PM the University of Colorado Police Department received an anonymous call reporting that a resident of the Kittredge West residence had weapons in his room, including “a gun.”

University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ researchers are forecasting a one in three chance that the 2007 minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic region will set an all-time record low.

This week, our nation, our campus and campuses across the world are mourning the loss of students and faculty at Virginia Tech University. Yesterday, our community hosted a vigil in remembrance of those taken from us in one of the worst public acts of violence in our nation's history. Our entire country, and all of American higher education, has been hit hard by this senseless act, and campus communities everywhere are desperately trying to make sense of what has happened.

Â鶹ӰԺ 550 students from throughout Colorado will be on the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ campus Saturday, April 28, giving performances, presenting multimedia documentaries and research papers and showing exhibits based on a historical topic. More than 260 teams of students in grades six through 12 will be competing in Colorado History Day, which is part of the largest national humanities education program in the country. The event is free and open to the public and will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the University Memorial Center and other campus locations.