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Office workers, musicians and golfers are among those who can benefit from a unique form of balance and movement training used by actors including Hillary Swank, Robin Williams and Paul Newman, according to a University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ professor. The Alexander Technique has been used by dozens of successful actors, athletes, musicians and others to combat chronic pain and repetitive motion injury, according to James Brody, a professor at the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ College of Music.

NASA has awarded graduate fellowships to five University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ students for earth system science studies in 2005, the most awarded to any university in the nation. A total of 65 Earth System Science Graduate Student Fellowships awarded to 41 universities by NASA for 2005-2006 are now pending acceptance by applicants at their respective institutions. Each graduate fellowship carries a one-year, $24,000 award that is renewable annually for up to three years based on academic progress and performance.

The world of shrinking technologies and the opportunities and challenges faced when building at the "nanoscale" will be explored in a July 26 lecture at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. Cornell University physics Professor Paul McEuen will present the free public lecture "Small is All: Nano, Bio and the Future of Technology" at 7 p.m. in Duane Physics room G1B20.

New findings from a study conducted by psychologists at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ and the University of South Carolina could change scientists' basic understanding of how infants learn.

Cigarette smoking causes as many as 340,000 deaths a year in the United States and poses a greater relative risk to women than men, according to a new detailed analysis of smokers and mortality led by a University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ sociologist.

Twenty-five students from the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ studying international business in London are safe and accounted for in their flats in the city's financial district following today's terrorist attack, CU-Â鶹ӰԺ officials said. All of the students also have contacted or attempted to contact their families following the terrorist attack.

Today's bombings of three subway stations and a bus in London "shows that there was some degree of planning and there is probably the presence of some headquarters or planning cell of terrorists involved," said University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ political science instructor Michael Kanner. Frank Beer, a political science professor of international relations and conflict, said the attack "will have a chilling effect on Western life and graphically shows the vulnerability of complex modern societies."

The ideas behind building a quantum computer and the power of such a device will be explored July 13 in a lecture at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. Charles Marcus, scientific director of Harvard University's Center of Imaging and Mesoscale Structures and physics professor, will present the free public lecture "Quantum Physics and Computation" at 7 p.m. in Duane Physics room G1B30. Marcus will discuss the possibility of building a quantum computer and the technological advancements that could be expected from it. He also will talk about his research.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will host a public meeting July 19 to receive community input on its state-issued stormwater permit related to protecting the water quality of Â鶹ӰԺ's creeks. The permit deals with surface water, irrigation water, storm drains and any other conveyances on campus that run into local waterways without going through a sewage treatment plant. The meeting to solicit public comment will be held on campus in the Environmental Health and Safety Center at 1000 Regent Drive from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the second floor conference room.

Leading resort developers, professors and law professionals will converge in Avon July 27-29 to discuss the latest trends in sustainable resort development during the Sustainable Resort Development Conference, hosted by the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Leeds School of Business and business community representatives. Leeds executive development programs and the CU Real Estate Center have teamed up with leading resort developers to present the conference at the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek resort in Avon. A fee will be charged to attend the conference.