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July 8, 2008

Slow But Positive Colorado Job Growth Expected In Second Half Of 2008, CU-Boulder Economist Says Colorado's economy will slow down in the second half of 2008, but overall job growth will still remain positive for the year, according to Richard Wobbekind, an economist with the University of Colorado at Boulder's Leeds School of Business.

ConocoPhillips Announces Partnership With Colorado Center For Biorefining And Biofuels ConocoPhillips announced today it has signed a $5 million, multiyear sponsored research agreement with the Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels, a research center of the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory, to develop new ways to convert biomass into low-carbon transportation fuels.

Species Extinction Threat Underestimated Due To Math Glitch, Says CU-Boulder Study Extinction risks for natural populations of endangered species are likely being underestimated by as much as 100-fold because of a mathematical "misdiagnosis," according to a new study led by a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher.

CU-Boulder Natural Hazards Center To Address Impacts Of Climate Change At 33rd Annual Workshop July 12-15 Post-Katrina changes at the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the impacts of climate change will be discussed by an international gathering of experts July 12-15 at the annual workshop of the University of Colorado at Boulder's Natural Hazards Center.

CU-Boulder Researcher To Participate In Mercury Mission Briefing July 3 University of Colorado at Boulder Senior Research Associate Bill McClintock will participate in a NASA media teleconference on Thursday, July 3, to discuss new findings from the most recent flyby of Mercury by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft.

CU-Boulder Students Set To Launch Student Rocket Payloads June 27 A NASA sounding rocket launching from Virginia on June 27 will carry one University of Colorado at Boulder student payload to measure greenhouse gases and 19 other payloads developed by teams from around the nation from kits produced by CU-Boulder students.

2008 CU Law School Graduates Win National Moot Court Competition Two spring graduates from the University of Colorado School of Law won the American Constitution Society's Constance Baker Motley National Moot Court Competition.

Possible Record CU-Boulder Freshman Class Coming For Fall Paid enrollment deposits for fall 2008 new freshmen at the University of Colorado at Boulder indicate that the campus can expect another exceptional freshman class in the fall. Preliminary numbers point to the class being in excess of 5,700 students, most likely around 5,750.

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