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July 5, 2009

$4.75 Million in Gifts Make Late Boulderite Largest-Ever Individual Donor to CU Buffs Louise Bennett Reed, who passed away at age 103 last June, gave gifts totaling more than $4.75 million for University of Colorado at Boulder athletic scholarships, making her the largest individual donor to the CU-Boulder Athletics department.

CU-Boulder Study Says Jets on Saturn Moon Enceladus Not Geysers From Underground Ocean Water vapor jets that spew from the surface of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus are not really geysers from an underground ocean as initially envisioned by planetary scientists, according to a study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder.

U.S. Rep. John Salazar Visits With CU Team at Chimney Rock Archaeological Area U.S. Rep. John Salazar praised the efforts of federal, state and private groups, including University of Colorado at Boulder faculty and student archaeologists, who are working together to investigate and restore the Chimney Rock Archaeological Area near Pagosa Springs, Colo. The site is considered one of the most spectacular Ancestral Pueblo ruins in all of the Southwest.

CU Researchers Find First Definitive Evidence for Ancient Lake on Mars A University of Colorado at Boulder research team has discovered the first definitive evidence of shorelines on Mars, an indication of a deep, ancient lake there and a finding with implications for the discovery of past life on the Red Planet.

Death Penalty Does Not Deter Murder, According to New CU-Boulder Study Eighty-eight percent of the country's top criminologists do not believe the death penalty acts as a deterrent to homicide, according to a new study published today in Northwestern University School of Law's Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology authored by Professor Michael Radelet, chair of the sociology department at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and Traci Lacock, an attorney and CU-Boulder graduate student in sociology.

CU to Break Ground on New Institute of Behavioral Science Building in July The University of Colorado at Boulder is preparing to begin construction on a new building for the Institute of Behavioral Science, or IBS. The pre-construction work is scheduled to start on Monday, July 6, with excavation beginning in the middle of July.

CU-Boulder Summer Session Offers Classes With Professors From Around the Globe With unique classes that aren't offered during the spring and fall and a roster of extraordinary faculty, the University of Colorado at Boulder's summer session is an exciting and fruitful alternative to a summer break. Best of all, the university brings in teachers from around the globe through a program titled Faculty-In-Residence Summer Term, or FIRST.

New CU-Boulder Research Effort Discovers Ancient Maya Intensively Cultivated Manioc A University of Colorado at Boulder team has uncovered an ancient and previously unknown Maya agricultural system -- a large manioc field intensively cultivated as a staple crop that was buried and exquisitely preserved under a blanket of ash by a volcanic eruption in present-day El Salvador 1,400 years ago.

Online Oil Shale Report Released by CU's Center of the American West According to Colorado lore, a settler named Mike Callahan came to the state's Western Slope in 1882 and settled along Parachute Creek. He built a log cabin from the sturdy pines of the area and finished it off with a fireplace and chimney made from the abundant rocks he found on nearby hills. But when he lit a fire in the hearth his housewarming suddenly took on new meaning when the chimney rocks burst into flames, engulfing the entire house.

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