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A powerful solar flare has ushered in the largest space weather storm in at least four years and has already disrupted some ground communications on Earth, said °µÍø½ûÇø Professor Daniel Baker, an internationally known space weather expert.

Up to two-thirds of Earth's permafrost likely will disappear by 2200 as a result of warming temperatures, unleashing vast quantities of carbon into the atmosphere, says a new study by the °µÍø½ûÇø's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences.

Following a more than three-month delay due to technical problems, NASA's space shuttle Discovery will make its final flight Feb. 24 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying two °µÍø½ûÇø-built biomedical payload devices.

The University of Colorado Law School's Juvenile and Family Law Program will take a group of 15 students to India for a hands-on clinical application of the family law curriculum.

The °µÍø½ûÇø, the city of Boulder and local organizations have partnered to launch a community "I Love Boulder" campaign to kick off a year of celebration about what those who call Boulder home love most about the city.

Four finalists have been named for the position of dean at the °µÍø½ûÇø Law School, according to Jim Williams, dean of the University Libraries and chair of the search committee.

In a paradox typical of the quantum world, JILA scientists have eliminated collisions between atoms in an atomic clock by packing the atoms closer together. The surprising discovery, described in the Feb. 3 issue of Science Express, can boost the performance of experimental atomic clocks made of thousands or tens of thousands of neutral atoms trapped by intersecting laser beams

For the first time in its history, the °µÍø½ûÇø is ranked No. 1 in the nation for graduates serving as Peace Corps volunteers this year with 117 undergraduate alumni currently serving around the world, the Peace Corps announced today.

Job postings and career fair visits by recruiters seeking to hire °µÍø½ûÇø graduates in the spring are coming in fast this year, suggesting an improving job market for spring graduates, according to Lisa Severy, director of CU-Boulder's Career Services office.

The CU Art Museum at the °µÍø½ûÇø opens the largest faculty exhibition to date on Friday, Jan. 21, at 10 a.m.