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The Fourmile Canyon Fire in Boulder County does not represent a threat to the University of Colorado and campus classes are proceeding on a normal schedule. However, some students have been displaced from their off-campus housing and others may have been or will be affected by smoke or other impacts from the wildfire.

Professor Thomas Veblen of the geography department can address the ecological effects of wildfires in Colorado; climate change and wildfires; fires and bark beetles; and wildfires. He can be reached at 303-492-8528 or Thomas.Veblen@colorado.edu . E-mail is the best way contact him. Jane Bock, retired professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, can address western wildfire ecology. She can be reached at 970-593-0343 or 303-579-9739, or by e-mail at Jane.Bock@colorado.edu .

The Boulder County Sheriff's Office and local fire departments are combating a wildfire in Boulder County northwest of the City of Boulder.

The University of Colorado at Boulder Police Department is investigating a report of an assault that occurred on Sunday, Sept. 5 in the vicinity of Kittredge Field on the CU-Boulder campus and is seeking tips to help identify the suspect.

Student Involvement Week will highlight myriad opportunities for University of Colorado at Boulder students to be involved with their campus and the greater Boulder community beginning Sept. 7.

Observations made with NASA's newly refurbished Hubble Space Telescope of a nearby supernova are allowing astronomers to measure the velocity and composition of "star guts" being ejected into space following the explosion, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder.

The University of Colorado at Boulder today announced the charge and membership of an exploratory committee to consider the structure and organization of a new interdisciplinary academic program of information, communication and technology.

The University of Colorado at Boulder will offer a series of free events on campus Sept. 7-9 aimed at suicide awareness and prevention.

Faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Montana State University, the University of Idaho and collaborators at the U.S. Forest Service received a $3.85 million grant to study fire and climate change in sensitive forests in the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

A multidisciplinary team of University of Colorado faculty has been awarded $1.97 million by the National Science Foundation to develop a "living wall" system based on biomimicry, or the imitation of nature, to slash energy use in buildings.