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Amgen, a global biotechnology company with manufacturing operations in Boulder and Longmont, is giving $1 million toward the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building, a state-of-the-art research and teaching facility under construction at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

** Kathleen Tierney, director of the CU-Boulder Natural Hazards Center and a nationally recognized expert on disasters, is available to talk with the media about the Haitian earthquake. The center is the nation's leading repository of knowledge on human behavior in disasters.

The University of Colorado Law School's Natural Resources Law Center is working on a new Colorado River Governance Initiative to examine the current governance structure of the Colorado River and engage policymakers on possible institutional reforms.

The University of Colorado at Boulder is the nation's No. 5 "Best Value" public college or university for 2010 according to rankings released today by USA Today and The Princeton Review.

Preston Padden, executive vice president for government relations for the Walt Disney Co., has accepted appointments to join the University of Colorado at Boulder next fall as an adjunct professor in the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program and a senior fellow at the Silicon Flatirons Center.

Stephen Grace, former general manager of the largest educational cable access channel in the United States and a producer for NBC's "Today" show, has been appointed executive director of the Presidents Leadership Institute at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Seven research efforts involving the University of Colorado at Boulder were among the top 100 science stories of the year selected by Discover Magazine -- ideas and breakthroughs that are reshaping our understanding of the world, according to the publication.

Contrary to conventional belief, as the climate warms and growing seasons lengthen subalpine forests are likely to soak up less carbon dioxide, according to a new University of Colorado at Boulder study.

Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano of the University of Colorado at Boulder visited the White House today as one of four public research university leaders representing about 120 universities pledging to address the national shortage of science and mathematics teachers in a letter presented to President Barack Obama.

When the call came, Liz Harris didn't hesitate to answer in the affirmative: Spend part of the holiday season in Iraq and Kuwait helping to entertain U.S. troops?