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No one knows better than Steve Forbes that money makes the world go around. Now the president and CEO of Forbes Inc. will offer some advice on the topic and share some insight into global economies and consumer culture at a Dec. 9 speech at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Due to the inclement weather, the chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder has authorized appropriate supervisory personnel to release early today all employees who have substantial commutes or special transportation needs. NOTE: this is not a closing of the university: all academic departments shall remain open for normal business hours for the remainder of the day, all classes and all university events will proceed as scheduled this afternoon and this evening, and all CU-Boulder buildings will operate under their normal schedules.

For University of Colorado at Boulder Law School students, experiential education is about applied learning -- acquiring experience and skills by working as lawyers on actual, current cases for clients in need. Thanks to a new $5 million endowed chair donated to the law school by local philanthropists Richard F. and Rick E. Schaden, Colorado Law students will be better equipped to incorporate real-world practice into their schooling.

Whether it's a penguin sliding down a 30-foot ice track, robots playing basketball or students walking on water using foam skis, there should be fun for everyone at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Engineering Design Expo on Saturday, Dec. 6.

Gerda Klein's understanding of tolerance didn't come easy. The author of several books, including "One Survivor Remembers," lost her entire family in the Holocaust, spent years in Nazi labor camps and was sent on a 350-mile death march by her captors at the end of the war.

The University of Colorado at Boulder Leeds School of Business will present its 44th annual Colorado Business Economic Outlook forum on Monday, Dec. 8 at 1 p.m. at the Denver Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1750 Welton St.

A University of Colorado at Boulder payload of web-spinning spiders and wannabe butterflies delivered to the International Space Station by the space shuttle Endeavour Nov. 14 has generated a buzz among scientists, astronauts, the news media and has even spawned an Internet video set to the music of "The Itsy-Bitsy Spider."

Two University of Colorado at Boulder faculty members are among 33 researchers selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute of Chevy Chase, Md., to participate in a $40 million pilot program to pursue large, collaborative and potentially transformative biomedical research.

A $1.2 million gift from the Tang Fund of New York to the University of Colorado at Boulder, the largest endowed gift ever made to the Center for Asian Studies, will allow students to experience China through a new study abroad program.

A strong La Niña that developed early last winter, only to disappear this summer, is showing signs of life again and could affect our winter weather, said University of Colorado at Boulder and NOAA atmospheric scientist Klaus Wolter.