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Colorado's economy will experience modest growth in 2008, and should outpace the national economy, according to economist Richard Wobbekind, of the University of Colorado at Boulder's Leeds School of Business. Wobbekind's announcement was part of the 43rd annual Business Economic Outlook Forum hosted Dec. 10 by CU-Boulder's Leeds School of Business and Compass Bank.

Alaska's Columbia Glacier, one of the most rapidly shrinking glaciers in the world that recently reached the mid-point of its projected retreat, is the subject of a new book by a University of Colorado at Boulder glaciologist.

Much of the gaseous mass of the universe is bound up in a tangled web of cosmic filaments that stretch for hundreds of millions of light-years, according to a new supercomputer study by a team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder.

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences is teaming up with NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory, one of the nation's pre-eminent research labs, to offer a new, competitive fellowship to earth science graduate students at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The fellowship will allow students to pursue a master's degree or doctorate in one of 10 CIRES-affiliated departments at CU-Boulder while simultaneously working with the world-class research team at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration labs in Boulder.

University of Colorado President Hank Brown today announced a settlement in the case of Lisa Simpson, who sued the university in a Title IX-related lawsuit involving the Boulder campus Athletics Department. Details of the Title IX Settlement will be posted on the CU system Web site at www.cu.edu/news .

Alternative energy cars and bicycles, a wireless iPod charger and assistive technology devices for people with disabilities are among 65 student inventions that will be demonstrated at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Engineering Design Expo on Saturday, Dec. 8. The Expo is free and open to the public from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The event will be held at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory, located at Regent Drive and Colorado Avenue.

Molecular technology developed by a University of Colorado at Boulder professor to probe extreme life forms in undersea hydrothermal vents has been used to identify unexpected bacteria strains in the lung fluid of Denver children suffering from cystic fibrosis, findings that may lead to more effective therapies.

University of Colorado at Boulder Chancellor G.P. “Bud” Peterson today named Ron Stump, vice chancellor for student affairs at CU-Boulder, as interim executive director of the University of Colorado Alumni Association, effective Feb. 4.

MEDIA ADVISORY At approximately 11:50 a.m. Monday, Dec. 3, emergency personnel responded to a fire alarm pull at the Kittredge Commons building on the CU-Boulder campus. Emergency responders included City of Boulder firefighters, University of Colorado Police and officials from CU-BoulderÂ’s department of Environmental Health and Safety. Housing and Dining Hall employees in the Commons building reported being exposed to fumes from an unknown origin that caused irritation to their eyes, throats and noses.

Four new Professors of Distinction named by the University of Colorado at Boulder College of Arts and Sciences will discuss their research in public lectures on Monday, Dec. 3, on the CU-Boulder campus. The lectures will be in Wolf Law Building rooms 205 and 207 with two lectures beginning at 5:30 p.m. and two lectures starting at 6 p.m. in each of the rooms. A reception will follow in the Student Commons on the second floor.