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New results from the largest federally funded bipolar study ever conducted show that patients who receive psychotherapy in addition to medication get better faster from bipolar disorder's debilitating depression and stay better longer, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher involved in the study.

Two University of Colorado at Boulder graduate specialty programs were ranked in the top 10 nationally in a new but limited U.S. News & World Report graduate school rankings report scheduled for release March 30. The CU-Boulder School of Law's environmental law specialty program was ranked fourth in the nation in 2007, up five spots from 2006, while the specialty program of physical chemistry ranked 10th in the country. Magazine officials said expanded specialty rankings for selected disciplines would be released on March 30.

UCDHSC news release Psychiatric researchers at both the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center and the University of Colorado at Boulder took part in a $26.8 million, 22-center study across the United States between 1998 and 2005 that looked at medication effectiveness in patients with bipolar disorder.

A new festival named in honor of Ofelia Miramontes, the late associate vice chancellor who promoted diversity at the University of Colorado at Boulder, will pay tribute to the contributions women have made to music and art. The Miramontes Music and Arts Festival will take place April 2 through April 6 on the CU-Boulder campus. Activities will take place at various campus venues and will include panel discussions, a film screening, an interactive mural and a breakdancing workshop. The festival is planned to be held annually.

A new partnership between the University of Colorado at Boulder's BUENO Center and the Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's Hispanic Chamber Education Foundation will help Denver residents without high school degrees earn general education diplomas, or GEDs.

Denver-area public school music teachers will be able to learn more about the social and psychological factors that can promote, inhibit or delay musical development among K-12 students during a special Saturday seminar in April at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Accompanied by an original score composed and performed by University of Colorado at Boulder music students, an innovative California-based troupe will stage a theater production on stilts in the campus's new black-box theater.

A growing interest in Asian languages, cultures and geopolitics - from the booming economies of China and India to troubled hot spots in North Korea and the Middle East - has prompted a University of Colorado at Boulder center to expand its course offerings to undergraduate and graduate students. Professor Laurel Rasplica Rodd, director of the CU-Boulder Center for Asian Studies, said students began taking Hindi classes this academic year and that Farsi and Indonesian classes would be offered starting next fall.

An innovative partnership between the University of Colorado at Boulder and Habitat for Humanity aims to give student leaders hands-on experience and teach them what it takes to run an effective nonprofit organization dedicated to creating stronger communities and helping people in need.

The University of Colorado at Boulder is joining with Colorado State University, the Colorado School of Mines, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the business sector to establish a Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels. The center was announced Monday by Colorado political leaders including U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar, Gov. Bill Ritter, Sen. Wayne Allard and U.S. Reps Mark Udall and Marilyn Musgrave.