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The University of Colorado today announced it has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Quidel Corp. to market Flu Chip and MChip diagnostic technologies developed by CU-Boulder researchers in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

CSU Release Presidents at Colorado's major research universities - Larry Edward Penley at Colorado State University, Hank Brown at the University of Colorado and Bill Scoggins at Colorado School of Mines - are working collaboratively in ways that benefit Colorado. That cooperation also extends to scientific discovery. As an example, laser research at Colorado State University, the University of Colorado and the Colorado School of Mines generates tens of millions of dollars in annual research expenditures for the state.

An estimated 9,000 people are expected to attend the winter commencement ceremony at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Dec. 22 and those planning to drive should arrive early to avoid traffic delays. Commencement begins at 9:30 a.m. in the Coors Events/Conference Center, and guests should plan to arrive before 9 a.m. Early arrival will give all guests time to be in their seats by 9:10 a.m. and will avoid delaying the ceremony.

Four University of Colorado at Boulder roommates are counting down the days to Jan. 6, when they will embark on a post-graduation, two-month trek through Mexico and Central America to help build homes while also "catching some waves."

University of Colorado at Boulder Police are investigating a break-in at the campus's Wardenburg Health Center on Dec. 15 in which prescriptions that were ready for pickup may have been taken from the pharmacy. Wardenburg officials are doing an inventory to determine if any prescriptions are missing, said Cmdr. John Kish of the CU Police Department. No prescriptions were missing as of Monday.

University of Colorado at Boulder officials today announced that a server in the campus's Academic Advising Center was the subject of a computer attack. CU-Boulder officials said they had begun the process of notifying 17,500 individuals that their personal information - including names and Social Security numbers - might have been exposed in the attack. CU-Boulder officials are continuing to determine the extent of information exposed.

Making a classroom geyser from mints and soda will be among the experiments highlighting the University of Colorado at Boulder's Dec. 23 CU Wizards show "Go With the Flow." CU-Boulder faculty member Janet deGrazia of the chemical and biological engineering department will present the show at 9:30 a.m. in Cristol Chemistry and Biochemistry room 140 on the Boulder campus. During the show, deGrazia will explore the properties of fluids. Guests will take part in experiments and learn why soap floats, how to keep the carbonation in soda and how to make "elephant snot."

The National Communication Association recently named University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Emeritus John Waite Bowers one of the association's distinguished scholars. Bowers is one of three CU-Boulder professors to receive the award, which recognizes lifetime achievement in communication scholarship. The others are Gerard Hauser and Stanley Deetz.

The University of Colorado at Boulder will expand a need-based scholarship program designed to attract and retain non-traditional students through an $80,000 Daniels Opportunity Scholarship grant from the Daniels Fund beginning in 2007.

MEDIA ADVISORY A new podcast produced by the University of Colorado at Boulder Office of News Services offers shopping tips from Leeds School of Business Professor Donald Lichtenstein to help consumers save money. Even with all the choices and information available to shoppers today on the Internet, Lichtenstein said many shoppers still lose when it comes to getting the best price for their gifts because most people engage in surprisingly little "search behavior" before making a purchase.