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After lagging the nation in job recovery from the recent recession, Colorado can expect job growth in every business sector in 2005, according to University of Colorado at Boulder economist Richard Wobbekind. Wobbekind's announcement was part of the 40th annual Business Economic Outlook Forum hosted Dec. 6 by CU-Boulder's Leeds School of Business and KeyBank. After losing jobs in 2002 and 2003, Colorado began turning it around in the second quarter of 2004, according to Wobbekind.

Two experimental observation satellites built and controlled by undergraduate students at the University of Colorado at Boulder are set to be launched Friday, Dec. 10, for a brief study of clouds and testing of artificial intelligence.

Campus Celebration: Monday, 3-5 p.m., Glenn Miller Ballroom, UMC The University of Colorado at Boulder will hold a campus celebration in honor of Distinguished Professor Carl Wieman's selection as the 2004 U.S. Professor of the Year for doctoral and research universities on Monday, Dec. 6. The celebration will be from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom of the University Memorial Center at Broadway and Euclid Avenue.

"Eric reached a milestone recently. He is no longer in intensive care. He remains in the hospital, letting his skin grafts heal and working on his rehabilitation. "Eric is no longer connected to any tubes. He is on a regular diet and even ate turkey on Thanksgiving Day. "Eric is still on a lot of medications, but can now take them orally instead of intravenously or through a feeding tube." NOTE:

Eighteen University of Colorado at Boulder faculty have been awarded prestigious Faculty Fellowships for the 2005-'06 academic year for research ranging from black holes and natural hazards to Japanese gender geography.

The University of Colorado at Boulder announced the appointment today of long-time athletics administrator Jack Lengyel as interim athletics director at CU-Boulder, effective Dec. 1. Lengyel is expected to serve for a six-month period during which the campus will conduct a national search for the permanent position, said Provost Phil DiStefano. His salary as interim athletics director will be $16,000 per month.

A University of Colorado at Boulder engineering professor may have found the key to developing more accurate and efficient propulsion systems by studying the formation of vortex rings, such as those made by squid and jellyfish to move themselves underwater.

The creative ingenuity of engineering students at the University of Colorado at Boulder will be on display Saturday, Dec. 4, when nearly 60 student inventions will be demonstrated to the public at the ITLL Fall Design Expo. The student inventions range from fun to functional, including a Rube Goldberg ice cream sundae-maker, a teeter-totter water pump and a car windshield that automatically turns opaque when the engine is turned off.

"We are thankful for so much this Thanksgiving. Eric continues to improve. The health care team has been fantastic. Our extended family and our friends are watching out for all of our non-medical needs. "Eric had his second skin autograft today, a week after the first. The doctors were pleased with the results of the first autograft.

Scientists have glimpsed the three-dimensional structure of a protein that protects the ends of human chromosomes, a function essential for normal cell division and survival, according to Thomas Cech, president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a distinguished professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder. By visualizing the protein as it surrounds the end of a chromosome, the scientists have learned how the protein homes in on a specific DNA sequence and acts like a protective cap to prevent erosion of chromosome ends, he said.