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University of Colorado at Boulder chemistry and biochemistry department chair David Walba said having a single assistant professor win a National Science Foundation CAREER Award would be phenomenal.

School violence experts at the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado at Boulder can discuss issues related to fatal shooting of at least 15 high school students by a student gunman in Winnenden, Germany near Stuttgart.

University of Colorado at Boulder contractors are planning to perform routine maintenance on the flood protection levee located on the CU-South property starting in middle to late March, with survey work possibly beginning this week.

President Barak Obama today lifted restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, which many scientists believe could lead to new treatments for various diseases. Three University of Colorado at Boulder experts are available to talk about the biology of stem cell research and some of the implications of the executive order.

The University of Colorado at Boulder's Conference on World Affairs Athenaeum will host a free, public film screening of the rock musical and cult hit "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" on Monday, March 16, at 7 p.m. in Muenzinger Auditorium. The event is co-sponsored by the International Film Series and includes an introduction and a question-and-answer session with the film's writer, director and star, John Cameron Mitchell.

Acclaimed film curators from both sides of the country will meet at the University of Colorado at Boulder to help celebrate the Fifth Annual Stan Brakhage Symposium on March 14-15.

The University of Colorado at Boulder's Center of the American West will host author Amy Irvine on March 11 as she reads from her new book "Trespass: Living at the Edge of the Promised Land." She also will be interviewed by Suzanne Jones, regional director for The Wilderness Society in Denver, and history Professor Patty Limerick, chair of the board of the Center of the American West.

The University of Colorado at Boulder announced today a $500,000 grant from the Boettcher Foundation for the new Visual Arts Complex.

A University of Colorado at Boulder research team has identified a type of skeletal muscle stem cell that contributes to the repair of damaged muscles in mice, which could have important implications in the treatment of injured, diseased or aging muscle tissue in humans, including the ravages of muscular dystrophy.

University of Colorado at Boulder students and members of the community are being sought for a series of free master classes and directors' labs taught by entertainment industry professionals from Disney Theatricals and Cirque du Soleil, a Tony Award-winning conductor and musical director, and a Tony Award-winning Broadway director.