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NASA has selected a team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder as one of two finalists for an orbiting space mission slated to launch in 2011 to probe the past climate of Mars, including its potential for harboring life over the eons. The team, led by CU-Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, will receive $2 million from NASA for a nine-month "Phase A" study for the proposed Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission, or MAVEN.

Three researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have received a 2007 U.S. Department of Energy award to support research efforts to improve climate models.

The University of Colorado at Boulder is open today, Monday, Jan. 8. However, due to high winds and poor road conditions on some roads into Boulder, employees are advised to use caution on trips to and from campus, according to campus Police Chief Joe Roy. CU-Boulder is on winter break this week. Classes resume on Tuesday, Jan. 16.

The University of Colorado at Boulder campus is closing today at 2 p.m. for all but essential employees due to hazardous weather conditions, according to Provost and Acting Chancellor Phil DiStefano. The campus will resume normal business operations and previously scheduled activities at 6 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 6.

The Friends of the University of Colorado Libraries will hold its annual Information Day at Norlin Library on the CU-Boulder campus Wednesday, Jan. 10, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will be in the Center for British and Irish Studies on the fifth floor of the library. Information Day is free and open to the public and no reservations are required.

University of Colorado Professor Leslie Leinwand has been named a recipient of one of two Marsico Endowed Chairs of Excellence for her teaching and research activities associated with her studies of genetic heart defects.

The University of Colorado at Boulder campus is closing today at 2 p.m. today for all but essential employees, according to Provost and Acting Chancellor Phil DiStefano. Whether campus will reopen on Friday will be determined Friday morning and will be announced via the news media by 6 a.m. and posted on the CU-Boulder Web site at www.colorado.edu . CU-Boulder employees scheduled to work on Friday should monitor news media reports at 6 a.m. and may call the CU-Boulder Info Line at (303) 492-5500 for updates.

The University of Colorado at Boulder campus will be closed on Friday, Dec. 29, for all but essential employees due to hazardous weather conditions, according to Provost and Acting Chancellor Phil DiStefano.

Western U.S. wildfires are likely to increase in the coming decades, according to a new tree-ring study led by the University of Comahue in Argentina and involving the University of Colorado at Boulder that links episodic fire outbreaks in the past five centuries with periods of warming sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic.

Due to the ongoing weather and road conditions in Colorado, we have taken several steps to better accommodate visitors and members of the CU-Boulder campus community for Friday, Dec. 22. The university will delay opening for 2 hours on Friday. Personnel should plan to report at 10 a.m. unless otherwise notified.