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University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder officials confirmed Saturday that all six ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder students who were studying in Chile or had weekend travel plans to the country for the start of an academic program are safe.

Each morning, University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder alumna Julie Fast wakes to the footsteps of "campesinos" hiking past her front door in Peru on their way to their farm fields.

Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano of the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder visited the White House today as one of four public research university leaders representing about 120 universities pledging to address the national shortage of science and mathematics teachers in a letter presented to President Barack Obama.

Combine the youth and idealism often found on the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder campus with a business degree, and the ability to make a difference in the world takes on new dimensions.

University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder junior David Hinojosa is one of thousands of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder students who are annually making a difference in their communities through civic engagement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder has risen on the Peace Corps' top 25 list of large schools producing Peace Corps Volunteers. With 102 alumni currently serving as Peace Corps Volunteers, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder is No. 2 in the 2009 rankings. Since Peace Corps' inception, 2,157 alumni of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder have served in the Peace Corps, making it the No. 5 all-time producer of volunteers.

University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder Professor Jack Burns of the astrophysical and planetary sciences department has been named chair of the NASA Advisory Council's Science Committee.

Andra Wilkinson is one of 13,397 reasons the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder is one of only three colleges and universities in the United States to receive a Presidential Award for General Community Service.

The University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder has received a grant of up to $2.4 million to improve teacher education in math and science following a nationwide competition that included submissions from more than 50 universities. ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder's grant is one of 12 being awarded by the National Math and Science Initiative to implement programs modeled after UTeach, a highly successful math and science teacher preparation program at the University of Texas at Austin.

A growing program at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder is working to combat what many experts call a looming crisis brought on by a shrinking pool of new K-12 science teachers. Known as the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics Learning Assistant project, its goal is to improve introductory math and science classes at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder and to recruit and train future K-12 science teachers, according to Valerie Otero, director of the program and an assistant professor in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder's School of Education.