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Arctic autumn, Antarctic spring both see surprisingly little ice extent, new National Snow and Ice Data Center data shows.

The University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder has been selected to lead a $15.3 million effort to better understand how to improve the sustainability of water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in the developing world.

Deborah Jin passed away Sept. 15, 2016, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 47. Jin was an internationally renowned physicist and Fellow with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an Adjoint Professor in the Department of Physics at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder, and a Fellow of JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥.

University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder researchers were awarded nearly $437 million in research grants in the 2015-16 fiscal year, continuing a decade’s worth of robust growth in sponsored research funding for the campus.

The Arctic’s ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent on September 10, 2016, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), part of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ and the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder.

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder researchers will play a key role in a landmark national study of brain development and child health in the United States.

Capitalizing on its reputation as a top public university in space research, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder has launched a brand new Space Minor program for all undergraduate students. Students are invited to learn more at an event 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, at the Fiske Planetarium. The event will feature astronaut Jim Voss - and pizza and drinks.

A new $3 million sponsorship by Lockheed Martin announced Thursday will establish academic programs focused on radio frequency (RF) systems. RF fields address commercial, civil and military needs for communications, radar and photonics. For students, the partnership means even more opportunities to get real-world experience in tracking, navigation and spacecraft control as well as next-generation global navigation technologies.

As the guest jurist for the fifth John Paul Stevens Lecture, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will join a "fireside chat" on Sept. 2 at Macky Auditorium, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder announced today. The event is hosted by the Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law and is free and open to the campus community and public. Registration is required by Aug. 22.

<p>The University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s BioFrontiers Institute has received a $1 million gift from John F. Milligan and Kathryn Bradford-Milligan of Hillsborough, California to establish a fund for graduate students participating in an interdisciplinary bioscience program.</p>