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Environmental Variability, Migration, and Rural Livelihoods Funded by NIH, National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, $147,000 Lori Hunter and Stefan Leyk (University of Colorado at Boulder) Wayne Twine, Mark Collinson, Barend

Cameron will return to Patagonia to complete his research on the physiological mechanisms of dieback in forests of Austrocedrus chilensis and Nothofagus dombeyi.

Cameron Naficy Receives the University of Montana International Fund Award ($700). Cameron will return to Patagonia to complete his research on the physiological mechanisms of dieback in forests of Austrocedrus chilensis and 

NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden has selected Waleed Abdalati to serve as the agency's chief scientist effective Jan. 3 for a two-year appointment. Abdalati will serve as chief adviser to Bolden on matters relating to agency science programs,

Cameron Naficy Receives the Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research ($700). Cameron will return to Patagonia to complete his research on the physiological mechanisms of dieback in forests of Austrocedrus chilensis and Nothofagus dombeyi.

Mark Williams received funding for the Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research Program 2011-2016: Tipping points in high-elevation ecosystems in response to changes in climate and atmospheric deposition, 12/1/10 - 11/30/16, $5,880,000. See Niwot

The ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder Outreach has awarded Professor Tom Veblen $5000 for an outreach project focusing on historical perspectives and ecological impacts of the September 2010 Fourmile Canyon wildfire. The Fourmile Canyon fire was the most destructive

Proving that there is no better discipline for 'Jeopardy' training, the Geography Department's GTU (Gamma Theta Upsilon) team won first place at the 2nd annual UGGS (United Government of Graduate Students) trivia competition.See UGGS and GTU for

The Geography Department at the University of Colorado at Boulder has been ranked 2nd in the country in the latest release of doctoral program rankings from the National Research Council (NRC). ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Geography was also the top ranked doctoral program

Researchers from the University of Colorado will partner with colleagues at other schools to study fire and climate change in forests in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. A $3.85 million grant from the National Science Foundation is