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Sixteen Boettcher Scholars at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ received enrichment grants this summer to conduct projects in locations ranging from campus laboratories to an aboriginal medical clinic in Australia. The Boettcher Scholarship is considered to be the most prestigious merit-based scholarship available to graduating high school seniors in the state. Forty Boettcher Scholars are selected annually to attend any of the 16 four-year accredited colleges and universities in Colorado, and all must be in the top 5 percent of their graduating high school class.

Tim Palmer of the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts in England will address the value of ensemble forecast techniques in a free talk on Friday, July 19, at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ. Palmer's talk, "Predicting Weather and Climate: A Risky Business," will give examples of ensemble forecasting techniques and demonstrate their applications in crisis weather events such as flooding.

The CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Leeds School of Business has appointed Anne Sandoe-Thorp as director of MBA admissions and marketing. In this role, Sandoe-Thorp will spearhead marketing, corporate outreach, recruitment and admissions for both the full-time and Professional MBA programs. Sandoe-Thorp spent the last 17 years working at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, culminating in her position as director of operations for Duke Corporate Education. Previously she was the assistant dean and director of MBA programs.

At least three reservoirs likely will be contaminated by erosion in areas burned by this season's record wildfires, according to a University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ researcher. The South Platte watershed and Cheesman Reservoir, one of Denver's important water sources, will be affected by erosion from the Hayman fire, while the Missionary Ridge fire could affect the Vallecito and Lemon reservoirs, according to John Gartner, a research assistant at CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research.