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The Colorado economy continues to expand, outperforming the U.S. economy and reaffirming previous expectations, according to the midyear economic update released today by the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s Leeds School of Business.

The New Horizons spacecraft made a successful flyby of Pluto this morning after a nine-year, 3 billion-mile-journey, sending a thumbs-up signal to Earth tonight and elating the world’s space science community, including CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ participants.

When the New Horizons spacecraft encountered Pluto early this morning, several CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ alumni realized a decade full of dreams and no one more so than Beth Cervelli.

Thirty-two Latino and Chicano Colorado high school students are immersing themselves in college life and learning July 12-18 at the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ as part of the third annual Aquetza: Youth Leadership, Education and Community Empowerment summer program.

Children consume more low-nutrition, high-calorie food such as cookies and candy after observing seemingly overweight cartoon characters, according to a first-of-its-kind study led by the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ.

After a nine-year journey of 3 billion miles, a piano-sized, power-packed NASA spacecraft has an upcoming date with history that some ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ students, faculty and alumni wouldn’t miss for the world.

Southern Californians and writers love to blame the hot, dry Santa Ana winds for tense, ugly moods, and the winds have long been associated with destructive wildfires. Now, NOAA researchers have fo und that on occasion, the winds have an accomplice with respect to fires, at least: Natural atmospheric events known as stratospheric intrusions, which bring extremely dry air from the upper atmosphere down to the surface, adding to the fire danger effects of the Santa Anas, and exacerbating some air pollution episodes.

This summer, middle and high school students are helping build and test 3-D structures that complement and mimic the cutting-edge ‘photo origami’ research conducted at the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ.

Two of the five recipients of the 2015 Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship are CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ alumni. Ari Beser (PolSci’11) and Ryan T. Bell (Hist’01) will study and document international stories over the next year.

The confidence of Colorado business leaders dipped slightly though remained optimistic going into the third quarter of 2015, according to the Leeds Business Confidence Index released by CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s Leeds School of Business.