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University of Colorado Boulder Professor Bernard Amadei has been appointed one of three new Science Envoys who will help strengthen U.S. ties with other countries to address global challenges, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced today. Amadei, who holds the Mortenson Endowed Chair in Global Engineering at CU-Boulder, along with professors Susan Hockfield of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Barbara Schaal of Washington University in St. Louis, make up the third cohort of Science Envoys since the program鈥檚 inception in 2009.

Matthew Reed didn鈥檛 feel ready for college right out of high school. But after five years of military service, he felt more prepared to pursue a college degree. 鈥淏eing in the military made me disciplined,鈥� said Reed. 鈥淚鈥檓 much better prepared and in a much better situation to be in college now.鈥� Reed, from Broken Arrow, Okla., is a sophomore majoring in geology and anthropology. Because he is an Iraq veteran, his tuition is covered by the Post 9/11 G.I. Bill.

The University of Colorado Boulder will honor the nation鈥檚 veterans, including CU-Boulder鈥檚 own faculty, staff and student veterans, through Veterans Week, beginning with a Nov. 9 Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. in the University Memorial Center鈥檚 Glenn Miller Ballroom. The free, public ceremony will feature guest speaker Michael Dakduk, executive director of the national organization Student Veterans of America. A reception will follow in the UMC Veterans Lounge.

The University of Colorado Boulder will honor the nation鈥檚 veterans, including CU-Boulder鈥檚 own faculty, staff and student veterans, through Veterans Week, beginning with a Nov. 9 Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. in the University Memorial Center鈥檚 Glenn Miller Ballroom. The free, public ceremony will feature guest speaker Michael Dakduk, executive director of the national organization Student Veterans of America. A reception will follow in the UMC Veterans Lounge.

The University of Colorado Boulder鈥檚 annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit will feature a variety of sessions for students, faculty, staff and community members from Nov. 13-15. All events are free, open to the public and on the Boulder campus. The organizing theme for this year鈥檚 summit is 鈥淎MP it up! Awareness, Movement and Practice.鈥�

A new University of Colorado Boulder study shows for the first time that episodes of reduced precipitation in the southern Rocky Mountains, especially during the 2001-02 drought, greatly accelerated development of the mountain pine beetle epidemic.

Balaji Sridhar has always liked science, but it was his father鈥檚 bad knees that were the impetus for him to study both chemical engineering and medicine. His father once was a good squash player, but had to give up playing when the cartilage in his knees wore out. With the dual graduate degrees, Sridhar hopes to someday be able to help people like his father who struggle with debilitating joint pain and reduced mobility due to damaged cartilage.

In humans, nature may be less than half of the story, a team led by University of Colorado Boulder researchers has found. In the first study of its kind, the team found that genetic similarities may help to explain why human birds of a feather flock together, but the full story of why people become friends 鈥渋s contingent upon the social environment in which individuals interact with one another,鈥� the researchers write.

鈥淣ature teaches beasts to know their friends,鈥� wrote Shakespeare. In humans, nature may be less than half of the story, a team led by University of Colorado Boulder researchers has found. In the first study of its kind, the team found that genetic similarities may help to explain why human birds of a feather flock together, but the full story of why people become friends 鈥渋s contingent upon the social environment in which individuals interact with one another,鈥� the researchers write.

Have you been 鈥淏ack to Boulder?鈥� It鈥檚 a question being posed by the University of Colorado Boulder Alumni Association to its family of more than 250,000 students and alumni. Alumni, current students, faculty, staff and community members will find a broad slate of activities for the 2012 Homecoming weekend starting Thursday, Nov. 1. A full description of activities and events as well as event registration can be found on the Back to Boulder website at http://www.cualum.org/back2boulder .