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The Natural Resources Law Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder recently appointed David Hayes, Sylvia Baca, Ken Hubbard and Lorna Babby to its advisory board. "We're enormously grateful that people of this stature and experience in natural resources law have agreed to serve on the center's advisory board," said Jim Martin, director of the NRLC.

A new study by University of Colorado at Boulder researchers indicates regular, moderate walking by women using hormone replacement therapy restored the flexibility of their large arteries, most likely reducing the risk of heart disease. With advancing age, large arteries like the aorta and carotid lose their elasticity by roughly 50 percent, making it harder for them to expand and relax with each heartbeat, said Research Associate Kerrie Moreau of CU-Boulder's kinesiology and applied physiology department.

Drought has most Coloradans focused on the increased risk of fire hazard, but scientists at CU-Boulder and NOAA have additional concerns about the risks to water quality as the summer heats up. "The threats that drought represents to aquatic organisms include loss of habitat and alterations to the quality of the remaining habitat," said Jim Saunders.

Six students, including five women and two non-traditional students age 30 or older, will benefit next fall from $1,000 scholarships awarded by the University of Colorado at Boulder's Center for Education and Career Transition. Undergraduates Ricki B. Moseley, Rhonda Kaye Scott, Emily M. Utz and Shawna M. Ward won scholarships, along with non-traditional students Christina S. Manning-Lebek and Kazuhiko Yokota. Each recipient was chosen based on his or her biographical application essay, grade-point average and amount of academic financial need.