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<p>Fourteen graduate students from the Engineering for Developing Communities program at the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ traveled abroad this summer to gain field experience in community development.</p>

<p>A new Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ study indicates a major climate oscillation in the Southern Hemisphere that is expected to intensify in the coming decades will likely cause increased wildfire activity in the southern half of South America.</p>

<p>Researchers at the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ are helping develop the next generation of the Internet -- a more mobile version -- and the campus's Office of Information Technology is using this new technology to provide wireless service on campus buses and in some labs and classrooms.</p>

<p>Bacteria from fecal material -- in particular, dog fecal material -- may constitute the dominant source of airborne bacteria in Cleveland's and Detroit's wintertime air, says a new Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ study.</p>

<p>The Astronomical Society of the Pacific has named Douglas Duncan as the 2011 recipient of the Richard H. Emmons Award for excellence in college astronomy teaching.</p>

<p>Chemical and biological engineering students and faculty at the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ have launched several innovative technologies that are fueling Colorado's economy by creating jobs and drawing significant funding to the state, including a $155 million investment in Sundrop Fuels in July.</p>

<p>Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ engineering faculty are leading a $7.2 million multidisciplinary research initiative on soil blast modeling and simulation for the U.S. Department of Defense.</p>

<p>A new Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ study shows that a small amount of physical exercise could profoundly protect the elderly from long-term memory loss that can happen suddenly following infection, illnesses or injury in old age.</p>

<p>The U.S. Senate has voted to confirm Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ Distinguished Professor Carl Lineberger as a member of the National Science Board. He was nominated for the position by President Barack Obama in April.</p>

<p>Several Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ faculty and students are participating in NASA's Juno Mission to Jupiter, now slated for launch Aug. 5 from Florida's Kennedy Space Center and which is expected to help steer scientists toward the right recipe for planet-making.</p>