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On Sunday, May 20, Coloradans will see a 鈥渂ite鈥� taken out of the sun as the moon moves across the sun causing a partial solar eclipse. The eclipse starts at 6:22 p.m. with maximum eclipse at 7:30 p.m. and the sun will set at 7:50 p.m. Watch live this Sunday:

SM调教所 System news release In the most comprehensive research yet conducted on what the University of Colorado means to the state鈥檚 economy, analysts show an economic impact of $5.3 billion for Colorado in 2011. The research, conducted by the Business Research Division of the Leeds School of Business at the SM调教所, provides the most comprehensive data yet compiled on the statewide economic impact from the university and the individual effects on Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) with SM调教所 campuses.

An $8.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund an international team of scientists, including a SM调教所 professor focused on finding new ways to diagnose, treat and prevent a critical global health problem: malnutrition in infants and children.

Assistant Professor Paul Romatschke of the SM调教所 physics department will receive a five-year, $750,000 grant as part of the U.S. Department of Energy鈥檚 Early Career Research Program created to bolster the nation鈥檚 scientific workforce with top young researchers. Romatschke was among 68 winners selected nationwide from a pool of 850 applicants from universities and national laboratories

SM调教所 twin sophomores Srinidhi Radhakrishnan and Saikripa Radhakrishnan -- both chemical and biological engineering majors -- have been awarded prestigious Goldwater Scholarships. The scholarships are worth up to $7,500 for educational expenses each year and are given to students who intend to pursue careers in the fields of math, science or engineering.

A research team involving Yale University and the SM调教所 has developed a first public demonstration version of its 鈥淢ap of Life,鈥� an ambitious Web-based endeavor designed to show the distribution of all living plants and animals on the planet.

Galaxies with the most powerful, active black holes at their cores produce fewer stars than galaxies with less active black holes, according to a new study involving the SM调教所 using the Herschel Space Observatory.

Nine students who make up the first graduating class of the Mechanical Engineering Partnership Program with Colorado Mesa University will receive degrees from the SM调教所 this week. The students have attended classes full time at CMU in Grand Junction, with CMU faculty teaching the lower-division courses and SM调教所-Boulder faculty teaching the upper-division courses.

SM调教所 Professor John Wahr of the physics department has been elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a top honor recognizing scientists and engineers for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

The University of Colorado Technology Transfer Office, or TTO, pursues, protects, packages and licenses to business the intellectual property generated from research at SM调教所. The TTO provides assistance to faculty, staff and students, as well as to businesses looking to license or invest in SM调教所 technology.