BOULDER, Colorado, Jan. 5 -- The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences issued the following news: Each summer, community college students from Colorado and surrounding states converge on the CU Boulder campus to participate in an immersive nine-week research program. A recent CIRES-led study reveals that when the students head home, they don't just take new scientific and professional skills with them--they also leave with more confidence in their ability to do science an  more