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Last week, the Colorado Buffaloes played well enough to win in two of three phases against fourth-ranked Michigan—and paid dearly for their mistakes in the third area.

Since the 1970’s, CU Boulder has established a proud tradition of leading the nation in sustainability initiatives.

The past secret societies of Chinese immigrants around the globe, and an emerging leader in crowdfunding securities -- New Zealand -- are the basis of research and teaching that two CU Boulder faculty members are undertaking overseas this academic year as recipients of Fulbright Scholar awards.

Noah Finkelstein, who co-directs the Center for STEM Learning at CU Boulder and is a principal investigator for the Physics Education Research group, plans to showcase CU Boulder research at Brazilian universities in November after being awarded a grant from a prestigious lectureship program for physicists.

The city of Boulder and the county are working on an update of the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan, which guides development in the valley. Part of that may include a proposal to annex a 308-acre parcel of land south of the city that could support the university’s long-term growth needs. On Monday, city and county officials will host an open house to give the community a chance to learn more about the plan update and to provide input.

CU Boulder’s rank as a tier-one research university holds merit with both faculty and students. Case in point: CU Boulder senior Nick Zyzda, who began working on his ambitious Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures research project, “Madness and Science in Georg Buchner’s Lenz,” this past summer with CU Boulder professor and mentor Dr. Arne Höcker.

If you’ve ever lived in a residence hall, you probably know what a resident advisor (RA) is, but what you might not know, is what roles they actually play on campus.

When you don’t add captions to your video, you make it difficult not just for the student trying to watch your video in a busy coffee shop, but also for someone in a quiet space such as a library, someone with a hearing loss or someone who struggles with understanding a speaker’s dialect. The reasons for captioning content are many and the resources for doing so are plentiful, too. Learn more about CU Boulder’s captioning guidelines and resources.

The Assistant Vice Chancellor (AVC) for Safety is responsible for broad oversight, planning, organization and coordination of all campus safety functions for CU Boulder. These responsibilities include campus police, environmental, health and safety, oversight of crisis management and coordination of campus-wide response teams in the event of an emergency. Current, regular CU Boulder employee are welcomed to submit application materials through Monday, Oct. 3.

Students, faculty and staff at CU Boulder, JILA and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shared remembrances this week of Deborah Jin, who passed away on Sept. 15, 2016 at the age of 47 after battling cancer.