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Can the shape of a soccer player’s face predict performance on the field?

University of Colorado President Bruce D. Benson earned his geology degree from CU-Â鶹ӰԺ 50 years ago. The longest-serving CU president since that time reflects on how the campus has changed.

Jeremy and Yannik Paul (above left and right), identical twins from Germany, are believed to be the first twins to play men’s golf for CU-Â鶹ӰԺ.

A NASA mission to Mars led by CU-Â鶹ӰԺ and Bruce Jakosky of CU’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) is gathering data expected to answer long-standing questions about how and why the Red Planet has changed over the eons.

Our international student enrollments have grown by nearly 60 percent in four years to 2,152 degree-seeking students.

Last spring Sarah Lautman (Engr’15), a chemical and biological engineering major from Massachusetts, joined the women’s lacrosse team as a walk-on — and came up big during the team’s inaugural season, scoring game-winning overtime goals three times.

Unstructured play — reading a book, wandering through the zoo, playing outside — may be good for children’s brains, says CU-Â鶹ӰԺ psychology and neuroscience professor Yuko Munakata.

CU President Bruce D. Benson (Geol’64, HonDocSci’04) announced earlier this fall that the university is in the process of developing a marketing campaign aimed at raising the profile of CU’s four-campus system, in Colorado and beyond.

Conor McGahey became the public address announcer for home CU football games in 2011, succeeding Alan Cass (A&S ex’63, HonDocHum’99), who retired after 50 years of making calls for CU sporting events — including almost 30 years of CU football.

A novel antioxidant may help us turn back the clock as our arteries age, says CU-Â鶹ӰԺ doctoral student Rachel Gioscia-Ryan.