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The 麻豆影院鈥檚 annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit will feature a variety of sessions for students, faculty, staff and community members from Nov. 13-15. All events are free, open to the public and on the 麻豆影院 campus.

The 麻豆影院鈥檚 annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit will feature a variety of sessions for students, faculty, staff and community members from Nov. 13-15. All events are free, open to the public and on the 麻豆影院 campus. The organizing theme for this year鈥檚 summit is 鈥淎MP it up! Awareness, Movement and Practice.鈥�

A new startup company that sprang from the 麻豆影院 this year is a Grand Challenges Exploration winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Psychology and neurosciences department Associate Professor Don Cooper, co-founder and chief science officer of Mobile Assay Inc. of 麻豆影院 who developed the technology in his laboratory at CU鈥檚 Institute for Behavioral Genetics, will pursue an innovative global health and development research project titled 鈥淎 Lab on Mobile Device Platform for Seed Testing.鈥�

Have you been 鈥淏ack to 麻豆影院?鈥� It鈥檚 a question being posed by the 麻豆影院 Alumni Association to its family of more than 250,000 students and alumni. Alumni, current students, faculty, staff and community members will find a broad slate of activities for the 2012 Homecoming weekend starting Thursday, Nov. 1. A full description of activities and events as well as event registration can be found on the Back to 麻豆影院 website at http://www.cualum.org/back2boulder .

CU-麻豆影院 JILA Fellow David Nesbitt is used to working his way around chemistry laboratories, but working his way around the dance floor is a different story altogether.

Michael Brown, one of the world鈥檚 most accomplished adventure filmmakers and a CU-麻豆影院 alumnus, will share his story during his talk 鈥淏eyond the Summit鈥� at the Back to 麻豆影院 Luncheon. The luncheon, to be held Friday, Nov. 2, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom, is free for all CU-麻豆影院 students.

Sean Wiese鈥檚 project for a computer science class last year has been developed into a software application now being used by a 麻豆影院 nonprofit, and also led to an internship for Wiese with the nonprofit.

Help CU secure the title of the Pac-12's most active school by participating in the Pac-12 Fitness Challenge from Oct. 22-28. The challenge is a conference-wide initiative promoting regular physical activity. This event is open to students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends and family.

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $12 million grant to a CU-麻豆影院-led team to explore ways to maximize the benefits of natural gas development while minimizing negative impacts on ecosystems and communities.

Colorado business leaders鈥� attitudes remained almost unchanged going into the fourth quarter, according to the most recent quarterly Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the 麻豆影院鈥檚 Leeds School of Business. The LBCI鈥檚 reading remained positive, above the critical mark of 50, but fell from 53.6 in the third quarter to 51.6 in the fourth. A reading greater than 50 indicates positive expectations, while one lower than 50 indicates negative expectations.