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What are the odds of filling out a perfect NCAA Tournament bracket, picking all 63 games correctly? According to Â鶹ӰԺ Professor Mark Ablowitz, former chair of the Department of Applied Mathematics, they are breathtaking: Try about one in 9.22 quintillion.

We all have moments where we close our minds. Mindful awareness is the key to breaking this habit and communicating more effectively by making sure you’re heard by others and really hearing what they have to say. Step 1: notice how it feels when someone disagrees with you, and understand this as simply your experience of their opinion. Ready to learn more? Check out the guide to better, calmer conversations in this month’s issue of Student Health 101 online magazine.

Students planning spring break trips to warm climates outside the United States, including Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America, should be aware that they are traveling to Zika virus-affected areas and are encouraged to take precautions.

INC Classroom Outreach sends teams of CU-Â鶹ӰԺ students into local schools to teach kids about the brain. They provide lessons on sleep, nutrition for the brain, emotions, head injury and general brain structure. The program is an extension of a large-scale effort to increase public awareness of brain research.

If you're finding yourself getting slammed by those pre-spring break exams, try to get out for a little relaxation and recovery this week at one of these fantastic events. And remember: only two more weeks.

As St. Patrick's Day approaches, we'd like to encourage everyone to celebrate responsibly.

As a campus community, we still have work to do to ensure that all of our students, faculty and staff can safely and meaningfully work together to make CU-Â鶹ӰԺ the kind of welcoming environment where everyone can thrive both academically and socially. That work begins with open and candid discussions of what our issues are and how we can work together to address them. Toward this end, CUSG, BFA and the Office of Faculty Affairs are co-sponsoring a two-part series of campus discussions focusing on Social dynamics inside and outside of the classroom . Part 1 will be held on March 9 at 3 p.m., in the UMC Ballroom.

Like an albatross scanning for pods of squid in a vast ocean, molecules on solid surfaces move in an intermittent search pattern that provides maximum efficiency, according to new research from the Â鶹ӰԺ.

March 8 Ken Bickers As Donald Trump continues to rack up primary wins and has a solid lead in two new polls of Michigan Republicans leading into today’s primary there, a few of the questions the Republican establishment and rivals are asking is who is voting for him and why? Ken Bickers, professor of political science at the Â鶹ӰԺ, thinks he has the answer.

The CU-Â鶹ӰԺ campus will host the university’s first annual Diverse Learners Awareness Week (DLAW) April 18-22. During this week our campus will celebrate the diversity of ways in which people learn through interactive demonstrations, live-action theater, an assistive technology expo, conference-style presentations, roundtable discussions, workshops and more. And you can get involved!