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Hip-hop artist Tory Lanez, best known for his hit "Say It," will perform on March 29, at 8:30 p.m. at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's Glenn Miller Ballroom. Doors for the event, sponsored by CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's Program Council, will open at 8 p.m. Student tickets are $15 and tickets for the public are $25. All guests will need a printed ticket and valid form of photo identification to enter.

Â鶹ӰԺ Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer Kelly Fox has named David Kang as vice chancellor for infrastructure and safety, effective May 16. Kang replaces Larry Levine, who filled the position on an interim basis after Steve Thweatt retired in mid-October.

Hello, friends and scholars! There are all kinds of events happening on campus this week, and I encourage you to get out and about as much as possible in this beautiful weather.

For the half billion people living on the world’s river deltas and the hundreds of millions of others who rely on them for water, food, shelter, transportation and energy, the news is not good. More than two-thirds of the the world’s 33 major river deltas are sinking and the vast majority have experienced flooding in recent years, primarily a result of human activity.

Facebook executive and CU-Â鶹ӰԺ alumnus Kelly Graziadei will give the 2016 CU-Â鶹ӰԺ spring commencement ceremony address on Saturday, May 7, at Folsom Field.

A $4 million bequest from the estate of a couple committed to the standardization of telecommunications will help establish the first endowed chair in the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program (ITP) at the Â鶹ӰԺ. The pioneering program is part of the College of Engineering and Applied Science and integrates law, policy, business and engineering.

The newly-exposed edges of deforested areas are highly susceptible to drastic temperature changes, leading to hotter, drier and more variable conditions for the forest that remains, according to new research from the Â鶹ӰԺ.

At its regular meeting on Thursday and Friday at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, the University of Colorado Board of Regents heard tuition proposals for the 2016-17 academic year, approved changes to CU-Â鶹ӰԺ academic programs, approved new contracts for CU-Â鶹ӰԺ head coaches and more.

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Today sat down with Senior Vice Chancellor and CFO Kelly Fox to discuss the campus’s request to the Board of Regents for a final $6.3 million in additional funding needed to complete renovations and expansions of Folsom Field, which was approved today.

Renowned culinary and cultural historian Michael Twitty will speak at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ on Thursday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. in the UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom. During the event, which is presented by the Cultural Events Board and is free and open to the public, Twitty will discuss the ties between food, culture and freedom. Tickets will be available at the door.