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A new paper published today in the journal Nature Communications and co-authored by a researcher at the Â鶹ӰԺ’s BioFrontiers Institute, looks at the genetic strategy used by the human malaria parasite and how old it is from an evolutionary perspective.

Think the sleepiness might be getting the best of you? Check out this month’s issue of Student Health 101 for more information on reclaiming your sleep cycle and getting some rest.

Want to get involved with Student Government? There are currently five positions for Representative at Large and five positions for Arts and Sciences Student Government Representative. Holding one of these positions means you can make a positive impact for students here on campus.

We are embarking on a journey to create a CU-Â鶹ӰԺ where diversity and an ingrained commitment to making excellence inclusive define our community and our work. The challenge at hand is to engage, for the first time in our history, in a comprehensive effort to craft a strategic plan for diversity, equity and inclusive excellence. Today, I call upon our university community to engage in a critical campuswide conversation to define our collective understanding on this important issue.

The Program for Writing and Rhetoric at the Â鶹ӰԺ is hosting the first ever "Conference on Community Writing – Building Engaged Infrastructure" from Oct. 15 to 17 at the University Memorial Center. But this isn’t your run-of-the mill academic conference. The conference will consist of presentations, dialogues, workshops and DeepThink Tanks.

The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the Â鶹ӰԺ will lead a new $6.2 million effort to promote school safety and reduce violence at 32 Front Range middle schools.

A stampede, parade and pep rally are in store for the Â鶹ӰԺ community beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16 -- part of the Â鶹ӰԺ Homecoming celebrations that will enliven the city throughout the weekend. New this year, which marks CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s 101st Homecoming, the parade is being combined with the stampede and moving from Â鶹ӰԺ’s University Hill to Pearl Street.

You can now send a text message to Â鶹ӰԺ County’s four 9-1-1 dispatch centers, including CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s Police Department. While this is a great feature, there are specific times and reasons to use this type of emergency communication.

The Â鶹ӰԺ and University of Massachusetts Amherst are lead public campuses partnering with the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities to create a national network of about 200 campus STEM education centers.

In 2013, the torrents of water that poured out of the mountains, ripping up roads and inundating Â鶹ӰԺ, Lyons, Longmont and other Front Range communities, also resulted in a deluge of questions. Both the general public and local officials wondered just how unusual this rainfall and flooding had been. Had something like it happened before? Was anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change responsible?