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If planets had personalities, Mars would be a rock star according to recent preliminary results from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft. Mars sports a "Mohawk" of escaping atmospheric particles at its poles, "wears" a layer of metal particles high in its atmosphere, and lights up with aurora after being smacked by solar storms. MAVEN is also mapping out the escaping atmospheric particles. The early results are being discussed at a MAVEN-sponsored "new media" workshop held in Berkeley, California, on June 19-21.

Teachers from Colorado and beyond are learning the ins and outs of infographic design this week so they can bring new skills to their classrooms in the fall.

The CUSG Legislative Council will soon hear a proposal that could affect the way student fees are allocated to student groups.

A dramatic increase in the rate of earthquakes in the central and eastern U.S. since 2009 is associated with fluid injection wells used in oil and gas development, says a new study by the Â鶹ӰԺ and the U.S. Geological Survey.

Â鶹ӰԺ Provost Russell L. Moore today announced the appointment of Terri Fiez, director of strategic initiatives and professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University, as vice chancellor for research. Fiez (pronounced fees) will begin her duties on Sept 16.

After a 47-year journey as steward of CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s Glenn Miller Archive at the American Music Research Center, Alan Cass will retire as curator on July 1.

June 18, 2015 Matthew Weingarten Fluid injection wells used in oil and gas development are the cause of a dramatic increase in earthquakes in the central and eastern U.S. since 2009, including several damaging quakes ranging between magnitudes 4.7 and 5.6 in Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas, says a new study by the Â鶹ӰԺ and the U.S. Geological Survey.

The Office of Organizational and Employee Development invites CU-Â鶹ӰԺ employees to attend upcoming management courses: Managing the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Way and CU Grow: Recognizing Your Employees in a Meaningful Way . All programs are offered free of charge to CU-Â鶹ӰԺ employees. Register now! Space is limited, and sessions are filling up fast.

The moon is engulfed in a permanent but lopsided dust cloud that increases in density when annual events like the Geminids spew shooting stars, according to a new study led by Â鶹ӰԺ.

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