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When you have papers and midterms piling up, procrastination starts looking like the best option. But there are plenty of tricks to help you get going - and stay productive all semester. Learn to break up your assignments, schedule homework time during the day, and get help when you need it with this month’s issue of Student Health 101 online magazine.

No one really knows how the High Plains got so high. Â鶹ӰԺ 70 million years ago, eastern Colorado, southeastern Wyoming, western Kansas and western Nebraska were near sea level. Since then, the region has risen about 2 kilometers, leading to some head scratching at geology conferences.

The eastern coastline of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, a mecca for tourists, may have been walloped by a tsunami between 1,500 and 900 years ago, says a new study involving Mexico’s Centro Ecological Akumal (CEA) and the Â鶹ӰԺ.

Inspired by the past and building toward the future, a new outreach program at the University of Colorado is tapping educators to promote discussion of teaching and learning in schools and communities across the state. Receiving the honor of being named the inaugural Timmerhaus Teaching Ambassador is Noah Finkelstein, Ph.D., President’s Teaching Scholar and professor of physics at the Â鶹ӰԺ.

As part of the US 36 Express Lanes Project, a seven-night full closure of eastbound and westbound US 36, from Church Ranch Boulevard to Wadsworth Parkway, is necessary to complete work on the Promenade and BNSF Railway bridges.

The Â鶹ӰԺ will serve as the Science Operations Center for a NASA mission launching this month to better understand the physical processes of geomagnetic storms, solar flares and other energetic phenomena throughout the universe. The $1.1 billion Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission will be comprised of four identical, octagonal spacecraft flying in a pyramid formation, each carrying 25 instruments.

The Â鶹ӰԺ is joining other universities across the country in a growing trend of providing a residential program dedicated to supporting students in recovery from substance use disorders and other addictions.

The Â鶹ӰԺ will serve as the Science Operations Center for a NASA mission launching this month to better understand the physical processes of geomagnetic storms, solar flares and other energetic phenomena throughout the universe.

Two students and two faculty members from the University of Colorado community have been named recipients of the 2015 Thomas Jefferson Award, among the highest honors given at CU, the state’s largest institution of higher education.

The second installment of the Student Group Summit Series will take place on Thursday, March 5, 4:30-6 p.m. in the UMC Gallery. This workshop will cover the topic: Finances and Event Basics.