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Sea-level rise may not be eating away at Colorado’s borders, but climate change exposes other critical vulnerabilities in the state, according to a new report. Rising temperatures likely will take a toll on cattle and crops, for example, and could more often leave junior water rights holders with little water and few options.

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, best known for his Apollo 11 moonwalk, will speak at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ on Tuesday, March 3, at Macky Auditorium. Doors will open at 6:45 p.m. and Aldrin will begin speaking at 7:30 p.m.

A research team led by the Â鶹ӰԺ has discovered a mechanism in the brain that is key to making cocaine seem pleasurable, a finding that could lead to a drug treatment for fighting addiction. The findings build on past research also involving CU-Â鶹ӰԺ that found the same mechanism in the brain also interacts with heroin, oxycodone, morphine and other opioid drugs to amplify their addictiveness. The latest study suggests that the mechanism plays a key role in the addictiveness of many abused drugs, possibly including methamphetamine and alcohol.

CU Engage is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals that will provide grants of up to $4,000 for Faculty Fellows. This program provides resources and support for faculty to design a new course or modify an existing course to include a community-based learning component.

Up for a romantic Valentine’s Day evening? Then head to the Â鶹ӰԺ’s Fiske Planetarium to Relativity for Lovers – A Valentine’s Day Among the Stars , for music, film and a talk on the genius of Albert Einstein.

Jan. 30, 2015 Reiland Rabaka The year is 1965, and America is experiencing a dramatic cultural transformation. Anti-Vietnam War protests erupts on college campuses. The counterculture revolution is changing the status quo. The British rock-and-roll invasion blasts ashore with the arrival of the Beatles at Shea Stadium and the African-American civil rights movement is at its zenith.

Six community-led projects from across Colorado will explore air quality, water quality, and sustainable pathways for energy development in their local communities with support from newly awarded grants from the AirWaterGas Sustainability Research Network based at the Â鶹ӰԺ.

The spring 2015 edition of the Student Involvement Fair will be on Wednesday, Feb. 4, from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. The fair, which is a great way to find out about the huge variety of ways to get involved on campus, will take place in the newly rennovated Glenn Miller Ballroom. Representatives from more then 90 student groups and campus departments will attend the fair. Free food and snacks also will be provided.

This past December at Â鶹ӰԺ in California a person with measles infected several other visitors. So far, there have been 67 cases of measles across the United States related to this exposure. And, according to recent media reports, officials in Arizona are tracking more than 1,000 people who may have been exposed to measles as part of the outbreak. There have been no recent reported cases on campus of measles, or people exposed to the recent California outbreak.

While you might think a person shaking her phone or tablet from side to side is having issues with the device, she might actually be playing a game that has her mimicking a steering wheel motion as part of a language lesson. The game Nano Nano for mobile devices, created by two Â鶹ӰԺ graduate students and released last week, is the first app to incorporate gesturing with language learning -- for good reason.