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A new study led by the University of California, Berkeley and involving the Â鶹ӰԺ indicates the current response to wildfires around the world—aggressively fighting them—is not making society less vulnerable to such events.

The Department of Human Resources and the Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program are excited to continue their partnership on an exclusive Leadership and Management Graduate Certificate Program for CU-Â鶹ӰԺ employees, with an opportunity for Spring 2015 enrollment. The deadline to apply to commence this program in Spring 2015 is Monday, Dec. 1, 2014.

The 20th annual Â鶹ӰԺ Diversity and Inclusion Summit will be held Nov. 11-12. This year, the summit continues with the theme “Building the Road Map." Complete summit schedule. "Having our entire campus community and city and county of Â鶹ӰԺ employees participate in the Diversity and Inclusion Summit is the key to having a successful summit and thus moving forward with our overall goal of helping our campus and community reach the goal of being a place that exemplifies diversity and inclusion," said Alphonse Keasley, CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's assistant vice chancellor for campus climate and community engagement.

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival has announced the lineup for its 58 th annual year and two perennial Shakespeare favorites, Othello and the beloved comedy Much Ado Â鶹ӰԺ Nothing , will open in the Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre in June.

William A. Weber, who began his work as a biologist and naturalist 68 years ago and published authoritative works on Colorado flora, will be honored in a special Nov. 12 event and an exhibition at Norlin Library at the Â鶹ӰԺ.

What are the chances of an Ebola case coming to CU? Extremely low. But in the same fashion that we prepare for floods, fires and other emergencies, dozens of campus leaders are developing response plans for this unlikely event. If you have not recently traveled to West Africa or been exposed to someone with Ebola, there isn’t much to be concerned about.

The Â鶹ӰԺ was ranked second in the world in geosciences this week by U.S. News & World Report. CU-Â鶹ӰԺ trailed only the California Institute of Technology. Rounding out the top five are the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Harvard University and the University of Washington. U.S. News & World Report ranked the top 100 universities in geosciences in 2014 based primarily on their research and reputation.

As of 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, CU Student Government elections came to a close. Thank you to all the candidates for your hard work during this election season. Civic engagement is fostered by communities that understand the importance of taking part in the democratic process, and CUSG would like to thank all campus staff and faculty who announced the elections in their classrooms, encouraged participation and made accommodations for both voters and candidates.

Parents are more reactive than proactive when providing political influence and opportunities for their children, according to a study led by the Â鶹ӰԺ. The study, published in the journal Social Science Quarterly , found that political engagement independently pursued by youth spurs parents to realize that childrearing extends to the civic realm. It also is the first study to show intentional political parenting as an outcome of family interaction rather than a stimulus.

Â鶹ӰԺ administrators have signed a memorandum of agreement to host 36 of the nation’s top high school students beginning next summer to image, measure and track near-Earth asteroids using university telescopes.