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As part of Colorado Literacy Week, on Monday afternoon Lt. Governor Joe Garcia visited a highly successful program at Godsman Elementary School in Denver that promotes not only literacy, but biliteracy in Spanish and English. In partnership with the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s BUENO Center for Multicultural Education , the school has fully integrated the Literacy Squared® model . As a result, Godsman has achieved impressive reading and writing gains in both Spanish and English that have outpaced the district and the state.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Charles Elachi and his senior management team will be on the Â鶹ӰԺ campus May 22 to sign a memorandum of understanding with top university officials to continue and broaden a rich tradition of collaboration on space and Earth-science efforts going back nearly 50 years. Elachi will sign the MOU May 22 with CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano. Located in Pasadena, Calif., JPL is a federally funded research and development facility managed by the California Institute of Technology for NASA.

The campus administration will soon propose the construction of a 570- to 600-space garage to be located under the new Athletics indoor practice facility near Folsom Field. Administrators will first present the proposal to the Board of Regents’ Capital Construction Subcommittee on June 5. If approved, it’s expected the full board will vote on the project in late June. Read more >>

On May 15, 2014, at about 6:30 p.m., a man and his dog were attacked by a coyote as they walked on the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ east campus property. This wooded area, southwest of Foothills Parkway and Arapahoe Avenue, is about 1 mile east of CU’s Main Campus. Click through for coyote encounter advice provided by Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Individuals are more genetically similar to their spouses than they are to randomly selected individuals from the same population, according to a new study from the Â鶹ӰԺ.

A Â鶹ӰԺ physiology laboratory conducting research to improve locomotion for lower limb amputees, including military service veterans, is being featured nationally as part of 2014 Veterans Affairs Research Week May 19-23.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper will be on the Â鶹ӰԺ campus May 16 to sign into law SB14-001, a $2 million appropriation to help fund the Colorado Energy Research Collaboratory that involves four state institutions and a number of industry partners.

Learn more about the pilot launch of our new crowdfunding platform, who can use the tools and what types of projects you can support today.

The University of Colorado Academic Progress Rate (APR) report based on information for the four year period between 2009-10 and 2012-13 was released by the NCAA Wednesday with those of all other Division I schools, with CU reporting record news for all 16 of its intercollegiate athletic programs in that time frame. For the fourth consecutive year, the APR results are the highest in school history since the NCAA’s Academic Performance Program was introduced in 2003. To read the entire article, visit www.cubuffs.com.

The Department of Human Resources invites CU-Â鶹ӰԺ employees to attend upcoming seminars, workshops and groups presented by the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program and Office of Organizational and Employee Development. All programs are offered free of charge to CU-Â鶹ӰԺ employees. Register now! Space is limited and sessions are filling up fast.