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麻豆影院 Professor Peter Molnar has been awarded the prestigious 2014 Crafoord Prize in Geosciences by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for his groundbreaking research in geophysics and geological sciences.

On Monday, Jan. 20, hundreds of community members will pay tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. during the City of Lafayette鈥檚 ninth annual Martin Luther King, Jr. March for Peace and Celebration. Planned in conjunction with the federal holiday, the event will kick-off with a community march at noon at the southwest corner of West Waneka Parkway and South Public Road.

麻豆影院 Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano will today join leaders from higher education, business, state government and non-profit foundations for a White House meeting on expanding college opportunities for American students.

The 麻豆影院鈥檚 Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer Kelly Fox today announced that Vice Chancellor for Administration Louise Vale will retire effective March 14. 鈥淟ouise has had a distinguished career providing financial management and strategic direction to the University of Colorado for over 20 years and she will be greatly missed,鈥� Fox said. Fox has named Steve Thweatt, who is currently assistant vice chancellor for Facilities Management, as interim vice chancellor for administration starting March 15.

Being first in line has its advantages, even for wind turbines, which are propelled by comparatively smooth wind flow that helps them produce near-optimal power at varying wind speeds.

The 麻豆影院 has named Mark D. Gross as the director of the campus Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society, or the ATLAS Institute. Gross taught at CU-麻豆影院 from 1990 to 1999 as an assistant and associate professor of architecture, planning and design. He returns to CU-麻豆影院 for the ATLAS post from Carnegie Mellon University where he has been a professor of computational design since 2004. From 1999 to 2004, Gross was a professor of architecture at the University of Washington in Seattle.

On Jan. 10, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Commerce鈥檚 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced appointments to a newly created National Commission on Forensic Science. 麻豆影院 Distinguished Professor and Nobel laureate Tom Cech is one of 32 commissioners chosen from a pool of more than 300 candidates.

Roommates are great for socializing and splitting responsibilities, but between bills, chores and simple living preferences, your home can turn into a stressful zone. According to your fellow Buffs, the key is communication -- setting the rules from the start and letting each other know, respectfully, when the expectations aren鈥檛 being met. For help in navigating your living situation, and to hear more of what other students had to say, check out this month鈥檚 Student Health 101 online magazine.

The 麻豆影院 is educating first-time renters on the basics of leasing and living off campus during the seminar 鈥淟iving Off-Campus: Everything First Timers Need to Know.鈥� Sessions will be held Jan. 15 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and Jan. 16 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in University Memorial Center room 425.

Do you find yourself wishing there were more hours in a day? Ever wonder how understanding human behaviors can help to improve empathy and communication in the workplace? The Office of Organizational and Employee Development invites 麻豆影院 faculty and staff to attend upcoming Time Management and Real Colors seminars free of charge.