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According to the 2012 CU senior survey , if students could do college differently, 46 percent of seniors on campus said they wished they had studied abroad. Luckily at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ, the Office of International Education offers an assortment of opportunities for everyone. With 340 distinct programs, in more than 70 countries around the world and an army of study abroad staff to answer every thinkable question, students have all the tools necessary to make it happen.

An intriguing study led by the Â鶹ӰԺ may provide a powerful new tool in the quiver of forensic scientists attempting to determine the time of death in cases involving human corpses: a microbial clock.

The drivers for entry into the green building industry differ between startups and established companies diversifying into the field, according to a study led by the Â鶹ӰԺ. Sociocultural norms and movements -- such as Sierra Club activity in a community or a local culture’s emphasis on environmental sustainability -- motivate entrepreneurs to launch green building businesses, according to the study.

By the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Police Department The CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Police Department is giving away free bike U-locks. Bike theft continues to be the No. 1 crime on campus, and we need your help to deter thieves. Don’t become a target.

Our brains give us the remarkable ability to make sense of situations we’ve never encountered before—a familiar person in an unfamiliar place, for example, or a coworker in a different job role—but the mechanism our brains use to accomplish this has been a longstanding mystery of neuroscience.

A panel of science experts will convene at the Â鶹ӰԺ on Wednesday, Sept. 25, to discuss weather and climate related to the recent devastating floods.

Consumers who watch television sitcoms and see product placements through covert marketing have better memories of the products and better attitudes toward the brands, according to three joint studies led by the Â鶹ӰԺ.

This week, the Be Colorado’s 2013 fall biometric health screenings began on the Â鶹ӰԺ campus. I invite you to take a few minutes, schedule an appointment and learn more about your health through the variety of tests offered at the screenings. Seven screenings will be hosted around our campus over the next seven weeks, so you should be able to find a time and a place that works for you. 19 screenings will be held system-wide, and the screenings are open to CU Health Plan-covered spouses or partners as well.

At the close of the 2013 spring semester, Â鶹ӰԺ campus leadership began deliberations regarding changes to the academic calendar, with the goal of reinstating reading days before fall and spring final exams. The request for the return of this study period was launched by our student government (CUSG) and endorsed by the campus faculty assembly (BFA). In response to our student’s concerns regarding the quick transition from the instructional period to the final exam period, beginning with Fall 2014 (next calendar year) final exams will begin at 4 p.m. Sunday evening and continue through 10 p.m. Thursday evening. This will become the ongoing pattern for final exams, and will continue for both fall and spring terms. Students will have a minimum 47-hour period between the end of classes at 5 p.m. on the previous Friday and the first final exam. The change in the final exam calendar also requires changes to the Â鶹ӰԺ campus commencement schedule. Also starting in fall 2014, the Friday after the final exam period will be open for the full day so that that our colleges, schools and departments can schedule individual recognition ceremonies. After the Friday recognition ceremonies, the campus-wide Commencement will be held on Saturday morning. The first Saturday Commencement for the Â鶹ӰԺ will be on Dec. 20, 2014. Read more >>

Nikki Lindow had heard CU Volleyball coach Liz Kritza’s tales of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the Tulane team’s forced relocation to College Station, Texas. Lindow might have even rolled her eyes once or twice; she was a self-described rodeo junkie, an aspiring barrel racer from Erie who had to be prodded into pursuing the sport that would earn her a college scholarship rather than hopping onto the rodeo circuit immediately after high school.