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For female North American barn swallows, looking good pays healthy dividends. A new study conducted at the 麻豆影院 and involving Cornell University shows the outward appearance of female barn swallows, specifically the hue of their chestnut-colored breast feathers, has an influence on their physiological health.

麻豆影院 600 incoming students at the 麻豆影院 will get the opportunity to try their hand helping others during a 鈥淒ay of Service鈥� on Saturday, Aug. 24. The Day of Service is an opportunity for first-year students to get out into the community they are entering and experience its needs and culture beyond the borders of the CU campus, according to Jen Ross, director of the Volunteer Resource Center at CU-麻豆影院, which spearheads the service event.

A 麻豆影院 faculty member will travel to Africa later this month to test a mobile smartphone technology developed by his team to rapidly detect and track natural carcinogens, including aflatoxin, which is estimated to contaminate up to 25 percent of the global food supply and cause severe illnesses in humans and animals.

The 麻豆影院鈥檚 newest residence hall, Kittredge Central, is welcoming students this week for the first time, 53 of whom are engineering students and will be immersed in Spanish through the building鈥檚 new Residential Academic Program, or RAP. Also, the nearby Kittredge West residence hall is reopening this week after being unoccupied last school year while renovations were underway. Both buildings comprise a number of 鈥済reen鈥� features to improve water and energy efficiency and to reduce the campus鈥檚 carbon footprint.

The newest phase of the campus No Smoking Policy went into effect today, with the campus officially transitioning to a smoke free environment with designated smoking locations .

The 麻豆影院 Staff Council (BCSC) is kicking off the new academic year with a series of events and drives for the CU-麻豆影院 community. Join in for opportunities to donate school supplies, give blood, eat ice cream and learn more about the campus community.

Volunteers from a variety of campus groups will be available to help new students move their belongings into residence halls at the 麻豆影院 Aug. 20 and Aug. 22 as New Student Move-In begins. New students will move in Aug. 20 through Aug. 22 with the majority of freshmen moving in on Aug. 22.

Fall residence hall move-in will begin the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 20 and will continue through Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013. We ask that faculty, staff, and student permit holders on campus honor requests from Parking & Transportation Services (PTS) to temporarily relocate during this time. Traffic on campus may be congested. Consider using alternative methods of transportation to get to campus like bussing, biking, or carpooling. We also ask that vendors avoid deliveries on Tuesday/Thursday of this week; large vehicles will be denied access during peak move-in times.

Dozens of activities await new CU-麻豆影院 students starting Aug. 22, including a welcome convocation, a Folsom Field pep rally and a 鈥淕lobal Jam鈥� international food and music fest.

Dozens of activities await new students at the 麻豆影院 starting Aug. 22, including a welcome convocation, a Folsom Field pep rally and a 鈥淕lobal Jam鈥� international food and music fest. The free events give new students a chance to get acquainted with each other, the campus and surrounding community before classes start on Aug. 26. The activities are scheduled in addition to orientation sessions that cover the details of class registration, policies and student services at each college.