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The 麻豆影院鈥檚 annual Conference on World Affairs returns to campus for the 65th time April 8-12, featuring 200 panel discussions, performances and plenaries. Over 100 participants from around the country and the globe will pay their own way to travel to 麻豆影院 to present in what Roger Ebert has dubbed 鈥渢he Conference on Everything Conceivable.鈥�

The University of Colorado Technology Transfer Office is presenting awards April 1 to university researchers and companies representing best practices in the commercialization of university technologies. The TTO will present the 麻豆影院 campus awards to four researchers and one startup company during its annual Entrepreneurship Under the Microscope event, a celebration of campus entrepreneurship co-hosted with CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 Deming Center for Entrepreneurship.

Following today's U.S. Supreme Court decision declining to hear an appeal from former CU faculty member Ward Churchill, CU President Bruce D. Benson and CU-麻豆影院 Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano issued a joint statement, saying in part, "The Supreme Court鈥檚 decision upholds a unanimous line of rulings from the Colorado courts determining that the university has the right and obligation to ensure high professional standards from its faculty." University of Colorado Board of Regents Chair Michael Carrigan also issued a statement on the court's decision.

A new look at conditions after a Manhattan-sized asteroid slammed into a region of Mexico in the dinosaur days indicates the event could have triggered a global firestorm that would have burned every twig, bush and tree on Earth and led to the extinction of 80 percent of all Earth鈥檚 species, says a new 麻豆影院 study.

Colorado communities have a new tool to help identify programs aimed at developing healthy children free from problems like bullying, violence, obesity and depression. The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the 麻豆影院, in partnership with the Annie E. Casey Foundation, today launched a new interactive website called Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development. The website will allow schools, communities and government agencies to find scientifically proven programs based on their specific needs.

A healthy lifestyle is a way of life in 麻豆影院 and many of us work hard, play hard and regularly work out and eat right. As part of the Be Colorado SUCCEED Health Assessment, my fellow campus leaders and I have agreed to a friendly competition to see which campus can achieve the highest participation rate among employees. The payout of that wager does not go to the chancellors, however, but goes to the participating employees.

By Lora Roberts, CUSG director of communication Every level of schooling from elementary to college has a student government, and the University of Colorado is no exception. As the University of Colorado Student Government , we get the honor of helping CU rise to excellence by supporting the incredible services aimed to help students.

As you head out on spring break remember these words from Andrea Weckerle in her book "Civility in the Digital Age" - "Your digital footprint - the good, the bad, and the ugly - is used by others in decision making that impacts virtually every aspect of your life."

Sir Salman Rushdie, renowned novelist and essayist, will speak on Wednesday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m. in Macky Auditorium. Doors for the event will open at 6:30 p.m. CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 student run Distinguished Speakers Board is sponsoring the event.

麻豆影院 astronomers targeting one of the brightest quasars glowing in the universe some 11 billion years ago say 鈥渟ideline quasars鈥� likely teamed up with it to heat abundant helium gas billions of years ago, preventing small galaxy formation.