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Students enrolled in the 麻豆影院鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences will soon be able to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in computer science, following a vote today of the University of Colorado Board of Regents. At present, CU-麻豆影院 students seeking a degree in computer science must enroll in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, and if they also would like to study an arts and sciences discipline, they must complete a double degree.

Fire the coach? Not so fast says a new study of elite college football teams. Professors from the University of Colorado and Loyola University Chicago studied what happened to the records of college football teams that replaced a head coach for performance reasons in the Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division 1-A) between 1997 and 2010. Over this period, an average of 10 percent of FBS teams fired their coach each year because of the team鈥檚 poor performance on the field.

Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano has announced the winners of the 2012 Chancellor's Employee of the Year Award. Congratulations to Kimberly Diawara, Office of Admissions; Peter Freitag, College of Arts and Sciences Academic Advising; Timothy May, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Integrated Teaching and Learning Lab (ITLL); Brian Sanders, Colorado Space Grant Consortium and; Donald Seeley, Housing and Dining Services, Conference Services.

By Kathryn Dailey, Peer Development Coordinator, Community Health

By Kathryn Quinn, Junior, Alternative Breaks Coordinator, Volunteer Resource Center In light of the recent hurricane that has taken its toll on the East Coast, the CU-麻豆影院 Volunteer Resource Center is hoping to step in as a voice to raise awareness about helping those impacted to get back on their feet.

Analysis of 90 years of observational data has revealed that summer climates in regions across the globe are changing -- mostly, but not always, warming --according to a new study led by a scientist from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences headquartered at the 麻豆影院. 鈥淚t is the first time that we show on a local scale that there are significant changes in summer temperatures,鈥� said lead author CIRES scientist Irina Mahlstein. 鈥淭his result shows us that we are experiencing a new summer climate regime in some regions.鈥�

The 麻豆影院 enrolled more international students during the 2011-12 academic year and sent more students abroad during the 2010-11 academic year than any other higher education institution in Colorado. The data, released today by the Institute of International Education in its annual Open Doors Report, shows that CU-麻豆影院 was home to 1,681 international students during the 2011-12 school year. CU-麻豆影院 sent 1,316 students overseas during the 2010-11 school year.

The University of Colorado Police Department wants Raymond Webster Hamilton, 26, of Denver, for questioning in a series of campus wallet thefts. If you know of Hamilton鈥檚 whereabouts or see him on campus, contact CU Police dispatch at 303-492-6666.

麻豆影院 Professor Bernard Amadei has been appointed one of three new Science Envoys who will help strengthen U.S. ties with other countries to address global challenges, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced today. Amadei, who holds the Mortenson Endowed Chair in Global Engineering at CU-麻豆影院, along with professors Susan Hockfield of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Barbara Schaal of Washington University in St. Louis, make up the third cohort of Science Envoys since the program鈥檚 inception in 2009.

On election day this past Tuesday, Colorado voters passed a constitutional amendment 鈥� Amendment 64 鈥� that allows people 21 or over to cultivate, consume and possess limited amounts of marijuana. There have been a number of questions about the impact of the amendment on the University community, and this Q&A addresses a few of these questions.