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The 麻豆影院 will play a key role in a NASA mission launching this week to study how space weather affects Earth鈥檚 two giant radiation belts known to be hazardous to satellites, astronauts and electronics systems on Earth.

The 麻豆影院 today named Louise Vale as vice chancellor for administration starting Sept. 10. Vale is currently director of internal audit for the University of Colorado system.

The 麻豆影院 today announced it is amending housing contracts to ask students who live in undergraduate residence halls and hold a Colorado concealed carry permit, or CCP, to forgo bringing a handgun to campus. The campus also will accommodate those who hold a CCP in a graduate student housing complex off the main campus, provided the permit holders store their weapon in a safe within their dwelling when they are not carrying it.

Today the CU-麻豆影院 campus announced that we are amending our housing policies in order to implement the Colorado concealed carry law. Under the changes we are implementing, housing contracts will be amended for students, faculty and staff living in residence halls, asking those who possess a Colorado conceal carry permit (CCP) to forgo bringing their weapons to campus. Please know that the safety of this campus and our community remains my highest priority, and you have my pledge that we will do all that the law allows in continuing to promote personal and community safety in all places, at all times, at the 麻豆影院. Please read more about this change at the link above.

The Pac-12 Networks launched on Wednesday, Aug. 15 at 7 p.m. mountain time, with the debut program 鈥淧ac-12 Live鈥� taking center stage. The new Pac-12 Network will be event-centric, with plans to broadcast 850 live events across a variety of Pac-12 sports in the first year.

Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer Kelly Fox has named Louise Vale as vice chancellor for administration, starting Sept. 10. Vale will supervise a division of almost 700 employees and oversee an annual operating budget of $112 million. Areas of responsibility include human resources, facilities management, public safety, emergency management, environmental health and safety, risk management, environmental sustainability, campus logistics, printing and the campus bookstore.

UPDATE>> Read the text of the welcome address by Chancellor DiStefano. Dozens of activities await new students at CU-麻豆影院 starting Aug. 23, including a welcome convocation, 鈥淕lobal Jam鈥� international food and music fest and a live concert on Farrand Field.

An interdisciplinary team of student and faculty engineers from the 麻豆影院 has won a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for its proposal to develop a solar-biochar toilet for use in developing countries throughout the world. The grant is part of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge, or RTTC, initiated by the Gates Foundation to address a sanitation challenge affecting nearly 40 percent of the world鈥檚 population.

University of Adelaide news release In a major breakthrough, an international team of scientists from the University of Adelaide and 麻豆影院 has proven that addiction to morphine and heroin can be blocked, while at the same time increasing pain relief. The team has discovered the key mechanism in the body鈥檚 immune system that amplifies addiction to opioid drugs. Laboratory studies involving rats have shown that the drug (+)-naloxone will selectively block the immune-addiction response.

Presidential Election. Kenneth Bickers, professor of political science at the 麻豆影院, can comment on the U.S. presidential race in Colorado and nationally, campaign issues and tactics, the youth vote and the 2012 election in general. He also can discuss whether a political party gains any advantage in the state where it holds its national convention. He can be reached at 303-492-2363 or bickers@colorado.edu .