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The Â鶹ӰԺ will hold its winter commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 16, in the Coors Events Center on campus.

Â鶹ӰԺ Provost Russell L. Moore today announced that a search committee for the vice chancellor for student affairs has named Deborah J. "Deb" Coffin the sole finalist for the position. Coffin has served in the post in an interim capacity since July 2011.

A Â鶹ӰԺ team is partnering with the United States Agency for International Development to assess snow and glacier contributions to water resources originating in the high mountains of Asia that straddle 10 countries.

Colorado will continue on the road to recovery and add jobs in 2012 following a positive year in 2011, according to economist Richard Wobbekind of the Â鶹ӰԺ's Leeds School of Business.

Colorado will continue on the road to recovery and add jobs in 2012 following a positive year in 2011, according to economist Richard Wobbekind of the Â鶹ӰԺ's Leeds School of Business. Wobbekind's announcement was part of the 47th annual Colorado Business Economic Outlook Forum presented Dec. 5 by CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's Leeds School of Business.

Two Â鶹ӰԺ researchers who have adapted a three-dimensional, general circulation model of Earth's climate to a time some 2.8 billion years ago when the sun was significantly fainter than present think the planet may have been more prone to catastrophic glaciation than previously believed.

Williams Village North, the Â鶹ӰԺ's newest residence hall, has received a LEED platinum rating from the United States Green Building Council. The 500-bed residence hall is the first of its size in the nation to rank platinum -- the highest possible designation.

Â鶹ӰԺ students will demonstrate innovative ideas and projects ranging from a safer climbing helmet to robot butlers at three expos over the next week. All of the events are free and open to the public.

The Â鶹ӰԺ Leeds School of Business will present its annual Colorado Business Economic Outlook Forum on Monday, Dec. 5, at 1 p.m. at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Denver.

Two Â鶹ӰԺ professors are conducting research in Finland and the United Kingdom as Fulbright Scholars for the 2011-12 academic year.