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The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will test the Campus Alerts text-messaging system on Thursday, Oct. 14, at noon. The campus conducts at least two tests of the text-messaging system each year in order to promote emergency preparedness.

The Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Resource Center at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will host a series of events celebrating National Coming Out Week and the center's 15th anniversary Oct. 11-15.

If you think global warming is bad, 11 billion years ago the entire universe underwent what might be called universal warming. The consequence of that early heating was that fierce blasts of radiation from voracious black holes stunted the growth of some small galaxies for a stretch of 500 million years.

Conservation efforts at three University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ buildings cut campus energy use by 645,000 kilowatt-hours, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by over 1 million pounds and saving nearly $65,000 in utility costs during the 2009-10 fiscal year.

NASA announced today that the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ-led mission to Mars to investigate how the planet lost much of its atmosphere eons ago has been approved by the space agency to move into the development stage.

After two consecutive quarters of growing optimism about the state economy, Colorado business leaders' confidence contracted going into the fourth quarter, according to the most recent quarterly Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Leeds School of Business.

One hundred years ago, Colorado Gov. John Shafroth, a group of University of Colorado dignitaries and leading Â鶹ӰԺ citizens stood on a barren hillside overlooking the town and laid the cornerstone for what would become the Â鶹ӰԺ area's premier performing arts venue.

University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ officials are urging CU students and other fans to arrive early for Saturday's football game between CU and Georgia at Folsom Field, and to be on their best behavior.

In an effort to assist the Â鶹ӰԺ Police Department with an ongoing investigation, the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Police Department is asking for assistance in identifying a suspect in a sexual assault case that occurred between 2 and 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 6 in the area of 17th Street and Broadway.

While the general job market nationally is still struggling mightily, the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ saw an 8 percent uptick in full-time job postings by companies seeking to hire CU-Â鶹ӰԺ students and graduates in 2009-10 compared with 2008-09.