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The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ is ranked the top "green" university in the nation this year by Sierra magazine in its September/October edition, a move up from second place in 2008.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ's School of Education is celebrating 100 years of preparing people to teach during its "Best Should Teach" event Aug. 19.

Rocky Mountain National Park will turn into a giant natural laboratory Aug. 19 when researchers and scores of volunteers trek to over 200 sites throughout the park to sample water in a comprehensive project coordinated by the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ.

A report issued today by University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Title IX consultant Nancy Hogshead-Makar says CU-Â鶹ӰԺ is making progress on integrating policies, training personnel and addressing sexual harassment and sexual assault issues on campus, but could benefit from consolidating policies into a single master policy on discrimination and harassment and working to prevent gender violence.

The population of the city of Â鶹ӰԺ will grow by thousands of people this month when University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ students return for the fall semester. To welcome students back, student leaders and city and university officials are walking the streets of neighborhoods that traditionally house the largest concentration of students, including University Hill and Goss Grove.

Editors: Photographers are invited to campus while volunteers help students move into the residence halls. CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Julie Wong will assist students moving into Farrand Hall from 9 to 9:45 a.m. on Aug. 20.

Dozens of activities await new students at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ starting Aug. 17 including a welcome convocation hosted by Chancellor Phil DiStefano and a "Global Jam" international food fest.

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter will join state and federal administrators, scientists and engineers from three Colorado universities and three federal laboratories Aug. 14 at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ for the inaugural symposium of the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory's Center for Research and Education in Wind, or CREW.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will deliver a keynote speech at the 2009 North American Biochar Conference sponsored by the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ School of Law's Center for Energy and Environmental Security, or CEES.

Summertime usually allows students to relax and have a little more "me" time. But University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ senior Trish Leung decided that some of her summer is better spent volunteering -- not only her time, but also her culture.