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In an effort to connect new University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ students to their school and community, and avoid the negative consequences of what's known as the "college effect," CU is ramping up its efforts to get students involved early.

As the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, a group of Denver high school students participating in a University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ partnership with Dillard University in New Orleans has visually recorded Dillard's reconstruction by building 3-D models that are now part of Google Earth.

Xcel Energy unveiled today the first, fully integrated SmartGridCity home in Â鶹ӰԺ, Colo., at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ, Chancellor's Residence.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ is teaming up with a Â鶹ӰԺ biotechnology company to use pythons, which dramatically increase their heart size for a short time after swallowing prey, as models for new therapeutics to treat cardiac diseases.

Colorado residents age 55 and older are eligible to audit regular daytime classes at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ for a nominal fee through the Senior Auditors Program.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ has been ranked the second "greenest" school in the nation by Sierra magazine in its 2008 September/October edition.

A $70 million instrument designed by the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ that will be inserted on the Hubble Space Telescope during an October 2008 servicing mission should help astronomers better understand how galaxies, stars and planets evolved.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ is in mourning for one of its own. CU alumnus Bob Palmer (Journ '60) died on Tuesday at age 77. He was a donor and longtime supporter of the CU School of Journalism and Mass Communications and one of the school's most successful graduates.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ and the city of Â鶹ӰԺ have collaborated for several years on programs and practices designed to help prevent personal injuries and crimes against students, faculty, staff and visitors to the campus and surrounding city. As new students move onto campus, local safety experts are encouraging the university community to get familiar with safety guidelines, recommendations and services that can help keep the campus safe, including a text-messaging alert system.

University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Chancellor G.P. "Bud" Peterson and other campus officials today condemned a stabbing that occurred in the city of Â鶹ӰԺ in the early hours of Wednesday morning, Aug. 20, but said the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ campus has taken safety precautions with the start of the new academic year and is prepared to welcome its largest freshman class ever.