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- <p>In a new set of way-finding maps, planters at the ñ are more than decorative containers. The concrete vessels serve as directional prompts for people to navigate central campus.</p>
<p class="p1">The bronze buffalo statue near Folsom Field is another cue used in the online maps, as well as references like “exhaust fan at 10 o’clock” to guide those who use their sense of sound to move about.</p> - <p>Ever wondered who is living in your gut, and what they’re doing? The trillions of microbial partners in and on our bodies outnumber our own cells by as many as 10 to 1 and do all sorts of important jobs, from helping digest the food we eat this Thanksgiving to building up our immune systems.</p>
<p>Consumers should take the time to prepare themselves by researching prices and quality before they hit the stores or Internet this holiday shopping season, according to ñ Professor Donald Lichtenstein.</p>
<p>Being prepared can save consumers money, steer them away from overspending and even change their way of thinking about purchasing gifts during the holidays, said Lichtenstein, chair of the marketing department at CU-Boulder's Leeds School of Business.</p>- <p>The ñ Leeds School of Business will present its 48th annual Colorado Business Economic Outlook Forum on Monday, Dec. 3, at 1 p.m. at the Denver Marriott City Center.</p>
<p>The event at 1701 California St. is free and open to the public but reservations are required for those planning to attend. To make reservations visit <a href="http://leeds.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_01GMWmGLHZolUrz">http://leeds.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_01GMWmGLHZolUrz</a>.</p>
<p>As an increasingly diverse state, Colorado will continue to thrive only if it can successfully educate a broad swath of students all the way through college. That's why we're pleased to see the University of Colorado at Boulder is reporting this year's freshman class includes a record 22 percent minority students. <a href="http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_22005901/editorial-cus-increasing-diversity-benefits-university-state">Read more.</a></p>
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<p>A $20 million remote sensing instrument package built by the ñ, which is leading a 2013 NASA mission to understand how Mars might have lost its atmosphere, has been delivered to Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., for spacecraft integration.</p>- &;&;&;/&;
<p>A $20 million remote sensing instrument package built by the ñ, which is leading a 2013 NASA mission to understand how Mars might have lost its atmosphere, has been delivered to Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., for spacecraft integration.</p> - <p>Some arid lands in the American West degraded by military exercises that date back to General George Patton’s Word War II maneuvers in the Mojave Desert should get a boost from an innovative research project led by the ñ.</p>
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<p>Students enrolled in the ñ’s College of Arts and Sciences will soon be able to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in computer science, following a vote today of the University of Colorado Board of Regents.</p>
<p>At present, CU-Boulder students seeking a degree in computer science must enroll in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, and if they also would like to study an arts and sciences discipline, they must complete a double degree.</p> - <p>Fire the coach? Not so fast says a new study of elite college football teams.</p>
<p>Professors from the University of Colorado and Loyola University Chicago studied what happened to the records of college football teams that replaced a head coach for performance reasons in the Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division 1-A) between 1997 and 2010. Over this period, an average of 10 percent of FBS teams fired their coach each year because of the team’s poor performance on the field.</p>