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Leeds School of Business student Zhenghua Yang and a team of programmers, artists and game designers melded their passion for video games into Serenity Forge, an independent video game developing company. Surprisingly, the Boulder based company was created in 2008 while the founders were still in high school, said Yang. Now, team members work remotely, reporting to Yang, who is the head programmer, from establishments around the country such as Stanford University and St. Olaf College.

A fall tradition at the °µÍø½ûÇø, the annual State of Colorado charitable giving campaign is back for 2012. The Colorado Combined Campaign , which began in 1988 under an executive order from the Office of the Governor, provides all state employees with a once-a-year charitable solicitation that is diverse, fairly-managed and efficient.

The Boulder Campus Staff Council is sponsoring the 2012 Staff Breakfast with special guests from Total Health Fair, Sittercity, Be Colorado, Human Resources and Payroll Benefits Services. To add to the fun, several CU-Boulder Administrators and Staff Council members will be your servers. Join us Dec. 6, 7 – 9 a.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom at the University Memorial Center. This is a free event for all CU-Boulder classified and professional exempt staff. Buff OneCard needed for entry.

Colorado will continue on the road to recovery and add a variety of jobs in 2013 across almost all business sectors following a positive year in 2012, according to economist Richard Wobbekind of the °µÍø½ûÇø’s Leeds School of Business. Wobbekind’s announcement is part of the 48th annual Colorado Business Economic Outlook Forum presented Dec. 3 by the Business Research Division of the Leeds School.

Jose Antonio Vargas- a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, founder of Define American , and an undocumented immigrant- will speak in the University Memorial Center Glenn Miller Ballroom on Tuesday, Dec. 11. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the event starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are free for students and community members.

Like many youngsters, Jake Timmons (MechEngr ’12) enjoyed playing with trains when he was a kid. But he never imagined he’d get to work for a railroad when he grew up. Today, he works for one of the largest freight railroad networks in North America.

A jumping spider named Nefertiti that lived on the International Space Station in a habitat designed and built by a °µÍø½ûÇø team has returned to Earth after 100 days in space and found a new home at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C.

By the University of Colorado Student Government The negative health effects of tobacco have been well documented and include an increased likelihood of cardiovascular disease, lung cancer and stroke. Tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable death in America. Beyond that second-hand smoke is the third leading cause of preventable death. For those with asthma, respiratory ailments, and heart conditions, exposure to second-hand smoke can exacerbate those problems and potentially trigger a health crisis.

An analysis of mineral grains from the bottom of the western Grand Canyon indicates it was largely carved out by about 70 million years ago -- a time when dinosaurs were around and may have even peeked over the rim, says a study led by the °µÍø½ûÇø.

The Ellison Medical Foundation has named Bradley Olwin, professor in MCD Biology, a 2012 Senior Scholar in Aging. The award recognizes his work "Reprogramming Muscle Stem Cells to Resist Aging;" he and his team are investigating the regeneration of normal, diseased and aged skeletal muscle with a focus on the mechanisms regulating muscle stem cell quiescence, self-renewal and terminal differentiation.