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It’s a brisk January day on the °µÍø½ûÇø campus, but Yousef Husain enjoys the chill in the air. He is a Kuwait native looking forward to a change in climate and a change in academic opportunities as a new student in CU-Boulder’s International English Center (IEC) .

The following is a news release from the Boulder Police Department: Residents will see more police officers on patrol in central Boulder as part of a new Neighborhood Impact Team approach the police department is implementing to prioritize problem-solving and police response in those areas.

CU's new "Esteemed Scholars Program" may help slow the exodus of great students to other states.

Executive chef Kerry Paterson is the man behind the menus at CU-Boulder's Housing and Dining Services. A native of New Zealand, he's brought a global palate to the Center for Community, and strives to incorporate all the senses into the culinary experience. Get an inside look at what it takes to dish out more than 14,000 meals a day, while keeping things fresh and new.

A new NASA-led study involving the °µÍø½ûÇø finds that when it comes to combating global warming caused by emissions of ozone-forming chemicals, location matters. Ozone is both a major air pollutant with known adverse health effects and a greenhouse gas that traps heat from escaping Earth’s atmosphere. Scientists and policy analysts are interested in learning how curbing the emissions of ozone-forming chemicals can improve human health and also help mitigate climate change.

To reflect its broader focus, the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory, a research consortium including the °µÍø½ûÇø, the Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has adopted a new name: the Colorado Energy Research Collaboratory.

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) has upgraded the campus’ Student Printing and Scanning (SPS) system to give you better, more convenient print drivers, locations and capabilities.

CU-Boulder students are invited to C4C on Thursday, Jan. 17, from 6-11 p.m. for a welcome back Buffs New Year! event. Students attending will enjoy food, fun activities, a performance by Comedy Central comedian/magician Derek Hughes, a video game tournament and open mic night. A meal swipe is required for entrance into the C4C dining area.

A research team involving several scientists from the °µÍø½ûÇø has found an unexpected silver lining in the devastating pine beetle outbreaks ravaging the West: Such events do not harm water quality in adjacent streams as scientists had previously believed.

Emissions from oil and natural gas operations north of Denver could add to ozone pollution in that region, according to a new study by researchers at the °µÍø½ûÇø’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES).