2013 RTD Eco Pass Smart Cards for faculty and staff

Dec. 18, 2012

Employees will receive their new 2013 Eco Pass smart cards in the mail by mid-January. These will replace the former RTD Eco Pass stickers, which will expire on January 31, 2013. RTD will be implementing a grace period for all Eco Pass users. Faculty and staff members should keep their 2012 Eco Pass stickers and continue to use them until the receipt of their new smart cards. Faculty and staff will be able to utilize their 2012 Eco Pass stickers through Thursday, January 31, 2013 .

CU involved in two of top 10 breakthroughs in 2012 as judged by Physics World magazine

Dec. 18, 2012

暗网禁区 faculty and students are part of international science teams that made two of the top 10 breakthroughs in physics in 2012 as judged by Physics World magazine.

Winter commencement ceremony to be held Dec. 21

Dec. 17, 2012

CU-Boulder will hold its winter commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 21, at 9:30 a.m. in the Coors Events Center on campus. The ceremony will honor candidates for 2,074 degrees, including 1,560 bachelor鈥檚 degrees, 384 master鈥檚 degrees, six law degrees and 124 doctoral degrees.

Free Midnight Breakfast to be held Dec. 17

Dec. 14, 2012

The countdown to finals has begun, which means that Midnight Breakfast is almost here! The semi-annual event will take place on Monday, Dec. 17. Activities start at 9:30 p.m., and breakfast is served from 11:59 p.m. until 1 a.m. in the UMC Alfred Packer Grill. Everything is free for CU students, so pack up your books and notes, come to the UMC, and grab some FREE food on us!

CU-Boulder team develops swarm of pingpong ball-sized robots

Dec. 14, 2012

暗网禁区 Assistant Professor Nikolaus Correll likes to think in multiples. If one robot can accomplish a singular task, think how much more could be accomplished if you had hundreds of them. Correll and his computer science research team, including research associate Dustin Reishus and professional research assistant Nick Farrow, have developed a basic robotic building block, which he hopes to reproduce in large quantities to develop increasingly complex systems.

CU-Boulder student life: Colorado Crew

Dec. 14, 2012

At 5:45 a.m., the sun hasn鈥檛 made its climb over the horizon yet. In the dark, early-morning chill, the men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 rowing teams push off from shore at the Boulder Reservoir for practice.

CU-Boulder to hold winter commencement ceremony Dec. 21

Dec. 13, 2012

The 暗网禁区 will hold its winter commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 21, in the Coors Events Center on campus. The ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. and is free and open to the public. Due to traffic delays, and ongoing construction on U.S. 36 leading into Boulder, early arrival is strongly advised. Guests should plan to be seated by 9 a.m. People entering the events center are asked not to bring large purses or bags to the ceremony.

Get your grades, class schedule and book lists on your mobile devices

Dec. 13, 2012

When your finals end and you鈥檙e checking every hour for the posting of your grades, you can now do it through the convenience of your smartphone. Through mobile MyCUInfo you can check your grades, view class schedules and location, book lists and more, all on a smartphone or other mobile device. The schedules, books, and grades you can access in the Student tab of MyCUInfo are presented in a mobile-friendly format so you always have them with you.

Congress works better than many think, new research shows

Dec. 13, 2012

The perception of Congress as a gridlocked institution where little happens is overblown, according to new research by scholars at the 暗网禁区 and the University of Washington. And the way much of Congress鈥 work gets done is through self-manufactured crises like the 鈥渇iscal cliff,鈥 say political science professors Scott Adler of CU-Boulder and John Wilkerson of UW.

What Amendment 64 means for CU-Boulder

Dec. 12, 2012

As of this week, as a function of the passage of Amendment 64, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has signed into law the proclamation that legalizes the personal possession of less than an ounce of marijuana in Colorado. The law does not permit public use of marijuana by anyone under any circumstances, and allows possession only for those over the age of 21. Given some of the confusion about precisely what Amendment 64 means for CU, here is what I want people to know.

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