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Five CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø students have earned Brooke Owens Fellowships. The highly competitive program provides paid internships and mentoring to exceptional undergraduate women seeking careers in aviation or space exploration.

Provost Russell Moore has announced that Mary Kraus, vice provost for undergraduate education and professor of geology, will retire in summer 2021.

This week brings Days of Gratitude events, free school supplies and CU swag, a guided paint class, trivia night, a talk by modern relationship expert Esther Perel and more.

This year's collection introduces you to researchers who are pushing boundaries and shaping our future, addressing the most pressing topics of our time including COVID-19 and a unique inflection point in social justice and equity.

The Engaged Arts and Humanities Graduate Student Scholars program provides up to $2,000 for professional development and support for a community-engaged scholarship project focused on arts and humanities. Apply by March 2.

Contemplative Resource Center spring-semester offerings include meditation, yoga and contemplative pedagogy workshops. Plan to attend!

It can be challenging to have conversations with people who don’t share our own views or who see the world differently from us. Check out some ways to have open dialogues, no matter who you’re talking to.

At its Feb. 11 meeting, the CU Board of Regents voted to approve the new names of a pair of buildings and held a preliminary discussion on tuition, fees and compensation. The board also formally recognized members of the 2020 cohort of distinguished professors.

Approved are the new names of two buildings––one after pioneering alumna and lifelong educator Lucile Berkeley Buchanan and another after Professor Emeritus Albert Ramírez and his late wife, Vera, who for many years provided support, mentorship and guidance to first-generation and other underrepresented students.

Through the spring semester, campus officials are providing weekly updates. In this issue: Mobile testing; expert advice on face coverings; Buff Pass upgrades; and more.