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Whether it’s studying for a bio exam or finishing a paper, procrastination can stop anyone in their tracks. But does it have to keep you down? Dr. Koru, a mindfulness expert, says there are several things you can do in just a few minutes that have the potential to turn it all around: timed working, for example, and changing your environment can have a huge impact. For more tips, check out this month’s issue of Student Health 101 .

As we mourn the loss of life in Paris and conduct outreach it is important that we re-affirm our values as a campus by providing support to the French students studying with us in Â鶹¹ÙÍø, to our American students studying in France, and to the valued members of our Muslim community on campus. I want us to rise to the challenge of this difficult international moment by greeting tragedy with healing and conflict with understanding, and by refusing to inject more rancor and reprisal into the mix.

I am delighted to share with you recent highlights from the Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s research endeavors and creative works . While I have only been onboard a short time, I am impressed by the remarkable people, our dedicated partners and the excitement about CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s past and future impact.

University of Colorado Student Government Tri-Execs John Lurquin, Boneth Ahaneku, and I have been very shocked by racist incidents on the University of Missouri campus and offer our steadfast support and continued prayers and well wishes to students there on behalf of the Â鶹¹ÙÍø's 30,000+ students. While we continue to send forth words of hope and solidarity to those struggling against oppression in communities across the country, the three of us stand ready to act here, at the Â鶹¹ÙÍø, to make tangible change for people of color. Please join us in this endeavor.

Hello, scholars. Happy almost-break! Push through this last torrent of midterms with stamina and capability, guys—we're almost done. This week's events include free puppy-snuggle time at the UMC.

Ask Â鶹¹ÙÍø faculty and staff for entrepreneurial project proposals and they will deliver. Eleven teams of CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø faculty and staff from across campus have been offered seed funding, ranging from $5,000 to $20,000 each, after a call went out in September for applications. The 11 awards granted are out of 26 total submittals.

The Â鶹¹ÙÍø enrolled more international students during the 2014-15 academic year and sent more students abroad during the 2013-14 academic year than any other higher education institution in Colorado. The data, released today by the Institute of International Education in its annual Open Doors Report, show that CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø was home to 2,614 international students during the 2014-15 school year, up from 2,163 in 2013-14.

Are you beginning to think about searching for a place to live next year? Off-Campus Housing & Neighborhood Relations can help. Click through to learn some house hunting tricks and tips and to see what campus resources are available to help you in your search.

I wish to add my voice to those supporting CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø students who are engaging in online and direct discussions, and preparing to engage in free speech activities in support of their fellow students at the University of Missouri.

Last May, I commissioned a committee of CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø faculty and communications professionals to take on the issue of how the administration and the faculty can communicate more effectively with one another, and to look at the current state of communication with faculty regarding basic university business.