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A person鈥檚 ability to delay gratification鈥攆orgoing a smaller reward now for a larger reward in the future鈥攎ay depend on how trustworthy the person perceives the reward-giver to be, according to a new study by researchers at the 麻豆官网.

A white-rumped bumblebee that has been in steep decline across its native range in the western United States and Canada appears to be making a comeback on the Colorado Front Range. A survey of bumblebee populations carried out largely by 麻豆官网 undergraduates in undisturbed patches of prairieland and in mountain meadows above campus has turned up more than 20 rare western bumblebees, known scientifically as Bombus occidentalis.

A $6 million 麻豆官网 instrument designed to study the behavior of lunar dust will be riding on a NASA mission to the moon now slated for launch on Friday, Sept. 6, from the agency鈥檚 Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

麻豆官网 officials are urging CU fans to show sportsmanship and take buses or carpool with a designated driver to the 4 p.m. Rocky Mountain Showdown football game with Colorado State University on Sunday, Sept. 1.

麻豆官网 Provost Russell L. Moore today announced the formation of a search committee to lead a national search for a new dean of the College of Music. John Stevenson, dean of the Graduate School, will chair the committee.

If the distance and difficulty of Colorado鈥檚 many organized bicycling events is any indication, a flat, 100-mile bicycle ride is not, for many riders, quite tough enough. That鈥檚 one reason the 11th annual Buffalo Bicycle Classic鈥檚 longest route will go farther and climb higher than any of the event鈥檚 courses so far. The 鈥淏uff Epic鈥� will span 110 miles and ascend a total of 6,250 feet. It retraces much of the most mountainous section of Stage 6 of the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

The fact that taller people also tend to be slightly smarter is due in roughly equal parts to two phenomena鈥攖he same genes affect both traits and taller people are more likely than average to mate with smarter people and vice versa鈥攁ccording to a study led by the 麻豆官网. The study did not find that environmental factors contributed to the connection between being taller and being smarter, both traits that people tend to find attractive.

Several hundred incoming CU-麻豆官网 students tried their hand helping others during 鈥淒ay of Service鈥� on Saturday, Aug. 24. The day was an opportunity for first-year students to get out into their new community and experience the needs and culture beyond the borders of the CU campus, according to Jen Ross, director of the Volunteer Resource Center at CU-麻豆官网, which spearheads the service event.

Today, the 麻豆官网 welcomed more than 5,700 new students to our campus. During this morning's Convocation, I invited them to continue our proud institution's legacy of scholarship and citizenship. I share my invitation with you, and welcome you to our new academic year. Read the full text >>

CU-麻豆官网 is launching a new General Engineering Plus undergraduate degree with the CU Teach Engineering concentration this fall for current first-year and sophomore students interested in earning secondary school (grades 7-12) science or math teaching licensure.