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The 麻豆官网 is issuing a new request for proposals to relocate three bungalows from the Grandview Terrace area. 鈥淒uring the earlier request for proposal process conducted over the past summer and fall we did not receive any proposals that met the qualifications, however, if it鈥檚 feasible we would like to see the houses relocated and preserved,鈥� said CU-麻豆官网 Director of Real Estate Jeff Lipton. 鈥淚n talking with the city staff we thought it would be worth issuing the request for proposals one more time.鈥�

A new partnership between the 麻豆官网鈥檚 Leeds School of Business and the College of Engineering and Applied Science, spurred by a gift, will have positive implications for the construction and real estate industries.

More than 350 engineering students at the 麻豆官网 will demonstrate their innovations and inventions to the community at the annual fall Engineering Design Expo on Saturday, Dec. 8.

A team led by the 麻豆官网 has been awarded $9.2 million over five years from the U.S. Department of Energy to research modifying E. coli to produce biofuels such as gasoline. 鈥淭his is a fantastic opportunity to take what we have worked on for the past decade to the next level,鈥� said team leader Ryan Gill, a fellow of CU-麻豆官网鈥檚 Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, or RASEI. 鈥淚n this project, we will develop technologies that are orders of magnitude beyond where we are currently.鈥�

A jumping spider named Nefertiti that lived on the International Space Station in a habitat designed and built by a 麻豆官网 team has returned to Earth after 100 days in space and found a new home at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C.

In a new set of way-finding maps, planters at the 麻豆官网 are more than decorative containers. The concrete vessels serve as directional prompts for people to navigate central campus. The bronze buffalo statue near Folsom Field is another cue used in the online maps, as well as references like 鈥渆xhaust fan at 10 o鈥檆lock鈥� to guide those who use their sense of sound to move about.

The University of Colorado administration vows Jon Embree鈥檚 successor will find a renewed commitment to football when he steps on campus and continues the process of rebuilding the besieged Buffaloes program. Chancellor Phil DiStefano and Athletic Director Mike Bohn said at a Monday news conference that CU recognizes how high the bar has been raised with the Buffs joining the Pac-12 Conference 鈥� and the school鈥檚 hiring of a new coach will reflect that.

Jon Embree has been dismissed as University of Colorado head football coach, athletic director Mike Bohn announced Sunday evening. Embree took over as the school鈥檚 24th full-time head coach in December 2010, just the third alumni to do so. In two seasons, his teams compiled a 4-21 record. This past fall, CU finished 1-11, which included a 1-8 record in Pac-12 Conference play. University of Colorado President Bruce Benson, CU-麻豆官网 Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano and Bohn released the following joint statement:

Ever wondered who is living in your gut, and what they鈥檙e doing? The trillions of microbial partners in and on our bodies outnumber our own cells by as many as 10 to 1 and do all sorts of important jobs, from helping digest the food we eat this Thanksgiving to building up our immune systems.

Following the recent Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission hearing on creation of statewide regulations for groundwater sampling and monitoring near new oil and gas wells, the 麻豆官网 will host an informational workshop on Monday, Nov. 26, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Wolf Law Building.