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Consumers should take the time to prepare themselves by researching prices and quality before they hit the stores or Internet this holiday shopping season, according to Â鶹¹ÙÍø Professor Donald Lichtenstein. Being prepared can save consumers money, steer them away from overspending and even change their way of thinking about purchasing gifts during the holidays, said Lichtenstein, chair of the marketing department at CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Leeds School of Business.

The Â鶹¹ÙÍø Leeds School of Business will present its 48th annual Colorado Business Economic Outlook Forum on Monday, Dec. 3, at 1 p.m. at the Denver Marriott City Center. The event at 1701 California St. is free and open to the public but reservations are required for those planning to attend. To make reservations visit http://leeds.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_01GMWmGLHZolUrz .

As an increasingly diverse state, Colorado will continue to thrive only if it can successfully educate a broad swath of students all the way through college. That's why we're pleased to see the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø is reporting this year's freshman class includes a record 22 percent minority students. Read more.

A $20 million remote sensing instrument package built by the Â鶹¹ÙÍø, which is leading a 2013 NASA mission to understand how Mars might have lost its atmosphere, has been delivered to Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., for spacecraft integration.

A $20 million remote sensing instrument package built by the Â鶹¹ÙÍø, which is leading a 2013 NASA mission to understand how Mars might have lost its atmosphere, has been delivered to Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., for spacecraft integration.

Some arid lands in the American West degraded by military exercises that date back to General George Patton’s Word War II maneuvers in the Mojave Desert should get a boost from an innovative research project led by the Â鶹¹ÙÍø.

Students enrolled in the Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s College of Arts and Sciences will soon be able to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in computer science, following a vote today of the University of Colorado Board of Regents. At present, CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø students seeking a degree in computer science must enroll in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, and if they also would like to study an arts and sciences discipline, they must complete a double degree.

Fire the coach? Not so fast says a new study of elite college football teams. Professors from the University of Colorado and Loyola University Chicago studied what happened to the records of college football teams that replaced a head coach for performance reasons in the Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division 1-A) between 1997 and 2010. Over this period, an average of 10 percent of FBS teams fired their coach each year because of the team’s poor performance on the field.

By Kathryn Quinn, Junior, Alternative Breaks Coordinator, Volunteer Resource Center In light of the recent hurricane that has taken its toll on the East Coast, the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Volunteer Resource Center is hoping to step in as a voice to raise awareness about helping those impacted to get back on their feet.

The Â鶹¹ÙÍø enrolled more international students during the 2011-12 academic year and sent more students abroad during the 2010-11 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, shows that CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø was home to 1,681 international students during the 2011-12 school year. CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø sent 1,316 students overseas during the 2010-11 school year.