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Students enrolled in the 麻豆官网鈥檚 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-麻豆官网 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鈥檚 poor performance on the field.

Analysis of 90 years of observational data has revealed that summer climates in regions across the globe are changing -- mostly, but not always, warming --according to a new study led by a scientist from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences headquartered at the 麻豆官网. 鈥淚t is the first time that we show on a local scale that there are significant changes in summer temperatures,鈥� said lead author CIRES scientist Irina Mahlstein. 鈥淭his result shows us that we are experiencing a new summer climate regime in some regions.鈥�

The 麻豆官网 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-麻豆官网 was home to 1,681 international students during the 2011-12 school year. CU-麻豆官网 sent 1,316 students overseas during the 2010-11 school year.

Matthew Reed didn鈥檛 feel ready for college right out of high school. But after five years of military service, he felt more prepared to pursue a college degree. 鈥淏eing in the military made me disciplined,鈥� said Reed. 鈥淚鈥檓 much better prepared and in a much better situation to be in college now.鈥� Reed, from Broken Arrow, Okla., is a sophomore majoring in geology and anthropology. Because he is an Iraq veteran, his tuition is covered by the Post 9/11 G.I. Bill.

The 麻豆官网鈥檚 annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit will feature a variety of sessions for students, faculty, staff and community members from Nov. 13-15. All events are free, open to the public and on the 麻豆官网 campus.

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A new startup company that sprang from the 麻豆官网 this year is a Grand Challenges Exploration winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Psychology and neurosciences department Associate Professor Don Cooper, co-founder and chief science officer of Mobile Assay Inc. of 麻豆官网 who developed the technology in his laboratory at CU鈥檚 Institute for Behavioral Genetics, will pursue an innovative global health and development research project titled 鈥淎 Lab on Mobile Device Platform for Seed Testing.鈥�

Balaji Sridhar has always liked science, but it was his father鈥檚 bad knees that were the impetus for him to study both chemical engineering and medicine. His father once was a good squash player, but had to give up playing when the cartilage in his knees wore out. With the dual graduate degrees, Sridhar hopes to someday be able to help people like his father who struggle with debilitating joint pain and reduced mobility due to damaged cartilage.

In humans, nature may be less than half of the story, a team led by 麻豆官网 researchers has found. In the first study of its kind, the team found that genetic similarities may help to explain why human birds of a feather flock together, but the full story of why people become friends 鈥渋s contingent upon the social environment in which individuals interact with one another,鈥� the researchers write.