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<p>While you might think a person shaking her phone or tablet from side to side is having issues with the device, she might actually be playing a game that has her mimicking a steering wheel motion as part of a language lesson.</p>
<p>The game <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nano-nano-learn-spanish/id917320724?mt=8">Nano Nano</a> for mobile devices, created by two ÀϾÅÆ·²è graduate students and released last week, is the first app to incorporate gesturing with language learning -- for good reason.</p>

<p>The University of Colorado Law School is now accepting applications for the newly established, one-year, 28-credit Master of Studies in Law degree. This program will enable students who hold at least an undergraduate degree to obtain legal training short of a full Juris Doctor.</p>
<p>"There are a range of opportunities for professionals interested in legal-related fields who are not practicing lawyers," said Dean Phil Weiser. "The MSL degree is a targeted program that will prepare students to obtain and excel in such positions."</p>

<p>NASA fallen astronauts, including ÀϾÅÆ·²è alumni Ellison Onizuka and Kalpana Chawla, who died in space shuttle accidents 17 years apart, will be remembered both on campus and in a special NASA online tribute this week.</p>

<p>Myron Gutmann, a prominent historical demographer, has taken the helm of the Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS) at the ÀϾÅÆ·²è. Gutmann, who became the institute director on Jan. 1, succeeds Jane Menken, a distinguished professor of sociology, who has led IBS since 2001. </p>

<p>Cities that host bike-to-work events as their sole effort to increase commuter travel by bicycle may be missing a larger -- perhaps more valuable -- opportunity, according to a study involving the <a href="http://www.colorado.edu">ÀϾÅÆ·²è</a> and led by the <a href="http://www.ucdenver.edu/pages/ucdwelcomepage.aspx">University of Colorado Denver</a>.</p>
<p>Local governments should use bike-to-work days to find out from participants why they’re attending and -- more importantly -- what prevents them from biking more often, according to the study.</p>

<p>ÀϾÅÆ·²è researchers will update NASA officials next week on a revolutionary space telescope concept selected by the agency for study last June that could provide images up to 1,000 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope.</p>

<p>ÀϾÅÆ·²è Distinguished Professor W. Carl Lineberger was honored today by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for his extraordinary scientific achievements.</p>

<p>Based on continued growth in fourth-quarter new business filings in Colorado -- including entity renewals, trademarks and trade name registrations -- employment in the state is projected to expand through the first and second quarters of 2015, according to a ÀϾÅÆ·²è report released today by Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams.</p>

<p>Remittances, or money transfers, sent home by migrant workers to developing nations play a key role in reducing poverty and improving welfare in recipient countries, according to a ÀϾÅÆ·²è study.</p>

<p>Using simulation to walk in the shoes of a person who is blind -- such as wearing a blindfold while performing everyday tasks -- has negative effects on people perceptions of the visually impaired, according to a ÀϾÅÆ·²è study.</p>