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<p>The �Ͼ�Ʒ�� will hold its winter commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 20, in the Coors Events Center on campus.</p>
<p>The ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. and is free and open to the public.</p>
<p>Due to traffic delays, and ongoing construction on U.S. 36 leading into Boulder, early arrival is strongly advised.</p>
<p>The ceremony will honor candidates for 1,899 degrees, including 1,399 bachelor degrees, 310 master degrees, nine law degrees and 181 doctoral degrees.</p>

<p>Colorado will continue on the road to recovery and add a variety of jobs in 2014 across almost all business sectors following a positive year in 2013, according to economist Richard Wobbekind of the �Ͼ�Ʒ�� Leeds School of Business.</p>
<p>The comprehensive outlook report for 2014 features forecasts and trends for 13 business sectors prepared by more than 100 key business, government and industry professionals.</p>

<p>In just one hour, school kids, teachers and any code-curious member of the public with an Internet connection can now create their own 3-D video game using a tutorial built by a team at the �Ͼ�Ʒ�� in preparation for the global “Hour of Code” event happening the second week of December.</p>

<p>More than 350 engineering students at the �Ͼ�Ʒ�� will demonstrate their innovations and inventions to the community at the annual fall Engineering Design Expo on Saturday, Dec. 7.</p>

<p>The �Ͼ�Ʒ�� Leeds School of Business will present its 49th annual Colorado Business Economic Outlook Forum on Monday, Dec. 9, at 1 p.m. at the Denver Marriott City Center. The event is free and open to the public but <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2014-colorado-business-economic-outlook-forum-registration-8721912475">reservations are required</a> for those planning to attend.</p>
<p>Leeds School economist Richard Wobbekind will present the forecast and Doug Suttles, president and CEO of Encana, will deliver the keynote address.</p>

<p>A $671 million NASA mission to Mars led by the �Ͼ�Ʒ�� thundered into the sky today from Cape Canaveral, Fla., at 1:28 p.m. EST, the first step on its 10-month journey to Mars.</p>
<p>Known as the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN mission, the MAVEN spacecraft was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket provided by United Launch Alliance of Centennial, Colo. The mission will target the role the loss of atmospheric gases played in changing Mars from a warm, wet and possibly habitable planet for life to the cold dry and inhospitable planet it appears to be today.</p>

<p>A $671 million NASA mission to Mars being led by the �Ͼ�Ʒ�� is approaching its official countdown toward a planned Nov. 18 launch after a decade of rigorous work by faculty, professionals, staff and students.</p>

<p>Seven CU-Boulder aerospace engineering students are among 20 top students who will be recognized Nov. 14 with a new national award honoring tomorrow engineering leaders sponsored by Penton <em>Aviation Week</em> in partnership with Raytheon. The “Twenty20s” awards honor the academic achievements and leadership of top engineering, math, science and technology students.</p>

<p>The �Ͼ�Ʒ�� enrolled more international students during the 2012-13 academic year and sent more students abroad during the 2011-12 academic year than any other higher education institution in Colorado.</p>
<p>The data, released today by the Institute of International Education in its annual Open Doors Report, shows that CU-Boulder was home to 1,910 international students during the 2012-13 school year, up from 1,681 in 2011-12.</p>
<p>CU-Boulder sent 1,330 students overseas during the 2011-12 school year, up from 1,316 in 2010-11.</p>

<p>One of the first steps people take toward rebuilding their communities after a flood, wildfire or other disaster may not be the right step, according to the director of the Natural Hazards Center at the �Ͼ�Ʒ��.</p>
<p>“When a disaster happens, people feel pressure to rebuild things just as they were before, when in fact a disaster should be a time when there is a pause, when we ask ‘How can we build it back better than it was before?’ ” said center Director Kathleen Tierney, also a professor of sociology.</p>