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<p>The �Ͼ�Ʒ�� will host a conference that explores the phenomenon of slavery from a global, historical perspective on Sept. 27-28.</p>
<p>The event will include scholars specializing in the study of slavery in ancient, medieval and modern contexts and in global regions that include Western, pre-Columbian, African, Asian and Muslim. Titled “What is a Slave Society: an International Conference on the Nature of Slavery as a Global Historical Phenomenon,” the event will be held in the British and Irish Studies room of Norlin Library.</p>

<p>A panel of science experts will convene at the �Ͼ�Ʒ�� on Wednesday, Sept. 25, to discuss weather and climate related to the recent devastating floods.</p>

<p>Nanoly Bioscience of Boulder and the University of Colorado recently entered into an option agreement that will enable the startup company to develop a technique for protecting vaccines during delivery to rural and less-developed areas of the world.</p>

<p>Several hundred incoming CU-Boulder students tried their hand helping others during “Day of Service” on Saturday, Aug. 24. The day was an opportunity for first-year students to get out into their new community and experience the needs and culture beyond the borders of the CU campus, according to Jen Ross, director of the <a href="http://volunteer.colorado.edu/">Volunteer Resource Center</a> at CU-Boulder, which spearheads the service event.</p>

<p>The �Ͼ�Ʒ�� is launching a new <a href="http://geneng.colorado.edu">General Engineering Plus</a> undergraduate degree with the CU Teach Engineering concentration this fall for current first-year and sophomore students interested in earning secondary school (grades 7-12) science or math teaching licensure.</p>
<p>The GE+ degree program offers an interdisciplinary, hands-on, design-based engineering core curriculum, coupled with an engineering disciplinary emphasis (aerospace, mechanical, environmental, architectural, or civil) and a “Design Your Own” concentration in an area within or external to engineering.</p>

<p>�Ͼ�Ʒ�� 600 incoming students at the �Ͼ�Ʒ�� will get the opportunity to try their hand helping others during a “Day of Service” on Saturday, Aug. 24.</p>
<p>The Day of Service is an opportunity for first-year students to get out into the community they are entering and experience its needs and culture beyond the borders of the CU campus, according to Jen Ross, director of the Volunteer Resource Center at CU-Boulder, which spearheads the service event.</p>

<p>A �Ͼ�Ʒ�� faculty member will travel to Africa later this month to test a mobile smartphone technology developed by his team to rapidly detect and track natural carcinogens, including aflatoxin, which is estimated to contaminate up to 25 percent of the global food supply and cause severe illnesses in humans and animals.</p>

<p>Volunteers from a variety of campus groups will be available to help new students move their belongings into residence halls at the �Ͼ�Ʒ�� Aug. 20 and Aug. 22 as New Student Move-In begins. New students will move in Aug. 20 through Aug. 22 with the majority of freshmen moving in on Aug. 22.</p>
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<p><span>The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, mission to Mars will carry just over 1,100 haiku, along with thousands of names, on its journey to the red planet. The haiku were part of a contest, sponsored by the �Ͼ�Ʒ��, asking the public to submit haiku poetry relating to NASA upcoming MAVEN mission to Mars.</span></p>

<p><span>The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, mission to Mars will carry just over 1,100 haiku, along with thousands of names, on its journey to the red planet. The haiku were part of a contest, sponsored by the �Ͼ�Ʒ��, asking the public to submit haiku poetry relating to NASA upcoming MAVEN mission to Mars.</span></p>