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You might call someone like Derek Driggs a big-data whisperer. The recipient of an award for doctoral studies, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Driggs is taking his applied mathematics research -- which has implications for scientists and businesses alike -- across the pond.

ÐßÐßÊÓƵ Distinguished Professors Leslie Leinwand and Chris Bowman have been named fellows of the nonprofit National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

The city of ÐßÐßÊÓƵ is seeking CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ students, faculty and staff who are interested in joining a community working group that will provide input during the planning process for the 30th and Colorado Corridors Study. Letters of interest are due by 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27.

CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ aerospace professor Kristine Larson has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, for her groundbreaking research using GPS signals.

As you may be aware, the White House on Wednesday night rescinded previous guidance contained within a May 13, 2016, Dear Colleague Letter regarding transgender rights at K-12 and higher education campuses. This announcement does not alter existing federal or Colorado state law that provides discrimination protection for transgender people, nor will it change campus policies.

Facilities Management and Environmental Health and Safety staff this month have treated two CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ classrooms for the possible presence of bed bugs. Read to learn about the university's treatment methods and campus resources.

CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ Property Services will hold a public auction of surplus property and equipment on Saturday, March 11. Items will be available for preview beginning at 8 a.m., and the auction will begin at 9 a.m.

Beginning the week of Feb. 27, traffic impacts related to the city of ÐßÐßÊÓƵ's Baseline Road underpass construction project along the south edge of Main Campus are set to increase.

ÐßÐßÊÓƵ Police Department has arrested a man suspected of stealing two bikes, one from CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ's East Campus and another from Café Mexicali on Baseline Road. Both bikes have been returned to the rightful owners.

This is Diverse Learners Awareness Week, when Disability Services and the Office of Information Technology create forums to raise awareness at CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ.