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Former Colorado running back Rashaan Salaam was found dead Monday night in a ÐßÐßÊÓƵ park. "The Buff Family has lost an outstanding young man and a great Buff today," Athletic Director Rick George said. "We are heartbroken for Rashaan and his family and our thoughts and prayers are with them at this very difficult time."

The Research & Innovation Office has brought together several departments under one roof in an effort to create an environment that sparks and enhances outstanding research and creative work and encourages it to be more collaborative and interdisciplinary.

As we rush to meet deadlines during the semester wind-down, we can often get caught up in what's happening around us, or to us. It is worth stopping, taking a breath and realizing our success is truly up to us and our individual frame of mind. We each have a great deal to say about our own success just through our approach and beliefs. Believe in yourself and your capabilities.

Looking for an alternative to large lecture courses? Want to fulfill a degree requirement by discussing superpowers, ghosts, "Lord of the Rings" or revolution? All freshmen and sophomores are invited to take a First-Year Seminar class this spring semester.

In the spring CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ will become only the fourth higher education institute in the nation to offer an Arctic studies program, providing students with expertise on a long-neglected region gaining geopolitical importance due to climate change and its impacts.

Hello, peers! Congrats to the Buffalo football team on a historic season—you did us proud! To everyone out there: Good luck with your last week of classes and your first finals.

The National Weather Service expects a weather system to move into the area, bringing much colder temperatures through Thursday as well as accumulating snow Tuesday evening through Wednesday afternoon.

As of Dec. 1, the office of Study Abroad has become Education Abroad. The variety of programs offered has expanded to become so much more than traditional study abroad. Director Mary Dandof says, "We support all international experiences undertaken by students."

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2017 Hazel Barnes Prize, one of the most prestigious awards at the ÐßÐßÊÓƵ, which focuses on the enriching relationship between teaching and research.

For the second time in his head coaching career, Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre has led his team to a bowl berth.