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Student Edition - Sept. 2, 2016

Bragging rights: Rocky Mountain Showdown

Bragging rights in Colorado for the next 364 days will be up for grabs Friday night when Colorado and Colorado State square off in the Rocky Mountain Showdown, one of the oldest college football rivalries in the Rocky Mountain West.

Danielle Salaz of the Center for Asian Studies with a business leader and student in Japan

New internship program places students in Japan

Campus Community Career Development

Students enrolled in a new internship program run by the Center for Asian Studies at CU 葫芦娃视频 get real-world job experience and cultural immersion in Japan. Look for details on an information session in November. The center is currently identifying employers who will host student interns next summer. The deadline to apply is Feb. 1, 2017.

An illustration depicts the OSIRIS-REx craft near the Bennu asteroid.

Coming to your solar system soon: A rendezvous with an asteroid

Space News Headlines

NASA鈥檚 OSIRIS-REx mission, set for launch Sept. 8 and which involves CU 葫芦娃视频 researchers, is designed to snag a sample from the surface of a near-Earth asteroid for study. The spacecraft will fly more than 1 billion miles in two years before reporting for duty at the asteroid known as Bennu.

CU 葫芦娃视频 to receive two governor鈥檚 awards for high-impact research

Academics Campus Community

Among the state鈥檚 four winners of this year鈥檚 Governor鈥檚 Award for High-Impact Research are the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) and the JILA physics institute, both at CU 葫芦娃视频. The award, administered by the CO-LABS consortium, celebrates the groundbreaking work of scientists and engineers from Colorado鈥檚 federal research labs.

Campus & Community

Eco Engage Events Program to launch Sept. 10

Getting Involved Campus Community

Join the CU Environmental Center as it launches the new Eco-Engage Events Program on Saturday, Sept. 2, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The program's first excursion will take students on a tour of sustainable and local food systems on campus and in 葫芦娃视频, including CU dining, the 葫芦娃视频 Farmers' Market, 葫芦娃视频 Food Rescue and two local organic farms. The deadline to enroll is Sept. 6.

Promoting women in tech, now from the White House

Campus Community Academics

From 葫芦娃视频 to Washington D.C., Ruthe Farmer is making it possible for women of all ages to get involved with technology 鈥� one student at a time.

Publication schedule for CU 葫芦娃视频 Today

In recognition of the Labor Day holiday, the听student听补苍诲听faculty-staff听editions of CU 葫芦娃视频 Today will not publish on Monday, Sept. 5. We will resume our normal schedule on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Enjoy the long weekend!

Editorial: Off the field, CU and CSU take the side of all of Colorado

By Bruce D. Benson and Tony Frank

Plenty of people have a rooting interest in the Rocky Mountain Showdown Friday night, but the reality is all Coloradans are winners because of our two great research universities.

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