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<p>Using the world’s fastest light source -- specialized X-ray lasers -- scientists at the ���Ĵ�ý and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have revealed the secret inner life of magnets, a finding that could lead to faster and “smarter” computers.</p>

<p>With visions of ski resorts and warm beaches on the minds of many students, the ���Ĵ�ý is urging students to exercise caution whether they remain in Colorado, travel elsewhere in the country or go abroad for spring break.</p>
<p>CU-���Ĵ�ý’s spring break is March 26-30.</p>

<p>The ���Ĵ�ý welcomed 19 students from Brazil this semester as part of the new Science Without Borders Program and Brazil’s initiative to place and fully fund outstanding students abroad to supplement their studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM.</p>

<p>The ���Ĵ�ý exceeded its own researchers’ expectations with its iDREAMS Scalable Game Design Summer Institute, and that success has been rewarded with a new $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation. CU-���Ĵ�ý researchers are tracking how video game design engages students in computational thinking and STEM simulation design.</p>

<p>For the second straight year, the ���Ĵ�ý is ranked No. 1 in the nation for graduates serving as Peace Corps volunteers with 112 undergraduate alumni currently serving around the world, the Peace Corps announced today.</p>
<p>CU-���Ĵ�ý is ranked the No. 5 all-time school for volunteers with 2,317 alumni who have served in the Peace Corps since it was established in 1961.</p>

<p>Peace Corps Director Aaron S. Williams will give a short presentation at the ���Ĵ�ý on Wednesday, Jan. 25, to share stories of CU alumni who are currently serving overseas and discuss the importance of the Peace Corps in the world today.</p>
<p>The presentation will begin at 1:30 p.m. in Old Main Chapel and is free and open to the public.</p>
<p>Nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2009, Williams is the 18th director of the Peace Corps and the fourth director to have served as a Peace Corps volunteer.</p>

<p>A team of researchers led by the ���Ĵ�ý has used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to uncover a cluster of galaxies in the initial stages of construction -- the most distant such grouping ever observed in the early universe.</p>
<p>In a random sky survey made in near-infrared light, Hubble spied five small galaxies clustered together 13.1 billion light-years away. They are among the brightest galaxies at that epoch and very young, living just 600 million years after the universe’s birth in the Big Bang. One light-year is about 6 trillion miles.</p>

<p>A team of ���Ĵ�ý engineers will travel to Haiti this month to support the growth of green energy on the two-year anniversary of the country’s devastating earthquake. </p>
<p>Engineering professors Alan Mickelson and Mike Hannigan and graduate student Matt Hulse will be in Haiti Jan. 8-16 to collaborate with the Neges Foundation school at Leogane to create a vocational training program on the installation, operation and maintenance of renewable energy systems.   </p>

<p>Over the past decade, the ���Ĵ�ý has established itself as a national leader in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, or STEM, education.</p>
<p>Through its Learning Assistant and CU Teach programs and Integrating STEM initiative, CU-���Ĵ�ý is making great progress on its goal of improving introductory math and science classes and recruiting and training future K-12 science teachers.</p>

<p class="content">Kevin Welner, professor of education and director of the National Education Policy Center at the CU-���Ĵ�ý School of Education, can speak to most elements of the Lobato litigation and its implications. Welner is an attorney and policy analyst who has published articles and book chapters concerning school finance litigation, the outcomes of such litigation, and the underlying issues of what's necessary for an adequate education. He can explain the issues in the Lobato case as well as the options now available to the courts and lawmakers.</p>