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<p>The University of Colorado Real Estate Center and the U.S. Green Building Council Colorado Chapter today are beginning a pilot program to prepare CU Real Estate Center students to take the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, Green Associate exam.</p>

<p>The INVST Community Leadership Program at the University of Colorado at ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ has been involving CU students in community service since 1990, and on March 12-14, alumni of the program will gather in ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ for a 20th anniversary reunion weekend.</p>

<p>University of Colorado at ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ officials confirmed Saturday that all six CU-ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ students who were studying in Chile or had weekend travel plans to the country for the start of an academic program are safe.</p>

<p>Each morning, University of Colorado at ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ alumna Julie Fast wakes to the footsteps of "campesinos" hiking past her front door in Peru on their way to their farm fields.</p>

<p>Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano of the University of Colorado at ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ visited the White House today as one of four public research university leaders representing about 120 universities pledging to address the national shortage of science and mathematics teachers in a letter presented to President Barack Obama.</p>

<p>Combine the youth and idealism often found on the University of Colorado at ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ campus with a business degree, and the ability to make a difference in the world takes on new dimensions.</p>

<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. - The University of Colorado at ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ has risen on the Peace Corps' top 25 list of large schools producing Peace Corps Volunteers. With 102 alumni currently serving as Peace Corps Volunteers, CU-ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ is No. 2 in the 2009 rankings. Since Peace Corps' inception, 2,157 alumni of CU-ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ have served in the Peace Corps, making it the No. 5 all-time producer of volunteers.</p>

<p>ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Professor Jack Burns of the astrophysical and planetary sciences department has been named chair of the NASA Advisory Council's Science Committee.</p>

<p>The University of Colorado at ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ has received a grant of up to $2.4 million to improve teacher education in math and science following a nationwide competition that included submissions from more than 50 universities.</p>
<p>CU-ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½'s grant is one of 12 being awarded by the National Math and Science Initiative to implement programs modeled after UTeach, a highly successful math and science teacher preparation program at the University of Texas at Austin.</p>

<p>A growing program at the University of Colorado at ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ is working to combat what many experts call a looming crisis brought on by a shrinking pool of new K-12 science teachers.</p>
<p>Known as the Colorado Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics Learning Assistant project, its goal is to improve introductory math and science classes at CU-ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ and to recruit and train future K-12 science teachers, according to Valerie Otero, director of the program and an assistant professor in CU-ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½'s School of Education.</p>