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This past week we sat down with Nurul MohdReza, CU Student Government Director of Diversity and Inclusion, who was tasked with planning our 2016 Diversity and Inclusion Summit, to find out why this campus has a summit in the first place as well as how we can expect the conference’s results to affect campus life.

With the end of the semester in sight and many beginning to plan for the approaching holidays, I would like to extend my sincerest gratitude to each of you for your work and dedication to the university over the past year.

CU needs to know your housing options and preferences! The employee housing survey must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. this Monday, Nov. 21.

With a renewed focus on the CU Boulder campus and new initiatives aimed at streamlining the path from science to commercialization, the Technology Transfer Office is on pace for a record year and poised to provide even greater support for faculty .

CU is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), a non-profit that empowers higher-education communities to be effective change agents for sustainability and innovation.

As winter approaches, CU Buffs are turning down the thermostats in an effort to curb their carbon footprint. This is an easy way to decrease energy consumption, but there are a lot of other approaches that both renters and homeowners can take to save energy and money in the colder months.

CU Study Abroad offers short-term study abroad programs called Global Seminars, which take place over summer or winter break. Several new seminars are premiering in summer 2017!

Last month, we shared with you that the university is at the beginning of a faculty- and student-driven initiative to evaluate D2L and other learning management systems (LMS). We will be soliciting feedback via several mechanisms, the first of which is an upcoming survey that will be sent to all faculty and graduate teaching assistants next week.

Assistant Professor Kate Tallman offers a personal glimpse into her life as a government information librarian at Norlin Library. Norlin recently became the nation’s first official preservation steward library through the U.S. Government Publishing Office, an important step in preserving a democracy, she says.

The images we see in the media often tell only one story about what our bodies should look like, what they should be dressed in and how we should feel about them. However, there are many factors that can influence a person's body image.