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<p>Boroka Bo, a 31-year-old senior sociology major, is graduating May 11 from the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ, 17 years after emigrating from the Transylvania region of Romania to the United States as a political refugee.</p>
<p>This spring, Bo received a prestigious Soros Fellowship, a program that awards 30 fellowships annually to naturalized citizens, green card holders or children of naturalized citizens. It provides up to $90,000 in support to students who plan to use their graduate education to contribute back to their communities.</p>

<p>Middle and high school teachers from across the Front Range will learn how to teach key math concepts to their students while introducing them to video game programming during an April 21 workshop at the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ.</p>
<p>Emmanuel Schanzer of Harvard University will lead the workshop sponsored by CU-Boulder’s Department of Computer Science. Schanzer is the creator of Bootstrap, a computer programming tool that uses algebra to create images and animations.</p>

<p>Startup company Gogy Inc. and the University of Colorado have executed an exclusive licensing agreement that will enable the company to commercialize the Pedago.gy interactive teaching platform developed at CU-Boulder’s Leeds School of Business.</p>
<p>Pedago.gy is a Web application that creates a space for educators and students to engage in additional interaction and dialogue beyond the classroom. It provides a means whereby students and instructors can approach a topic in a collaborative fashion, rather than the typical expert-learner model found in most classrooms.</p>

<p>College In Colorado news release</p>
<p><strong>DENVER</strong> - The University of Colorado has teamed up with Denver-based Crowley Foundation to bring 38 high school students from seven Metro Denver high schools to the CU-Boulder campus on April 6 as part of College Friday.</p>

<p>A web-based science instruction program designed by researchers at the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research that provides teachers with cutting-edge digital content is being tested in six school districts, thanks to a new $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.</p>

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<p>Colorado business leaders remain optimistic going into the second quarter of 2012 suggesting a recovery is taking hold, according to the most recent quarterly Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ’s Leeds School of Business.</p>

<p>Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ students, along with experts from government and industry, will focus on student research and the natural gas boom during the third annual Energy Frontiers conference April 5.</p>
<p>The event, organized by the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØEnergy Club, is free and open to the public and will be held from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom of the University Memorial Center. The conference includes a poster session, panel discussion, catered lunch and a career fair.</p>

<p>Ten high school students from Denver, Thornton and Lyons are likely in for an experience of a lifetime when a Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ law professor takes them to Washington, D.C., for a moot court competition March 29-April 1.</p>
<p>While there, they also will meet with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and tour the Supreme Court, meet with U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado and tour the Capitol, in addition to visiting several national monuments and museums.</p>

<p>The work of a talented group of Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ students and staff has made it to the big screen. The really big screen -- in fact, a more than 20-meter dome.</p>

<p>The Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ will host Military Student Day on March 21 to assist military service members interested in transitioning from military service to life as a college student.</p>
<p>Co-sponsored by CU-Boulder’s Office of Admissions and the Office of Veteran Services, the daylong event is aimed at supporting Colorado’s service members who are interested in pursuing college degrees, specifically those who are close to military retirement and separation, according to Michael Roberts, program manager of CU’s Veteran Services office.</p>