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<p>�Ǹ�Թ� researchers will be watching closely when South African bilateral leg amputee and sprinter Oscar Pistorius, dubbed “The Blade Runner,” makes his way to the starting block for the 400-meter sprint in the 2012 London Olympics.</p>

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<h2><b>City of �Ǹ�Թ� news release</b></h2>
<p>�Ǹ�Թ� city officials today announced that the annual Ralphie’s Independence Day Blast is canceled due to extremely dry conditions in and around �Ǹ�Թ�. The fireworks show had been scheduled for Folsom Field on Wednesday, July 4.</p>

<p>The �Ǹ�Թ�’s volleyball and basketball practice facility has received a LEED platinum rating -- the highest designation -- from the United States Green Building Council.</p>
<p class="p1">It is the first LEED-certified athletic facility on the CU-�Ǹ�Թ� campus and one of only two platinum-rated athletic facilities in the Pac-12. LEED certification is a U.S. benchmark for sustainable design and construction.</p>

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<p>On Sunday, May 20, Coloradans will see a “bite” taken out of the sun as the moon moves across the sun causing a partial solar eclipse. The eclipse starts at 6:22 p.m. with maximum eclipse at 7:30 p.m. and the sun will set at 7:50 p.m.</p>
<p><em>Watch live this Sunday:</em></p>
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<p>The �Ǹ�Թ� topped two leader boards in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2011 Game Day Challenge -- a national competition to eliminate waste generated at college football games.</p>
<p>CU won the 48-school “Diversion Rate” and 17-school “Organics Reduction” categories in the EPA’s NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision contest.</p>

<p>The University of Colorado Buffaloes will play the University of Southern California Trojans on Friday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m. at Folsom Field. Folsom Field will open at 5:30 p.m. for the first-ever Friday night game, which will be televised nationally on ESPN and ESPN 3D.</p>

<p>The �Ǹ�Թ� will host the Buff Essentials program Sept. 26-30 with numerous events designed to provide support for students a few weeks into the fall semester as they begin adapting and integrating into the CU community.</p>

<p>The University of Colorado Buffaloes vs. Cal-Berkeley Bears football game at Folsom Field on Sept. 10 is technically a nonconference game, but most in the campus community recognize that it's the beginning of a new era.</p>

<p>The University of Colorado Academic Progress Rate (APR) report based on information for the four year period between 2006-07 and 2009-10 was released by the NCAA Tuesday with those of all other Division I schools, with CU's news good across the board, including rates that are the highest in school history since the program was created seven years ago.</p>

<p>With commencement quickly approaching and spring temperatures warming, �Ǹ�Թ� senior Bryant Mason is working hard to prepare vegetable gardens and get crops in the ground before he graduates.</p>