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<p>Thirty-two Latino and Chicano Colorado high school students are immersing themselves in college life and learning July 12-18 at the �Ǹ�Թ� as part of the third annual Aquetza: Youth Leadership, Education and Community Empowerment summer program.</p>

<p>This summer, middle and high school students are helping build and test 3-D structures that complement and mimic the cutting-edge ‘photo origami’ research conducted at the �Ǹ�Թ�.</p>

<p>How do we cultivate safe, affirming schools for LGBTQ students? Since creating the crowdfunding-supported <em>Breaking the Silence</em> film and supplementary practice-focused videos, Bethy Leonardi, PhD and Sara Staley, PhD have been engaging deeply to support educators and to transform our schools.</p>

<p>Teachers from Colorado and beyond are learning the ins and outs of infographic design this week so they can bring new skills to their classrooms in the fall.��&����;/��&����;

<p>When Balkarn Singh Shahi looks back on his high school experience, one activity stands out – the �Ǹ�Թ�’s Public Achievement program. As a student at Centaurus High School participating in the program, Shahi and peers responded to national public shootings by spearheading a public campaign to prevent gun violence.</p>
<p>Now a sophomore at CU-�Ǹ�Թ�, Shahi could not resist the opportunity to give back to the <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/publicachievement/index.html" target="_blank">Public Achievement program</a>, which pairs CU-�Ǹ�Թ� students as coaches with groups of underrepresented K-12 students seeking solutions to their identified salient social issues. Shahi has been a Public Achievement coach, and this year he served as a teaching assistant for the corresponding civic engagement course and new class of coaches.</p>

<p>A mission to study dynamic changes in the atmosphere of Mars over days and seasons led by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) involves the �Ǹ�Թ� as the leading U.S. scientific-academic partner.</p>

<p>The National Education Policy Center (NEPC) at the �Ǹ�Թ� announced today that 17 high schools in New York and Colorado are the first to receive the “School of Opportunity” designation. These outstanding schools demonstrated a range of practices that ensured that all students had rich opportunities to succeed. All put students, not test scores, first.<br />
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<p>The �Ǹ�Թ� will hold its spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 9, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Folsom Field. The ceremony, which is free and open to the public, will honor 5,927 candidates for degrees including 4,545 bachelor’s degrees, 908 master’s degrees, 149 law degrees and  325 doctoral degrees. Cathleen Black, a former media executive and author, is the keynote speaker for the ceremony.</p>

<p>If you’ve ever gazed into the night sky and wondered at the magnitude of the universe, you have an opportunity for a closer look of the cosmos during Astronomy Day being held this Saturday at CU-�Ǹ�Թ�. Since 2002, <a href="https://fiske.colorado.edu">Fiske Planetarium </a>and Sommers-Bausch Observatory, located on the campus, have opened their doors to the public for a free Astronomy Day celebration.��&����;/��&����;

<p>Pioneering behavioral scientist Anthony Biglan will discuss how creating nurturing environments is key to raising better young citizens and building a healthier, happier and more prosperous Colorado and society as a whole on Monday, April 27.</p>