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<p>CU System news release</p>
<p>DENVER – Five members of the University of Colorado community are recipients of the 2014 Thomas Jefferson Award, among the highest honors given at CU, the state’s flagship university. </p>

<p><span>The �Ǹ�Թ� has pledged to double the number of CU-�Ǹ�Թ� students who participate in an international educational experience by 2020. </span><span>The commitment, which will be implemented by CU-�Ǹ�Թ�’s </span><a href="http://studyabroad.colorado.edu/">Study Abroad Programs</a><span> office, is part of the Generation Study Abroad pledge launched today by the Institute of International Education (IIE). </span></p>

<p>The �Ǹ�Թ�’s Real Estate Council will hold its 17th annual forum Wednesday, March 5, from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Denver Marriott City Center.</p>

<p>Following on the heels of its nationally recognized anti-violence school tours based on “The Tempest” and “Twelfth Night,” the <a href="http://www.coloradoshakes.org/">Colorado Shakespeare Festival</a> has hit the road with a new production of “Much Ado �Ǹ�Թ� Nothing.”</p>

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<p>A renowned Seoul-based artist will use steel ground into a fine, black powder to write calligraphic inscriptions on the floor of the CU-�Ǹ�Թ� Visual Arts Complex on Feb. 11, followed by a performance-art piece and a lecture by the artist.</p>
<p>This is one of several free events during the two-week residency of Kim Jongku at the �Ǹ�Թ� Department of Art and Art History. Kim works in sculpture, video, painting and photography and will be in residency here Feb. 3 to Feb. 14.</p>

<p>The �Ǹ�Թ� Campus Staff Council (BCSC) congratulates the 2013 Chancellor’s Employees of the Year: George “Barney” Ballinger, Martha Shernick, Larry Drees, Jennifer Law and David Kalahar. BCSC also thanks Colorado Athletics for acknowledging the award winners on the court at the CU women’s basketball game against University of California, Berkeley on Friday, Jan. 10. </p>
<p> For more information on the awardees, read “<a href="http://www.colorado.edu/news/features/chancellor%E2%80%99s-2013-employee-year-award-recognizes-staff-excellence">Chancellor’s 2013 Employee of the Year Award recognizes staff excellence</a>” from the Jan. 9 edition of <em>CU-�Ǹ�Թ� Today</em>.</p>

<p>�Ǹ�Թ� Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano will today join leaders from higher education, business, state government and non-profit foundations for a White House meeting on expanding college opportunities for American students.</p>

<p>�Ǹ�Թ� space weather experts say a powerful solar storm may cause the aurora borealis to light up as far south as Colorado and New Mexico in the coming nights.</p>

<p>NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch of Orbital Sciences Corp.’s commercial Cygnus spacecraft on Tuesday, Jan. 7 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, which will be carrying two �Ǹ�Թ� payloads to the International Space Station.</p>