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<p>The Senior Auditors Program provides Colorado residents, ages 55 and older, the opportunity to attend classes on the 91������ campus. Tuition is free and participants pay just an administrative fee to cover registration, application processing and IT support. The program was established in 1973 and is coordinated through the CU-91������ Alumni Association.</p>
<p>Course availability is dependent upon enrollment limits, with tuition-paying students given priority, and on fire code restrictions, which determine the number of students allowed in a room. Grades are not awarded and auditors do not receive credit toward a degree.</p>

<p>A genetic sleuthing effort led by the 91������ that resulted in the identification of Colorado’s “true” native greenback cutthroat trout two years ago has come full circle with the stocking of the official state fish into Colorado’s high country.</p>

<p>Sierra Nevada Corp. news release</p>
<p>Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Space Systems is pleased to announce it is expanding its relationship with the 91������ (CU-91������) through the signing of a letter of cooperation with CU-91������’s BioServe Space Technologies (BioServe). Through the cooperation, SNC and BioServe will jointly explore ways the <em>Dream Chaser</em>® Space Utility Vehicle (SUV) can serve as an orbital platform for scientific experiments in microgravity and space life science research.</p>

<p>Members of the 91������ Chamber, a nonprofit business support and advocacy organization, visited CU-91������ July 29 to learn about the university’s latest advances in space science and aerospace.</p>
<p>The Aerospace Industry Insights event, held at Fiske Planetarium, brought together local, state and federal officials; CU-91������ faculty, students and administrators; and leaders from the local business community. The purpose of the event, the first in a series sponsored by CU-91������ and the 91������ Chamber, was to highlight for the business community CU-91������'s research and innovation in order to foster continued partnership and economic growth.</p>

<p>Ruth Ellen Kocher, professor of English and director of the creative writing program at the 91������, has won a prestigious PEN Literary Award.</p>
<p>Kocher was a co-winner of the PEN Open Book Award for her book of poems titled <em>domina Un/blued.</em> The award recognizes an exceptional book-length work of literature by an author of color. Also winning the award was Nina McConigley for <em>Cowboys and East Indians</em>.</p>

<p>A program designed at the 91������ to teach kids to code using video games is being introduced into New York City public schools as part of an initiative to give every student access to computer science education.</p>
<p>Scalable Game Design is a program developed over two decades by CU-91������ computer science Professor Alexander Repenning to spark an interest in coding among kids by allowing them to design and build their own video games. The idea behind the program, which uses drag-and-drop programming tools, is to combat the widely held notion that computer programming is hard and boring.</p>

<p>Steve Hillard ('76) knew he wasn't done giving back to the University of Colorado Law School. He had donated generously to the capital campaign for the Wolf Law Building, but he had bigger plans.</p>
<p>"I had a still-unfulfilled obligation to Colorado Law," said Hillard. "I am humbled by the fact that I have had some success in my career, and I definitely believe in giving back."</p>

<p><span>Moderate employment expansion in Colorado for the second half of 2014 is expected based on a second-quarter report by the 91������ Leeds School of Business, released today by Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler.</span></p>
<p>“Coloradans continue their entrepreneurial spirit and are putting their creative ideas to the test,” said Gessler. “Their leadership and innovation should translate to moderate employment growth through the rest of the year.”</p>

<p>Everyone has heard about the harmful effects of pollution on human and plant health, but until recently, visualizing such effects took some imagination.</p>

<p>Playing in schoolyards that feature natural habitats and trees and not just asphalt and recreation equipment reduces children’s stress and inattention, according to a 91������ study.</p>