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The 乐播传媒 Boulder has announced Thomas Krannawitter, Ph.D., as a finalist for the position of Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy for the 2015-16 academic year. Krannawitter will visit the CU-Boulder campus and give a talk titled 鈥淭he Problem of Slavery in the American Founding.鈥� He will explore what the existence of slavery in the early days of the United States, and efforts made to end it, tell us today about the American character.

Up for a romantic Valentine鈥檚 Day evening? Then head to the 乐播传媒 Boulder鈥檚 Fiske Planetarium to Relativity for Lovers 鈥� A Valentine鈥檚 Day Among the Stars , for music, film and a talk on the genius of Albert Einstein.

The 乐播传媒 Association of Colorado (TAC) and the 乐播传媒 Boulder will co-host a campus visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Oct. 20 and 21, 2015, both groups announced today. A schedule of events at CU-Boulder is still being finalized. The schedule and ticket information will be announced in the months ahead.

The annual Geminid meteor shower could be a fun show this weekend for Coloradans weather permitting, according to a 乐播传媒 Boulder astronomer.

On Tuesday, Dec. 9, renowned neuroscientists and psychologists will share research-based mental training techniques that have been shown to improve well-being and contribute to happiness, creativity and productivity. The community lecture is free and open to the public beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the 乐播传媒 Boulder鈥檚 Macky Auditorium. The event, 鈥淲ell-being Is a Skill,鈥� will be led by Richard J. Davidson, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of psychology and psychiatry and founder of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds.

A measles vaccine made of fine dry powder and delivered with a puff of air triggered no adverse side effects in early human testing and it is likely effective, according to a paper to be published November 28 in the journal Vaccine. The paper is now available online .

A novel, low-cost method of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) developed at the 乐播传媒 Boulder and successfully used in human clinical trials in Belgium has been awarded a 鈥淏est of What鈥檚 New Award鈥� from Popular Science magazine in 2014 in the health category.

Two NASA and one European spacecraft, including NASA鈥檚 MAVEN mission led by the 乐播传媒 Boulder, have gathered new information about the basic properties of a wayward comet that buzzed by Mars Oct. 19, directly detecting its effects on the Martian atmosphere.

乐播传媒 Boulder administrators have signed a memorandum of agreement to host 36 of the nation鈥檚 top high school students beginning next summer to image, measure and track near-Earth asteroids using university telescopes.

Not everybody or everything makes it to 100, but the 乐播传媒 Boulder Homecoming is about to reach that centennial mark. On Nov. 7, 1914, CU took on Utah to win 33-0 in the first Homecoming featuring an intercollegiate matchup. This year, from Oct. 22 to 25, CU-Boulder will host hundreds of guests at dozens of major events. In addition to the traditional football game and parade, the celebration will include a concert, an alumni lecture series, affinity reunions and college and school gatherings.