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On Oct. 12, 2019, with a time of 1:59:40, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya became the first person to complete a marathon in under two hours.

Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder became the first university in the nation to open a student-led Environmental Center. The day coincided with the nation’s inaugural Earth Day.

Since 2013, weekly Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ cooking classes — Ralphie’s Cooking Basics — have aimed to teach students the fundamentals of meal preparing. 

Record-breaking Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ summer heat, including the hottest temperature ever recorded in the state didn’t delay winter at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ. Boulder saw more than 26 inches of snow in October and nearly 30 in November, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The restaurant lineup on The Hill changes nearly as fast as the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ seasons.

Hale was the first science building on campus and at one point housed all the sciences, a small museum and the School of Law. The building was named after the second university president, Horace Hale.

The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences includes a bioastronautics lab, a payload operations center with a real-time communications link to the International Space Station and an indoor drone testing space.

It wasn’t much to look at, but it was the start of a Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder institution. The first issue of this magazine appeared as The Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Alumnus in May 1911.

In August, more than 700 Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder students moved into the university’s newest and largest residence hall, Williams Village East.

If it’s icky, slimy or smelly, it’s fair game.