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Football season is ramping up this time of year, and I like it. Don't miss the Buffs vs. Ducks on Saturday and the Broncos vs. Vikings on Sunday. And remember: Tuesdays are Taco Tuesday at most Mexican restaurants in downtown Boulder.

"Round and Round Up and Down: A 31st Century Child's Guide to Spirals or The Time Traveler's Bathroom Reader" is a kid-friendly and adult-friendlier performance that winds through the imagination by way of science, mathematics, storytelling and dance. The show runs Saturday Oct. 10 and Sunday, Oct. 11, at Fiske Planetarium. Both performances start at 7 p.m.

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Theatre & Dance continues its 2015-16 season with "The Otherland," an MFA dance concert created by Bailey Anderson and Rosely Conz. Their show—which runs Oct. 16-18 at the Charlotte York Irey Dance Theatre on the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder campus—explores through contemporary dance what it means to be a stranger in one’s everyday world.

A Computing by Design symposium aimed at helping educators weave computer science principles throughout the K-12 curriculum will be held Monday, Sept. 28, at the STEM-focused Timberline PK-8 , 233 E. Mountain View Ave., in Longmont.

The National Science Foundation has awarded separate grants of $2.5 million to the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder and $1.1 million to the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Denver to expand and study the campuses’ Learning Assistant Program.

Have a question about the business minor? Thinking about adding a journalism degree? Can’t decide between a theater major or minor? Make an appointment to visit with your advisor by going to MyÅ·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵHub today. Also, be sure to take advantage of the campus-wide drop-in advising hours, available every Monday from 1 to 3 p.m. to access advising resources for any major or minor across campus.

As the first wave of midterms hits, I hope you're all finding time to do fun things during the week and get out of the study den for a bit. The theme this week is free events!

The University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder welcomed its most academically qualified and diverse incoming freshman class in the campus’s history this fall, setting records for the second consecutive year.

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder's Penina Axelrad , professor and chair of the Department of Aerospace Sciences, received the 2015 Aerospace Educator Award from the Women in Aerospace association.

As far as careers go, jazz pianist Stephen Thurston is hitting all the right notes. Since graduating from the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder College of Music with a bachelor’s degree in jazz piano in 2013, Thurston has been growing roots in the Denver jazz scene, playing an average of one show per day—often two.