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Up for a romantic Valentine’s Day evening? Then head to the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder’s Fiske Planetarium to Relativity for Lovers – A Valentine’s Day Among the Stars , for music, film and a talk on the genius of Albert Einstein.

While you might think a person shaking her phone or tablet from side to side is having issues with the device, she might actually be playing a game that has her mimicking a steering wheel motion as part of a language lesson. The game Nano Nano for mobile devices, created by two University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder graduate students and released last week, is the first app to incorporate gesturing with language learning -- for good reason.

The University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School is now accepting applications for the newly established, one-year, 28-credit Master of Studies in Law degree. This program will enable students who hold at least an undergraduate degree to obtain legal training short of a full Juris Doctor. "There are a range of opportunities for professionals interested in legal-related fields who are not practicing lawyers," said Dean Phil Weiser. "The MSL degree is a targeted program that will prepare students to obtain and excel in such positions."

NASA’s fallen astronauts, including University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder alumni Ellison Onizuka and Kalpana Chawla, who died in space shuttle accidents 17 years apart, will be remembered both on campus and in a special NASA online tribute this week.

Arctic sea ice extent plunged precipitously from 2001 to 2007, then barely budged between 2007 and 2013. Even in a warming world, researchers should expect such unusual periods of no change—and rapid change—at the world’s northern reaches, according to a new paper.

Cities that host bike-to-work events as their sole effort to increase commuter travel by bicycle may be missing a larger -- perhaps more valuable -- opportunity, according to a study involving the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder and led by the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Denver . Local governments should use bike-to-work days to find out from participants why they’re attending and -- more importantly -- what prevents them from biking more often, according to the study.

When evacuees become separated from their pets while fleeing hurricanes, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ or other natural disasters, they’re often difficult to reunite. Computer scientists at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder hope to change that with a new online tool designed to leverage the work of crowds to reconnect pets with their human families.

The Tibetan Association of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ (TAC) and the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ 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 Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder is still being finalized. The schedule and ticket information will be announced in the months ahead.

University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder researchers will update NASA officials next week on a revolutionary space telescope concept selected by the agency for study last June that could provide images up to 1,000 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope.

University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder Distinguished Professor W. Carl Lineberger was honored today by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for his extraordinary scientific achievements.