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Feel like you’re slogging through homework and studying? A break to get moving could be just what you need. Research shows that physical activity can boost our memory and concentration, make us quicker and more efficient, and even make us more accurate in our work. Find out which activities are best for brainstorming, problem-solving, and focusing in this month’s issue of Student Health 101 online magazine.

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder dance Professor Michelle Ellsworth is among a diverse group of 178 scholars, artists and scientists from the U.S. and Canada to be awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship this year. The awardees are appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, and were selected from a group of nearly 3,000 applicants.

Wardenburg’s Musculoskeletal Injury Screening (MSK) Clinic offers screenings by a physical therapist for minor injuries involving muscles and joints. Recommendations for injury prevention, self-care, and referrals for additional care are provided. Common ailments include mild ankle and wrist sprains, tendinitis, shin splints or knee pain, and back, neck, or shoulder pain. Free for ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ students.

The University of Colorado’s first Diverse Learners Awareness Week, April 18-22, is a week for everyone to celebrate the diversity of ways we learn and play. The events will include interactive demonstrations, live-action theater, an assistive technology expo, conference-style presentations, roundtable discussions, film screenings, adaptive sports demonstrations and more. See the entire lineup on the Accessible Technology website.

Keep it cool and keep it safe this music-filled week, and always take care of your friends. A few highlights include the Colorado Music Hall of Fame induction concert and Spring Swing.

After 42 years of service to the University of Colorado Boulder, including stints as professor, department chair, researcher and recently as vice provost and associate vice chancellor for undergraduate education, Michael Grant will retire from the university this spring. One constant through all his years with ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder has been his love of teaching and the classroom.

An engaged crowd of 1,500 - mostly students – were in attendance at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Recreation Center Friday afternoon to listen to Vice President Joe Biden talk about the importance of involving all members of a campus community in curbing sex assault and supporting victims.

The University of Colorado Student Government is pleased to announce preliminary results of the spring 2016 elections.

University of Colorado Boulder and city of Boulder police will step up enforcement of the city’s traffic laws in and around several of Boulder’s top locations for motor vehicle collisions involving a bicyclist or pedestrian beginning Monday, April 11. As part of the Heads Up Boulder crosswalk safety campaign, officers from the two departments will be at select intersections around the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ campus to give out warnings and issue tickets.

There is such thing as good stress and bad stress. Good stress motivates us to address problems, and do the tasks we need to. Bad stress can become toxic and we can respond by becoming immobilized or trying to escape. That can get in the way of getting things done, especially at this time of year. Click through for tips on managing stress from Wardenburg Health Service's Community Health division.