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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 Colorado 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.

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-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 ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-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.

In recognition of national Constitution Day today, students and alumni of the University of Colorado Law School will teach constitutional lessons in high school classrooms across Colorado through Sept. 25.

This Saturday, Sept. 19, marks the annual Rocky Mountain Showdown football game against CSU. From freshman, to seniors, to alumni, we take tremendous pride in our school and our football team.

A new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder and the Medical Research Council’s Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England shows for the first time that evening caffeine delays the internal circadian clock that tells us when to get ready for sleep and when to prepare to wake up.

Hello, everyone. I hope you're all enjoying this beautiful and so far sunny September. This week, check out some of the Space Month events, a CPR and first-aid certification class and the Rocky Mountain Showdown: ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ vs. CSU football.

A month of space and Earth science-related activities on the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder campus kicks off Our Space. Our Future ., a universitywide Grand Challenge. Boulder campus departments and cultural institutions will host over 20 events and exhibits, including talks by space sciences professionals, showings of space films by the International Film Series, art installations, displays of student space pods and a scavenger hunt for a rover named Destiny.

The University of Colorado Boulder today announced Our Space, Our Future, a universitywide Grand Challenge to build on the university’s strengths in aerospace-enabled science and technology to address some of the world’s most pressing problems. Through Our Space. Our Future., the university will make strategic investments over a number of years to transform the landscape of space exploration and find pathways to address significant issues our planet faces, such as a changing environment, increasing populations and limited resources.