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<p>It’s not every day you get to work with a Pulitzer Prize-winning librettist as a college student. It’s even less often that you share the same alma mater. When the sixth season of the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ New Opera Workshop, or ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ NOW, kicks off this month, one of the opera professionals mentoring composition students knows Boulder well. Mark Campbell, a 1975 graduate of the Department of Theatre and Dance, is coming back to campus for the first time in 40 years.</p>

<p>When you’re a master’s candidate, in your final semester, you don’t have a lot of time for yourself. Your days are spent writing, researching, neglecting to sleep. And when you’re working toward your master’s in music, a good chunk of your day is spent practicing.</p>
<p>That said, sometimes an opportunity presents itself that’s so good—an opportunity that will demand weeks of your precious time—that turning it down isn’t an option.</p>

<p>Professor Fred Anderson of the University of Colorado Boulder history department has been awarded the 2015 Hazel Barnes Prize, the most distinguished award a faculty member can receive from the university.</p>
<p>Since 1992, the Hazel Barnes Prize has been awarded each year to a ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder faculty member who best exemplifies the enriching interrelationship between teaching and research, and whose work has had a significant impact on students, faculty, colleagues and the university.</p>

<p>University of Colorado Professor Patty Limerick will review nearly four decades of service as University Fool and reflect on the value of humor on April Fools’ Day.</p>

<p>Up for a romantic Valentine’s Day evening? Then head to the University of Colorado Boulder’s Fiske Planetarium to <em>Relativity for Lovers – A Valentine’s Day Among the Stars</em>, for music, film and a talk on the genius of Albert Einstein.</p>

<p>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 <a href="http://www.colorado.edu">University of Colorado Boulder</a> and led by the <a href="http://www.ucdenver.edu/pages/ucdwelcomepage.aspx">University of Colorado Denver</a>.</p>
<p>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.</p>

<p>Longtime Boulder resident Paul N. Eklund has made a transformative gift to the opera program at the College of Music at the University of Colorado Boulder that, combined with additional university commitments, establishes a $2 million endowment for the program, to be renamed the Eklund Family Opera Program in honor of the gift.</p>

<p>Not everybody or everything makes it to 100, but the University of Colorado Boulder Homecoming is about to reach that centennial mark. On Nov. 7, 1914, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ took on Utah to win 33-0 in the first Homecoming featuring an intercollegiate matchup.</p>
<p>This year, from Oct. 22 to 25, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder will host hundreds of guests at dozens of major events. In addition to the traditional football game and parade, the celebration will include a concert, an alumni lecture series, affinity reunions and college and school gatherings.</p>

<p>¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder alumni Michele (Mikhy) and Mike Ritter have a deep love for ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder. They've recently made a trailblazing gift to the classical guitar program in the College of Music that, combined with a commitment from the Office of the Chancellor, will endow and name the program.</p>

<p>As his country continues to suffer from civil war, terrorism and atrocities, renowned Syrian-American composer and pianist <a href="https://malekjandali.com/">Malek Jandali</a> will bring his message of peace and human rights to ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ-Boulder with a lecture and public concert on Sept. 29.</p>