Academics

<p>Members of the extended campus community are invited to join <a href="https://facultyaffairs.colorado.edu/">Fall Convocation</a>, an annual event celebrating faculty achievements. Presentations including "A New College for a New Century: The College of Media, Communication, and Information" and "Explore Mars or Explore the Earth? CU Does Both!" begin Oct. 2 at 10 a.m., and the tenure and promotion awards ceremony begins at 1:30 p.m. All events are in the Center for British and Irish Studies, 5th floor, Norlin Library.</p>

<p>By this point in the semester, if you're a first-year student, you’ve probably written papers and taken the first tests of your college experience at CU-Boulder. Are you getting the grades you expected or were hoping for? If not, the good news is it’s not just you—a lot of fellow students are facing the same challenges. The better news is that improving your classroom experience and your grade is possible, and the first steps are only a few clicks away.</p>

<p class="p1">Faculty and staff members at the University of Colorado Boulder seeking funding for projects involving entrepreneurship or a problem-solving mindset are invited to submit proposals for the new <a href="http://ucolorado.pr-optout.com/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d%3f-66%3a%26JDG%3c95%3a473%3b%26SDG%3c90%3a.&RE=MC&RI=4100712&Preview=False&DistributionActionID=24155&Action=Follow+Link"><span class="s1">CU-Boulder Campus Entrepreneurship Seed Awards</span></a>.</p>

<p>"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.</p>

<p>CU 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 CU-Boulder campus—explores through contemporary dance what it means to be a stranger in one’s everyday world. </p>

<p>The National Science Foundation has awarded separate grants of $2.5 million to the University of Colorado Boulder and $1.1 million to the University of Colorado Denver to expand and study the campuses’ Learning Assistant Program.</p>

<p>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 <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/mycuhub/">MyCUHub</a> 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.</p>

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.

<p>CU-Boulder's <a href="http://ccar.colorado.edu/pages/axelrad.html">Penina Axelrad</a>, professor and chair of the Department of Aerospace Sciences, received the 2015 Aerospace Educator Award from the <a href="http://www.womeninaerospace.org/">Women in Aerospace</a> association.</p>

<p>As far as careers go, jazz pianist Stephen Thurston is hitting all the right notes. Since graduating from the CU-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.</p>