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<p>������ý���� space weather experts say a powerful solar storm may cause the aurora borealis to light up as far south as Colorado and New Mexico in the coming nights.</p>

<p>NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch of Orbital Sciences Corp.’s commercial Cygnus spacecraft on Tuesday, Jan. 7 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, which will be carrying two ������ý���� payloads to the International Space Station.</p>

<p>The confidence of Colorado business leaders has increased slightly going into the first quarter of 2014 as economic conditions improve and some political issues have subsided, according to the most recent Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the ������ý����’s Leeds School of Business.</p>

<p>The ������ý���� will hold its winter commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 20, in the Coors Events Center on campus.</p>
<p>The ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. and is free and open to the public.</p>
<p>Due to traffic delays, and ongoing construction on U.S. 36 leading into ������ý����, early arrival is strongly advised.</p>
<p>The ceremony will honor candidates for 1,899 degrees, including 1,399 bachelor’s degrees, 310 master’s degrees, nine law degrees and 181 doctoral degrees.</p>

<p>Colorado will continue on the road to recovery and add a variety of jobs in 2014 across almost all business sectors following a positive year in 2013, according to economist Richard Wobbekind of the ������ý����’s Leeds School of Business.</p>
<p>The comprehensive outlook report for 2014 features forecasts and trends for 13 business sectors prepared by more than 100 key business, government and industry professionals.</p>

<p>In just one hour, school kids, teachers and any code-curious member of the public with an Internet connection can now create their own 3-D video game using a tutorial built by a team at the ������ý���� in preparation for the global “Hour of Code” event happening the second week of December.</p>

<p>More than 350 engineering students at the ������ý���� will demonstrate their innovations and inventions to the community at the annual fall Engineering Design Expo on Saturday, Dec. 7.</p>

<p>The ������ý���� Leeds School of Business will present its 49th annual Colorado Business Economic Outlook Forum on Monday, Dec. 9, at 1 p.m. at the Denver Marriott City Center. The event is free and open to the public but <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2014-colorado-business-economic-outlook-forum-registration-8721912475">reservations are required</a> for those planning to attend.</p>
<p>Leeds School economist Richard Wobbekind will present the forecast and Doug Suttles, president and CEO of Encana, will deliver the keynote address.</p>

<p>A $671 million NASA mission to Mars led by the ������ý���� thundered into the sky today from Cape Canaveral, Fla., at 1:28 p.m. EST, the first step on its 10-month journey to Mars.</p>
<p>Known as the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN mission, the MAVEN spacecraft was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket provided by United Launch Alliance of Centennial, Colo. The mission will target the role the loss of atmospheric gases played in changing Mars from a warm, wet and possibly habitable planet for life to the cold dry and inhospitable planet it appears to be today.</p>

<p>A $671 million NASA mission to Mars being led by the ������ý���� is approaching its official countdown toward a planned Nov. 18 launch after a decade of rigorous work by faculty, professionals, staff and students.</p>