The International Center and its student council opened the International Café program this semester as a way to meet with other international students and share experiences.

The new geology and geophysics building is under construction and is nearing completion.

The U hosted Metamorphoses, an international colloquium on narrative fairy tales and folklore, over the weekend, drawing scholars from various universities.

Jennifer Graves, a professor of comparative genomics for the Australian National University, said in an Oct. 1 lecture on the evolution of sex chromosomes in animals and humans that new sex-determining genes could evolve in the next few million years.

About 112 students gathered in the Union Ballroom to compete against teams in the annual XBox tournament.

The Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Building will hold its ribbon cutting Friday.

When the Frederick Albert Sutton Building is unveiled in April 2009, the geology and geophysics department will have a new home.

Within the walls of the Cowles Building, three prospective U students are looking to shatter records in competitive Rubik's Cube solving, also known as "cubing."

The U was Weisman's 10th stop on a world tour for his nonfiction book, The World Without Us, a journalistic exploration of how today's world would evolve if the human species ceased to exist in it.

Students have said problems with advisers are forcing them to extend their time at the U.