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On Oct. 12, 2019, with a time of 1:59:40, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya became the first person to complete a marathon in under two hours.

Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder became the first university in the nation to open a student-led Environmental Center. The day coincided with the nation’s inaugural Earth Day.

The restaurant lineup on The Hill changes nearly as fast as the Colorado seasons.

Record-breaking Colorado summer heat, including the hottest temperature ever recorded in the state didn’t delay winter at SMµ÷½ÌËù. Boulder saw more than 26 inches of snow in October and nearly 30 in November, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Since 2013, weekly SMµ÷½ÌËù cooking classes — Ralphie’s Cooking Basics — have aimed to teach students the fundamentals of meal preparing.

Hale was the first science building on campus and at one point housed all the sciences, a small museum and the School of Law. The building was named after the second university president, Horace Hale.

It wasn’t much to look at, but it was the start of a SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder institution. The first issue of this magazine appeared as The Colorado Alumnus in May 1911.

The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences includes a bioastronautics lab, a payload operations center with a real-time communications link to the International Space Station and an indoor drone testing space.

If it’s icky, slimy or smelly, it’s fair game.

In August, more than 700 SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder students moved into the university’s newest and largest residence hall, Williams Village East.