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Robert T. Craig, professor and department chair of communication at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ, will become president-elect of the International Communication Association at its 52nd annual conference convening in Seoul, Korea, July 15-19.

The CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Leeds School of Business has appointed Anne Sandoe-Thorp as director of MBA admissions and marketing. In this role, Sandoe-Thorp will spearhead marketing, corporate outreach, recruitment and admissions for both the full-time and Professional MBA programs. Sandoe-Thorp spent the last 17 years working at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, culminating in her position as director of operations for Duke Corporate Education. Previously she was the assistant dean and director of MBA programs.

The Environmental Protection Agency has honored Kathryn Mutz of the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Natural Resources Law Center with the agency's Environmental Achievement Award. Mutz is a senior research associate, lawyer and staff member at the center. The award was presented by Michael Gaydosh, deputy to the assistant regional administrator of enforcement, compliance and environmental justice, during the center's annual June conference.

At least three reservoirs likely will be contaminated by erosion in areas burned by this season's record wildfires, according to a University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ researcher. The South Platte watershed and Cheesman Reservoir, one of Denver's important water sources, will be affected by erosion from the Hayman fire, while the Missionary Ridge fire could affect the Vallecito and Lemon reservoirs, according to John Gartner, a research assistant at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research.

The Perseid meteor shower, an annual celestial treat, will be visible in night skies throughout Colorado in early August. The natural fireworks will be most active Aug. 9-15, peaking in the early morning hours of Aug. 13 when, just after midnight, between 80 to 200 meteors per hour could be visible, according to experts at Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ.

Examples of physics concepts that can all be found in the average kitchen will be explored during the July 24 lecture "Physics at the Breakfast Table" at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. Sidney Nagel, a professor of physics at the University of Chicago, will present the free public lecture at 7:30 p.m. in Duane Physics room G1B20 on the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ campus.

Note to Editors: Students will debate Friday, July 19, at 1 p.m. in room E155 of the Bruce Curtis Museum Collections Building, located near the intersection of Broadway and College Avenue on the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ campus. High school students have converged this week at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ for a summer philosophy camp that examines the balance between personal freedom and state security.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Office of Community Affairs will host the opening ceremony for the Colorado "Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day" walk on Friday, Aug. 2, from 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at Williams Village. The "Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day" is a national fundraiser taking place in 13 cities during summer 2002. The opening ceremony, which is not open to the public, will feature an inspirational message for the expected 2,500 walkers before they begin their three-day journey to Denver. They will complete their walk Sunday, Aug. 4, in Denver's Invesco Field at Mile High.

Colorado's record-setting wildfire season will leave behind potentially harmful conditions in water supplies, according to a University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ researcher and former U.S. Forest Service firefighter. Mark Williams, a fellow at CU's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research and co-associate director of the institute's undergraduate academy, said that a potentially cancerous compound called trihalomethane (THM) could show up in drinking water drawn from water bodies that drain burned areas.

Segments of the Bear Creek and Apache Road multiuse paths will be closed for approximately one month each this summer because of the Williams Village student housing expansion project for the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. Effective immediately, the Bear Creek multiuse path between Apache Road and Baseline Road will be closed. At least one path, either Apache Road or Bear Creek, will be maintained at all times to provide an appropriate detour route during the relocation of each path.