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The origin of light will be explained through a number of experiments, including some explosive chemical reactions, during the Saturday, March 23, CU Wizards show "The Chemistry of Light." Kathy Rowlen, a chemistry and biochemistry professor at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ, will present the show at 9:30 a.m. in Cristol Chemistry and Biochemistry, room 140.

University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ anthropology Professor Emeritus David Breternitz has won the Emil W. Haury Award in honor of his significant archaeological work spanning more than 50 years in southwestern Colorado. The award, named for pre-eminent Southwest archaeologist Emil W. Haury, is presented annually by the Southwest Parks and Monuments Association in recognition of outstanding contributions to scientific research in the national parks and monuments of the western United States.

Recruiting and job interviews have dropped nearly 50 percent at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ, a trend that university officials are observing across the country. "This year we're experiencing a more than 40 percent decline in employer participation in the recruiting process," said CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Career Services Director Gordon Gray. On-campus interviews have declined 48 percent from fall 2000, and job fairs are no longer full of companies aggressively seeking graduates.

The quality of top management has a greater impact on the valuation of Internet companies at an initial public offering than financials, according to a paper written by Thomas Dean, management professor at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Leeds School of Business. Dean's research found that because Web-based ventures often lack physical assets characteristic of non-Web-based ventures -- such as a plant or equipment and, in some cases, a tested product -- the management team's knowledge and experience is the leading determinant of a company's value.

Four University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ students will bike nearly 4,000 miles across America this summer in an effort to raise money and public awareness of people with disabilities. Adam Bacon, Will Kramer, Erik Estrada and Ryan Roth will ride in the Journey Of Hope cycling tour, beginning June 2 in San Francisco and ending Aug. 4 in Washington.

The Off-Campus Student Services Office at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will host an Off-Campus Housing Fair for students on Wednesday, March 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom of the University Memorial Center. The fair will allow students to collect information on housing opportunities for next year from a variety of property management companies and landlords, according to Susan Stafford, center director.

University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Ron Stump announced that Peggy Bonner has been elected to chair the university's new Women and Alcohol Resources committee.

For the first time in its history, the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ School of Law has cracked The Hispanic Business magazine's top 10 list of the best law schools for Hispanics. The survey, published in the March 2002 edition, ranks CU ninth in the nation.

Daniel Dennett, a distinguished philosopher and leading proponent of the computational model of the mind, will give a public talk at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ on Monday, March 18. Dennett, who will be on campus March 18-19 as a guest of the World Affairs Athenaeum, will speak at 3 p.m. in Old Main Chapel about "Darwin's Dangerous Idea." The event is free and open to the public.

University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ engineering students will participate in a first of its kind, round-the-clock Global Design Initiative with students in England and Singapore March 11-15. The goal of the project is to design a race car in just five days by taking advantage of successive time zones to do 24-hour-a-day design. Students from Aston University in Birmingham, England, and Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore will collaborate with CU-Â鶹ӰԺ students on the design, with each team handing off their work electronically to the next group at the end of the day.