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EDITORS: Photographers are welcome to attend the Powwow and other events. The Oyate Indigenous Student Organization at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will launch Native American Awareness Week with the Oyate Traditional Powwow on Sunday, April 9, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the University Memorial Center Ballroom. The Powwow will feature drummers, dancers and singers from across the state and is free and open to the public.

The Astronomer Royal of Great Britain, Sir Martin Rees of Cambridge University, will give a free illustrated lecture on the evolution of the universe at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ on Thursday, April 20. Rees will lecture on "Six Cosmic Numbers: Understanding the Beginning and the End" at 8 p.m. in Macky Auditorium. The 35th George Gamow Memorial Lecture is intended for general audiences.

A free business leadership program for high school juniors from diverse backgrounds is being hosted by CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s College of Business in June. Applications are being accepted through April 14. The program, which provides students with a business background and computer skills, runs from June 11 through June 17 on the Â鶹ӰԺ campus. To qualify, students must be African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, American Indian or multiracial/biracial.

RANKED 16th BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT The CU-Â鶹ӰԺ MBA entrepreneurship program was ranked 16th by U.S. News and World Report in its April 3 issue of the nationÂ’s top graduate school programs. "This is an exceptional honor and gratifying recognition of our dynamic programs," said College of Business Dean Steven Manaster. "Our high caliber students and outstanding faculty drive the innovative approach so central to our activities.

In the near future, consumers are expected to benefit from a "one-stop shopping" concept created by competition among telecommunications companies working to meet requirements of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. This change will be one of the main topics discussed at the University of Colorado School of Law forum titled "Telecommunications After Bell Entry: Towards a New Regulatory Regime and One Stop Shopping," to be held April 13 starting at 3:15 p.m. in the Fleming Law Building on the Â鶹ӰԺ campus.

The Â鶹ӰԺ Faculty Assembly and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs are sponsoring a public forum on a proposed code of conduct for CU-licensed apparel manufacturers on April 6. Sessions will be held from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. in the Dalton Trumbo Fountain Court of the University Memorial Center and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the UMC Grill. Last month the BFA executive committee approved a resolution from its student affairs committee to endorse a set of human rights principles with which CU licensees should comply.

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ professor Emeritus Reg Saner will present "Adam's Navel: The Politics and Poetics of Belief" on Wednesday, April 12, as part of the new "Campus Lecture Series" scheduled through May. The presentation, at 7:30 p.m. in the Humanities Building, room 250, will review episodes from ancient times to the present in which religion and science have been at odds.

Throughout April, a number of prominent national lesbian, gay and bisexual artists of color will be featured as part of "Art Activism of a Queer Color: The Third Annual CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Queer Arts Festival."

Robert Maust, director of the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ alcohol awareness program "A Matter of Degree," has been named an Associate of the Alcohol and other Drug Prevention program of The Higher Education Center. The Higher Education Center is a program of the U.S. Department of Education.

Three library buildings at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ are now equipped with "Team Technology Rooms" where students can use electronic equipment and computer software to prepare class presentations and projects. The CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Libraries teamed up with Information Technology Services on campus to convert nine group study rooms in Norlin Library, the William M. White Business Library and the L.H. Gemill Engineering Library into Team Technology Rooms.