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To examine war through a wide range of human and artistic experiences in different cultures and eras, the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Center For Humanities and the Arts has announced its theme for the 2003-04 academic year will be "War." "We invite all members of the CU community to join in a broad, interdisciplinary conversation focused on war - and peace," said Jeff Cox, CHA director. The center will conduct a yearlong faculty and graduate student seminar, host a series of lectures, and hold a spring colloquium in conjunction with the theme.

Editors: A complete schedule of events is attached. Members of the media wishing to attend should call (303) 492-4007 in advance of the conference due to limited space. Rising concern over noise from snowmobiles, touring planes and other mechanical devices in our nation's national parks will be addressed Feb. 20-21 at a University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ conference.

Â鶹ӰԺ veterinarian John McGee will present a talk and slide show at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Sibell Wolle Fine Arts Building at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14, titled "Orphanages of China: An Adoptive Father's Perspective." The talk and slide presentation will be in room N141 of Sibell Wolle Fine Arts and will be followed by a short reception and viewing of the photographs in the "Work Space" in the fine arts building.

Peter Ellison, a leading researcher in human reproductive physiology, will give a public talk at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ on Thursday, Feb. 13. Ellison, who will be on campus as part of the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ anthropology department's Distinguished Lecturer series, will speak at 5:30 p.m. in the Hale Science building, room 270. The event is free and open to the public.

Four finalists have been named for the position of dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ, according to Anne Heinz, dean of the division of Continuing Education and chair of the search committee. The finalists for the position are:

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MEDIA ADVISORY CU-Â鶹ӰԺ aerospace engineering faculty and students to view NASA memorial at engineering center today Aerospace engineering faculty members and students at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will gather to watch today's NASA memorial service for the astronauts who died in the Saturday explosion of the space shuttle Columbia.

Six finalists have been named for the position of dean of the School of Law at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ, according to Daniel Sher, dean of the College of Music and chair of the search committee.

MEDIA ADVISORY CU-Â鶹ӰԺ memorial service for astronaut-alumna Kalpana Chawla set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at University Memorial Center A public memorial service for CU-Â鶹ӰԺ alumna Kalpana Chawla, one of seven astronauts who died Saturday on the space shuttle Columbia, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, in the University Memorial Center at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. The memorial service will be in the Glenn Miller Ballroom of the UMC, located at Broadway and Euclid Avenue in Â鶹ӰԺ.

The scientific concepts of light, polarization and optics will be explained through a number of experiments, including creating a giant soap bubble, during the Feb. 15 CU Wizards show "Liquid Crystals." University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ physics faculty members Noel Clark and Joseph Maclennan and chemistry Professor David Walba will present the show at 9:30 a.m. in Duane Physics room G1B30. The show, aimed primarily at students in grades five through nine, is free and open to the public.