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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.

A free concert and comedy show featuring guitarist Mike Errico and comedian Bobby Lee will be presented Thursday, April 4, by the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Program Council. The show is at 8 p.m. following the last Trivia Bowl game of the day in the Glenn Miller Ballroom of the University Memorial Center, located at Broadway and Euclid Avenue. The event is presented to CU-Â鶹ӰԺ students and the public as part of the 2002 Trivia Bowl entertainment.

Underage drinkers beware: That bouncer by the door of local Â鶹ӰԺ eating and drinking establishments might just be a Â鶹ӰԺ police officer. The Â鶹ӰԺ Police Department, in conjunction with the Hill's Responsible Hospitality Group and the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ's A Matter of Degree Program will implement the program citywide in Â鶹ӰԺ soon.

"Environmental Ethics" is the topic of the 2002 Morris Colloquium to be held March 15-16 at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. Presented by the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ philosophy department, the colloquium will feature lectures by some of the most prominent figures in environmental ethics. All events are free and open to the public.

Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will present "Colorado Skies," a live show featuring some of the stellar sights seen in the night sky in Colorado, on Tuesday, March 19, at 7:30 p.m. Visitors will see images of the night sky over Colorado as it appears to the unaided eye, through telescopes and in wavelengths of light human eyes can't see. They also will learn about upcoming events in the night sky, and will track the movement of planets through the skies of this month and beyond.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ's Black Biomedical Research Movement, or BBRM, will host an African-American Cultural Health Symposium and Cultural Fair March 15 and March 16 on campus. The two-day event was created for black students of all ages. The campus events will be free and open to the public. Events held at the Â鶹ӰԺ Theater Saturday evening, March 16, will cost $10 per person.

Nationally renowned journalists, scientists, policymakers and scholars will gather at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ March 11 for a public discussion about how the media cover science. "Science & the Media: A Round-Table Discussion" will be held in the Old Main Chapel from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The panel will address coverage of critical issues like global warming, as well as the scope of scientific coverage in mass media. The event is free and open to the public, who will have the opportunity to participate in discussions.

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ School of Law on March 19 in the Lindsley Memorial Courtroom from 9 a.m. to noon. Students will get a chance to hear oral arguments in five cases. After the arguments have been heard, students will be given the opportunity to ask the presiding judges questions.