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The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ College of Business has received a $35 million commitment from the Leeds family of New York to endow the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ business school. The endowment will support academic excellence, social responsibility and diversity. Michael and Richard Leeds are graduates of CU-Â鶹ӰԺ. The CU Board of Regents will consider a resolution next week to rename the college the "Leeds School of Business."

The world's most celebrated Chicano author, Rudolfo Anaya, will receive the 2001 Wallace Stegner Award from the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Center of the American West on Tuesday, Oct. 16. "Power, Magic and Spirit: An Evening with Rudolfo Anaya" will be presented on the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ campus in the University Memorial Center's Glenn Miller Ballroom at 7 p.m. Anaya also will answer questions from a panel of interviewers and the audience. A book signing and reception will precede the event in the east ballroom starting at 6 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public.

A surprising new study by researchers at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ indicates that for postmenopausal women, reducing sodium may have a greater effect on lowering systolic blood pressure than regular exercise. The study was carried out by researchers in the department of kinesiology and applied physiology under principal investigator and department Chair Douglas Seals. The results were published in a paper presented in the August Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

One of the most violent explosions in nature - the supernova - will be the topic of a live astronomy show at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's Fiske Planetarium on Friday, Oct. 12, and Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m. CU-Â鶹ӰԺ astronomy Professor Richard McCray will talk about why stars become supernovae and how scientists have learned about this fundamental process of nature, as well as the human perspective on the phenomenon.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ's Center for Astrobiology will host a multi-disciplinary panel of experts for its third annual public symposium titled "What Is Life?" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, in Cristol Chemistry Building room 140. The field of astrobiology draws from many disciplines to understand what factors determine if there is life beyond Earth

Achievements, challenges and issues for women in the news media are highlighted in a series of special October programs sponsored by the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ's School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Tad Bartimus, a reporter for The Associated Press for 25 years, is a Hearst Professional-in-Residence at the school and will be on campus Oct. 8-13. During her tenure at AP, she served as bureau chief, war correspondent in Vietnam, foreign correspondent in Europe, Northern Ireland and Latin America and as a special correspondent in the United States.

Five and a half weeks into a busy and eventful semester, students at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ are getting a break with two days off classes on Oct. 4 and Oct. 5 for fall break. Most students will have the opportunity to get some rest and relaxation before they begin to prepare for midterms and finals. But some have said they want to take the time to evaluate where they are in the semester and plan for the remaining two months.

The Black Alumni Association at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will host a reception for Mary Mothershed Pryor, the university's first black homecoming queen, on Oct. 13 at 6 p.m. at the Koenig Alumni Center, 1202 University Ave. Pryor was crowned in 1963. She will be formally recognized by President Elizabeth Hoffman during a ceremony on the field at the CU-Texas A&M football game earlier that afternoon. The game begins at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 12-14 is CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's Homecoming Weekend, dubbed the "Back to Â鶹ӰԺ Weekend" by the Alumni Association.

The University of Colorado School of Law's Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program will hold a conference titled "The Challenges of Convergence" on Monday, Oct. 8, in the Lindsley Memorial Courtroom. The forum, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., will address the technical, business and legal aspects of technological convergence.

A new cab queue is being tested in front of Â鶹ӰԺ's Fox Theater on the Hill starting tonight in an effort to reduce drinking and driving and to better facilitate taxi traffic between the Hill, Pearl Street and other Â鶹ӰԺ locations.