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The CU-Â鶹ӰԺ MBA entrepreneurship program was rated 16th in the nation in a ranking of graduate entrepreneurship programs released April 2 by U.S. News & World Report magazine. The ranking placed CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's MBA entrepreneurship program among the top 20 in the nation along with Harvard, Stanford, UCLA, MIT, Northwestern and the University of Pennsylvania.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ's environmental law program is ranked fourth in the nation in a ranking of selected graduate programs released today by U.S. News and World Report magazine. CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's environmental law program moved up from a ranking of fifth in the nation in 2000. Overall, CU's School of Law was tied for a ranking of 38th out of 174 accredited law schools, up from 45th place last year.

A search committee has been named to seek a director of diversity for the College of Business at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. The new position will address the College of Business's commitment to diversity issues. James Marlatt, senior instructor of information systems, is serving as interim director.

Dr. Eric Kandel, winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, will lecture on "The Past, the Future and the Biology of Memory Storage" at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ on Wednesday, April 11. The 8 p.m. talk in Macky Auditorium is free and open to the public. The 36th George Gamow Memorial Lecture is intended for a general audience of non-scientists.

A ranking of business programs in the Academy of Management Journal rated CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's College of Business faculty 38th in the nation. The study evaluated faculty research productivity in the premier academic journals.

Newly discovered evidence of planets orbiting other stars, and future strategies in the quest for extra-solar planets will be examined during "Is Life Common in the Universe," a live show at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ's Fiske Planetarium on Friday, April 6, and Tuesday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m. Astrophysical and planetary sciences Professor John Bally will show the planetarium audience recent observations of newly-forming stars and the planetary systems that are developing around them.

The College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ is accepting applications for the 34th annual High School Honors Institute and a new opportunity with the Royal Academy of Engineering's "Headstart" program at the University of Southampton, England.

Middle and junior high schools are invited to apply for three free years of training, technical assistance and materials to implement an exemplary program, Life Skills Training, which has been proven to reduce drug abuse and prevent violence. The program will be funded at 35 sites nationwide by a $4 million federal grant received by CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence. The funding is provided by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, a division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Dr. Helen Caldicott, a world-renowned activist recognized for her opposition to the threat of global warfare, will speak at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ on April 5 on "The Ever Present Threat of Nuclear War." A pediatrician, Caldicott is speaking as part of the Gustavson Memorial Distinguished Lecture Series, established in honor of former professor, dean and acting CU President Reuben G. Gustavson. The event is sponsored by CU-Â鶹ӰԺ and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, or CIRES.

The University of Colorado Cultural Events Board will present author and filmmaker Michael Moore on Tuesday, April 3, at 7 p.m. in Â鶹ӰԺ's Flatirons Theatre. Moore, the creator of "Roger and Me," "The Awful Truth" and "TV Nation," will speak on "Corporations and Multinationalism in the Third World."