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A memorial service has been scheduled for A. Richard Seebass, aerospace engineering professor and former dean of CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. The service will be Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 9 a.m., in the University Memorial CenterÂ’s Glenn Miller Ballroom. A reception will be held immediately following the service. Seebass, who was dean of the engineering college from 1981 to 1994, died Nov. 14 at Â鶹ӰԺ Community Hospital after a short illness.

Several interactive learning stations designed for the non-profit "Breathe Better Bus" will be among the more than 60 student-built engineering projects demonstrated at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory Fall Design Expo on Saturday, Dec. 9. A popular, educational event for K-12 students and their families, the semi-annual Design Expo is free and open to the public.

The Milky Way and some of the millions of other galaxies that make up the universe will be explored during a live astronomy show at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ’s Fiske Planetarium on Friday, Dec. 1, and Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m. CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Assistant Professor Erica Ellingson will take planetarium visitors on a multimedia trip beginning in the Milky Way and continuing through other galaxies to the outer reaches of the observable universe during her show.

Michael Holleran, associate professor of planning and design at the University of Colorado at Denver, will lecture on the role of irrigation ditches in urban environments on Tuesday, Dec. 5, from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel on the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ campus.

Editors: Photographers are welcome to photograph the computer delivery at the Family Learning Center at 9: 30 a.m. Wedneday, Nov. 22. CU-Â鶹ӰԺ staff and students will be on hand Wednesday, Nov. 22, at 9:30 a.m. to donate more than a dozen computers to the Family Learning Center at 3164 34th St. in Â鶹ӰԺ. FLC children and adult learners use the on-site computer lab for homework and continuing adult education. Used computers are being donated as part of an ongoing program between the university and the Family Learning Center.

University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ faculty have devised a new method to study how language develops in Spanish-speaking populations as part of a larger effort to identify and help deaf and hard-of-hearing U.S. infants using family intervention techniques.

More than 100 fifth- through eighth-graders and their teachers will gather at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ on Monday, Nov. 20, to solve the mystery of "Who Stole the Bones?" and learn new ways of making science fun. The Science Explorers event, a part of CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s Science Discovery outreach program, will meet from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Coors Events/Conference Center. The hands-on science workshops are sponsored by the Howard Hughes Initiative.

More than 500 of ColoradoÂ’s top high school seniors will visit the Â鶹ӰԺ campus of the University of Colorado on Saturday, Nov. 18, for a daylong series of presentations on the universityÂ’s top programs. The program, called "Talented Scholars Visit Day," is a new initiative "to attract ColoradoÂ’s best students," said Kevin MacLennan, associate director of admissions at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ.

Australia, India and Malaysia could benefit significantly from the development of a multi-million dollar observing system in the Indian Ocean that could identify climate signals similar to El Niño climate signals in the southern Pacific Ocean, say researchers. University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Professor Peter Webster, one of several scientists worldwide who is spearheading studies of the Indian monsoon system, said the network could indicate changes in regional rainfall months in advance and positively impact the lives of almost two-thirds of the worldÂ’s population.

Calendar Item African Dance and Music Nov. 17 The Women's Resource Center at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will host a night of African Dance and Music on Friday, Nov. 17, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Bantaba Dance Studio, 691 S. Broadway, in Â鶹ӰԺ. Maputo Mensah of Ghana will lead the Ghanaian dance and music by Logo Legi. The event, in partnership with Bantaba World Dance, will help to buy and update resources for the WomenÂ’s Resource Center and its student peer groups.