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The great American physicist Richard FeynmanÂ’s genius for simplifying quantum mechanics through a set of simple pictures will come to life during a July 24 lecture at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. Steven Girvin, distinguished physics professor at Indiana University at Bloomington and a co-founder and participating faculty member of a summer physics institute at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ, will present the lecture "Mr. FeynmanÂ’s Quantum Mechanics: A Field Guide for Curious Characters" at 7:30 p.m. in Duane Physics room G1B20 on the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ campus.

The CU Heritage Center is celebrating the arrival of a rare lunar specimen on campus this spring with a special "Moon Madness" Activity Day for families on Sunday, July 16, from 1 p.m. to 4:40 p.m. Activities will include a "Kids in Space" show at CU's Fiske Planetarium and a walk through CU's Scale Model Solar System guided by Professor Mike Shull of the astrophysical and planetary science department, followed by a program of "hands-on" activities at the CU Heritage Center. While at the Heritage Center, participants will be able to view the moon rock.

A small layer of dust suspended several feet above the moonÂ’s surface that was first photographed by the Lunar Surveyor spacecraft in the 1960s and later observed by Apollo astronauts has been a puzzle to some planetary scientists. But a University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ research team is on the verge of explaining the odd dust phenomenon, which also may occur on asteroids, the rings of planets and even around spacecraft.

Two new programs at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ designed to support the campusÂ’s Building Community initiative, encourage networking and increase staff awareness of CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's role in the four-campus system will begin in September. An intensive awareness-building program, called Â鶹ӰԺ Campus Perspective, was piloted last spring and will consist of six half-day sessions scheduled from September through December. A companion program, called University Perspective, is being launched as a pilot this fall to complement the Â鶹ӰԺ Campus Perspective.

Top minority MBA students from around the country will attend the ninth annual University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Andersen Consulting Leadership Seminar July 12-16. The seminar is one of the nationÂ’s most comprehensive forums for MBA students to create solutions to e-business problems, develop leadership skills and network with peers, respected academics and business leaders.

More than 800 people are expected to attend the 20th anniversary celebration of CU Upward Bound July 28 in the Glenn Miller Ballroom at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. The federally funded program provides qualifying high school students living on or near American Indian reservations the opportunity to experience a college atmosphere before they graduate from high school. More than 1,000 students have participated in the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ program.

Note: Seven students who were selected by the NACME Vanguard Program to enter CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s engineering college this fall are on campus through July 14, participating in the Summer Bridge experience. Interviews with the students can be arranged by contacting David Aragon at (303) 492-2944. Hector Moreno, a graduate of North High School in Denver, will be the first in his family to go to college when he enrolls in CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s College of Engineering and Applied Science this fall.

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ College of Business Dean Steven Manaster has appointed Professor Richard Wobbekind as associate dean of external relations, pending approval by the Board of Regents at their Aug. 3 meeting. Wobbekind will continue to serve in his current role as director of the collegeÂ’s Business Research Division. "RichÂ’s expertise with state and local businesses will help us forge important partnerships with these constituencies," said Manaster. "He will be instrumental in promoting our outreach programs and building relationships with companies throughout the state."

The constellations, myths and astronomical phenomena of the sky in the Southern Hemisphere will be explored in a live astronomy show at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's Fiske Planetarium on Friday, July 7. Deidre Brucker, a University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ senior majoring in computer science, will present "Southern Skies" at 8 p.m. "Most people in the Northern Hemisphere never get the chance to witness the splendor of the southern sky," Brucker said. Brucker will introduce the audience to some Hindu and East Asian constellations.

MEDIA ADVISORY Reporters and photographers are invited to cover CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s "Picnic on the Quad," July 8, beginning at 3 p.m. in the Norlin Quadrangle on campus. Free activities at the picnic will continue into the evening and include live music, hands-on science workshops for kids through CUÂ’s Science Discovery Program, ice skating and ice cream, sidewalk chalk art projects and special visits from Ralphie, CUÂ’s buffalo mascot, and Will Shakespeare himself.