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Charles Wilkinson, a distinguished CU-Â鶹ӰԺ professor of law who is recognized as a champion of the American West through his decades of writing and legal work, will be the first featured speaker in a CU-Â鶹ӰԺ lecture series hosted at The Academy beginning Wednesday, Sept. 8. This fall, the series will highlight faculty from CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s Center of the American West, including its co-founders Wilkinson and Patricia Limerick, and the Natural Resources Law Center. All talks will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel at The Academy, located at 970 Aurora Ave. in Â鶹ӰԺ.

Editors: A revised academic calendar is attached. The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ is moving ahead with plans to implement a fall break and some other changes to its academic calendar, according to William Kaempfer, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs for budget and planning. The first Fall Break will occur on Oct. 5 and Oct. 6, 2000. "Over the years we have gradually moved to starting the year earlier and ending it later," Kaempfer said. "This has created a long, unbroken and stressful fall semester for everyone -- students, faculty and staff.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ received more than $204 million in sponsored research awards for the 1998-99 fiscal year, a 12.4 percent increase over last year and the first time the campus has topped the $200 million mark. Of the 1,596 grant proposals made in 1998-99, about half were winners, despite increasing competition for funds by universities and other research institutions across the nation.

The Cooperative Education and Internship Program at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ has been awarded approximately $600,000 to continue the National Institute for Standards and Technology Professional Research Experience Program (NIST/PREP), according to Howard Rosenberg, principal investigator and project director for CU-Â鶹ӰԺ. The program provides outstanding work and learning experiences for undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral students at the NIST lab in Â鶹ӰԺ. Graduate and post-doctoral students work with CU-Â鶹ӰԺ faculty on selected projects.

University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ legal scholars Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic will lecture Thursday, Sept. 2, on "Homegrown Racism: Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action in Colorado." The lecture will be from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel on the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ campus. The event is free and open to the public. Delgado is the Jean Lindsley Professor of Law and Jean Stefancic is a research assistant at the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ School of Law.

The 1999 Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award has been granted to five undergraduate students around the nation, including CU-Â鶹ӰԺ student David Kolstad, for outstanding community service efforts. Every year Campus Compact, a national service-learning organization, gives the $1,500 award to five students who attend Campus Compact member institutions. The award money supports the student's continued efforts to address societal needs by funding a service program designed or chosen by that student.

The CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Summer Theatre Caravan will present a free public performance of the romantic comedy, "It Had To Be You," Aug. 27-28 in the Old Main Chapel on the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ campus. The performances begin at 7 p.m. both evenings. "It Had To Be You" features the story of Theda Blau, a would-be actress, would-be playwright, would-be sex symbol and health food nut who seeks love and success in New York. Joining her is Vito Pignoli, a highly successful and emotionally unavailable TV director and producer on whom Theda sets her sights.

A photo exhibition featuring Colorado's Hispanic lawmakers opens at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ on Aug. 24. The presentation, "Shaping the Law of the Land: Hispanos in the Colorado Legislature 1845-1995," will be held in the University Memorial Center Fine Arts Gallery Annex. "The goal of the exhibit is to educate different communities about Hispanic contributions to the State of Colorado," said Ofelia Miramontes, interim associate vice chancellor for diversity and equity at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ.

Five CU-Â鶹ӰԺ students have received scholarship awards from the Center for Educational and Career Transitions at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ for the fall 1999 semester. The $600 scholarship is awarded to three categories of students, including undergraduate women, graduate women and any student 30 years or older, male or female. To receive the undergraduate and graduate scholarship awards, students must maintain a 3.5 grade-point average. Applicants for the "student over 30" award must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.0.

James Goodrich, an assistant professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ, was one of 20 biomedical researchers nationwide to be named 1999 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences. Granted by the Pew Charitable Trusts of Philadelphia to a select group of promising young biomedical researchers, the awards each carry a four-year, $200,00 grant.