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University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Chancellor G.P. “Bud” Peterson “Today, our hearts are with the family of our former student, Susannah Chase. I contacted the Chase family not long ago, near the 10th anniversary of SusannahÂ’s murder, and I know they share in this important moment today.

Note to Editors: On Monday, Jan. 28, and the day of the forum, Jan. 29, University of Colorado Student Union representatives will hand out packets of ramen noodles to symbolize the financial challenges of being a college student. Organizers says students will hand out ramen to their peers in the University Memorial Center atrium from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on both days.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will join more than 1,300 universities, colleges, high schools and other groups across the nation, including more than 30 institutions in Colorado, in a daylong campus event on Jan. 31 meant to focus student attention on climate change.

Three University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ faculty members have been named distinguished professors, the highest honor bestowed by CU on its teaching faculty.

The work of George Catlin, best known for his paintings of American Indians in the mid-1800s, will be examined in a Feb. 7 lecture presented by the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ.

Elizabeth Skewes, an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ, will analyze this yearÂ’s large field of presidential primaries and caucuses during a Feb. 5 television-viewing event on campus.

A new National Research Council report chaired by University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Distinguished Professor Frank Barnes calls for a stronger research effort on the potential health effects of exposure to radio frequency energy tied to the global explosion in wireless technology like cell phones, laptops and hand-held Web-surfing gadgets.

University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ economist Jeffrey Zax says an executive order issued by Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter in November is unlikely to give state employees greater bargaining power because it lacks critical provisions that would ensure binding arbitration and the strength and survival of labor unions.

Northwestern University anthropology Associate Professor Cynthia Robin, an internationally known archaeologist who has documented the lives and times of ancient Maya farmers in Central America, will give a free public lecture at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ on Saturday, Jan. 26.

The workings of the heart and the world of genetics will be explored during the Jan. 19 CU Wizards show at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ.