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Aerospace engineering faculty at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will share their love of flight with the next generation of Tuskegee Airmen -- and women -- on Saturday, Feb. 10, as they showcase their advanced research in aviation and spaceflight to 30 Denver-area high school students who share their passion for flight.

University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Chancellor G. P. "Bud" Peterson today announced the formation of a search committee and the chair of the committee to fill the newly created position of vice chancellor for diversity, equity and community engagement for the campus. "I want the hiring of this position to mark a new era in the history of the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ," said Peterson. "I want this era to be characterized by a seamless approach to diversity wherein it is woven into all we are, all we do and all that we aspire to be," he said.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ's Silicon Flatirons Program will present the first of four spring conferences, "The Digital Broadband Migration: The Next Wave of Innovation," on Feb. 11-12. Leaders from high-tech industry, government and academia including Liberty Global CEO Michael Fries, Federal Trade Commissioner William Kovacic and appellate Judge Stephen Williams will explore the future of Internet broadband capabilities at the event.

Carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that has become a bane of modern society, may have saved Earth from freezing over early in the planet's history, according to the first detailed laboratory analysis of the world's oldest sedimentary rocks.

Assistant Professor Peter McGraw of the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ's Leeds School of Business has been named one of the nation's top young scholars by the Marketing Science Institute. One of only 30 recipients of the biennial honor given to faculty members early in their careers for being potential leaders in the field of marketing research, McGraw also was the only recipient in the Rocky Mountain region. He is the second CU-Â鶹ӰԺ professor to be recognized -- Associate Professor Page Moreau of the Leeds School of Business received the honor in 2003.

University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ fire safety officials are warning students about the dangers of lighting candles and other open-flame items and leaving them unattended. Students, faculty and staff are prohibited from using candles and open-flame devices in residence halls and other campus buildings except in rare situations and only after obtaining a permit from the campus fire marshal. "Candles start fires. If you light one, do not leave it unattended until you fully extinguish it," advised CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Fire Marshal Mansour Alipour-Fard.

National Public Radio commentator and writer Andrei Codrescu will give a free, public lecture titled "Lose a Country, Gain a World: Reflections on Exile" at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ on Friday, Feb. 16. The lecture will begin at 4 p.m. in the Center for British and Irish Studies room on the fifth floor of Norlin Library and is sponsored by CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's Center for Humanities and the Arts.

For the first time, scientists have used a spaceborne instrument to track the origin and movements of water vapor throughout Earth's atmosphere, providing a new perspective on the dominant role Earth's water cycle plays in weather and climate.

Baritone Patrick Mason, a University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ associate music professor who has been nominated for a Grammy Award this year, will perform in three free campus concerts as part of the annual music faculty series. On Feb. 6, Mason will perform songs by U.S. and British songwriters, including Roger Quilter, Noel Coward, John Harbison and John Musto, during a concert titled "Crossing the Pond." Pianists Mutsumi Moteki, Robert Spillman, Margaret McDonald and Charles Koslowske also will be featured.

Hip hop has the potential to be a vehicle for powerful social and political change, says a University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ professor who is using the musical genre to teach a new generation about African-American history. "Why are we as a generation overlooking the contributions of the civil rights movement?" said Reiland Rabaka, an assistant professor of African-American studies. "There's a lot we can learn."