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Volcanoes and moving continents are two of the topics to be discussed during the Saturday Physics Series talk, "A Journey to the Earth's Interior," on Feb. 18 at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. Shijie Zhong, an associate professor of physics at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ, will present the free public talk at 2 p.m. in Duane Physics room G1B30 on the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ campus. The Saturday Physics Series is intended for high school students, teachers and adults.

MEDIA ADVISORY The final "Settlement and Release of Claims" between the University of Colorado and former football coach Gary Barnett has been signed and details of the agreement are being released today. Following is an executive summary of the agreement. The "Settlement and Release of Claims" document is attached as a PDF file. Questions on the agreement are being taken by Barrie Hartman, interim spokesman, at (303) 492-8927 or (303) 818-7496 and by Mike Bohn, athletic director, at (303) 492-7930.

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY Carl Tinstman, a 30-year veteran of the United Nations who served in three different U.N. agencies with assignments in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, will speak to University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ students on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 11 a.m. Tinstman will speak during a Smith Hall International Program class addressing regional cultures of Africa, held in the Cristol Chemistry and Biochemistry building room 131.

Lectures, gospel concerts and a soul food dinner are among many events scheduled in February for Black Awareness Month at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. The CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Center for Multicultural Affairs is presenting a series of lectures, including an address by the Rev. Al Sharpton, as well as the 16th annual gospel extravaganza and the 14th annual soul food dinner at various locations and times on campus in February. February is also National Black History Month.

"A History of Black Achievement in America," a documentary co-produced by Alphonse Keasley, director of the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Minority Arts and Sciences program, will be televised in February and March on KBDI Channel 12. The series, which also features African American faculty and students from CU-Â鶹ӰԺ, will air Saturdays at 1 p.m. starting Feb 4. February is National Black History Month.

The National Science Board, the governing body of the National Science Foundation and a major science-policy advising group to the president and Congress, will meet on the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ campus on Feb. 10. The CU-Â鶹ӰԺ visit includes a commission meeting by the NSB on 21st century education challenges in science, math and technology. The board also will attend a campus poster session that morning highlighting NSF-funded research underway at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ.

The most effective way for people to regulate their eating and weight without a strict diet is to use their internal signals to balance the overwhelming power of good-tasting food, according to a University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ psychology professor. Linda Craighead, who has done research on eating disorders and weight management for more than 20 years, has developed a technique called "appetite awareness training" to help people stop overeating and control their weight, while still eating foods they enjoy.

Supernovae and the science of planet formation will be discussed in February during Fiske Planetarium presentations at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. "What Planets Are and How They Form" will be held Thursday, Feb. 9, and Friday, Feb. 10, while "Supernovae" will take place Thursday, Feb. 16, and Friday, Feb. 17. All presentations begin at 7:30 p.m. and admission is $6 for adults, $5 for students and $3.50 for children and seniors.

A University of Colorado student from the school's first-place Solar Decathlon team will sit with First Lady Laura Bush during the President's State of the Union address tonight. Jeff Lyng, a graduate student in the civil, environmental and architectural engineering department at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ who was project manager for CU's 2005 Solar Decathlon team, was invited to the event as a special guest of the White House. The president's address, which begins at 9 p.m. EST (7 p.m. MST), will be televised on all major networks.

The Rev. Al Sharpton will speak Feb. 8 about racism and politics in America at a free public event presented by the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ's student-run Cultural Events Board. Sharpton's presentation is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom in the University Memorial Center on the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ campus. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and attendees are encouraged to arrive early because there will be no reserved seating.