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Nick Forster, host and executive producer of the nationwide radio program, etown, will give the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Center of the American West's annual Distinguished Lecture on March 29. Forster will lecture on "100 Years with the King of Western Swing-- How Bob Wills Connected the Dots of American Music" at 7 p.m. in the University Memorial Center, room 235. The event is free and open to the public.

We have noted a number of inaccurate or misleading statements in the media regarding issues related to instructor Phil Mitchell. Here are the facts: 1. Instructor Mitchell was not dismissed. Mitchell is an instructor whose current appointment with the Sewall Academic Program, which runs through May 2005, was renewed for academic year 2005-06. Hiring decisions for the subsequent year (2006-07) will be made in early spring semester of 2006.

The Women's Resource Center at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will host its fifth annual retiree banquet and silent auction fundraiser March 31 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the University Memorial Center, room 235. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for others. Those who wish to attend should call for reservations because a limited number of tickets will be sold. The center also is calling for silent auction donations including artwork and other items or services. Deadline for donations is March 29.

The connections between work, energy, heat and temperature will be explained during the Saturday, March 19, CU Wizards show "Much Ado Â鶹ӰԺ Absolute Zero." Paul Beale and Scott Kittelman of the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will present the show at 9:30 a.m. in Duane Physics, room G1B30. Beale is a professor of physics and Kittelman is a researcher in the Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. The show, aimed primarily at students in grades five through nine, is free and open to the public.

Note to Editors: Contents embargoed until 5 p.m. EST on Monday, March 14. A research team using a novel genetic cloning and sequencing technique has identified a surprisingly high number of airborne pathogens in a Midwest therapy pool, pointing to the need for closer scrutiny of public hot pools, says a new study.

Chancellor Phil DiStefano plans to release the findings of his review related to CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Professor Ward Churchill on Monday, March 28. DiStefano said that timeline will allow him and his team to complete the work in accordance with normal university procedures. DiStefano has been assisted in the review by Arts and Sciences Dean Todd Gleeson and Law Dean David Getches. The purpose of the review is to determine whether Professor Churchill may have overstepped his bounds as a faculty member, showing possible cause for dismissal.

James Williams, dean of libraries at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ, has been appointed chair of a 15-member search committee announced this week to select a new provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs. Candidates for the position, currently held by Interim Provost Susan Avery, will be identified through a national search assisted by a search firm. The provost's salary currently is about $220,000.

Members of the African American campus community at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ came together today with administrators, faculty leaders, alumni and others to develop a plan for addressing recent incidents of racial intolerance on the Â鶹ӰԺ campus. Also attending were representatives of Asian American, American Indian and Hispanic communities.

Distinguished Professor Charles Wilkinson of the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ chronicles the dynamic rebirth of Native American society and culture in a new and highly praised book, "Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations."

Seismologists have long relied on earthquakes or expensive tools like explosives to help create images of Earth's interior, but a new method created by University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ researchers will produce quicker, cheaper and clearer images.