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CU Latino Advocacy and the United Mexican American Students (UMAS) at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ are sponsoring "Reliving El Corrido," with singer and Mexican American musicologist Dr. Jesus "Chuy" Negrete on Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 6 p.m. in room 150 of the Humanities Building on campus.

Political science Professor Susan Clarke of the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ and 39 other outstanding faculty members from across the nation have been selected as the 2000-2001 class of Carnegie scholars. Clarke and her colleagues were selected by the Pew National Fellowship Program for Carnegie Scholars in recognition and support of their efforts to advance teaching and learning of their disciplines in the natural sciences, mathematics, social sciences and the arts.

Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will present "Searching for Distant Worlds," a program chronicling the recent discovery of several new planets beyond our solar system, on Sept. 29 and Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m.

Photo opportunity: There will be a tour of the Ponnequin wind farm (off I-25 just south of the Wyoming border) where the CU wind turbine is located on Friday, Sept. 22, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. For information and directions to the wind farm contact Ghita Levenstein at (303) 492-3229. Thanks to the efforts of students, the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ is the largest university purchaser of wind power in the nation.

Chemistry and biochemistry Professor David Nesbitt will kick off the 2000-2001 University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ CU Wizards season with plenty of booms and fizzles as he presents "Fun with Molecules," Saturday, Sept. 30, at 9:30 a.m. in the Cristol Chemistry and Biochemistry Building, room 140. Professor NesbittÂ’s show will shed light on the wonders of chemical reactions with several experiments, like turning a pickle into a light bulb and generating light without heat – just like fireflies.

With a gift of appreciated stock, Ruth and Ken Wright of Â鶹ӰԺ have endowed a directorship with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. The fund will perpetually generate support to attract distinguished directors who will bring their artistic talents to Â鶹ӰԺ each summer.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will hold its annual Study Abroad Peer Advising Fair Tuesday, Sept. 26, in the University Memorial Center's Glenn Miller Ballroom from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Students will be able to gather general information about CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's 140 study abroad programs including program costs, scholarship opportunities and financial aid. Students also can explore new program options in Cuba, the Southern Cone (Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay), Fiji, London, Berlin, Norway, Russia, Jordan and Turkey.

Area middle-school students get a lesson on harvesting WHO: CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s Office of Community Relations and Â鶹ӰԺ Community Food Share garden staff along with 11- to 14 year-old students from Sojourner School will be on hand to harvest and winterize the campus's four gardens. WHAT: The final harvest at the four community gardens on campus. Sponsors are CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s Office of Community Relations and Department of Facilities Management, and Â鶹ӰԺ’s Community Food Share. WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 1 p.m.

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Professor Emeritus Jacques Pankove was one of four nationally known innovators in urban building design, military aviation and optical technology to receive the outstanding engineering alumni award from the University of California, Berkeley, last week.

A minor explosion at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy Research Lab about 11:40 a.m. today caused the temporary evacuation of the building. There were no injuries and only minor damage to the structure was reported. The approximately 15 students, faculty and researchers inside the building at the time were immediately evacuated. There was no smoke or fire in the lab, which is located in the CU Research Park at 38th Street and Colorado Avenue.