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Richard Kraft, a University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ professor of education and director of the ChancellorÂ’s Leadership Residential Academic Program in Williams Village was recently honored with an international educator award. Professor Kraft received the International Council on Education for TeachingÂ’s "Outstanding International Teacher Educator Frank H. Klassen Award" at the groupÂ’s annual meeting of 500 delegates in Windhoek, Republic of Namibia, in July.

Editors: Werner Herzog will speak in a public forum in Benson Earth Sciences Building, Thursday, Sept. 21, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., in room 180. He also will speak at a public showing of two of his films, Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m. in Muenzinger Auditorium. World-renowned German film director Werner Herzog will visit the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ campus Sept. 19-21 as a guest of the "World Affairs Athenaeum" program.

CU Law School Alumnus James E. Scarboro of Â鶹ӰԺ, class of 1970, has been named the 2000 recipient of The William Lee Knous Award, which is presented annually to a distinguished graduate of the law school. The award will be presented to Scarboro on Saturday, Sept. 16, during the annual CU-Â鶹ӰԺ School of Law fall festivities. The award was established in memory of former governor, federal judge, statesman and alumnus William Lee Knous.

Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded $743,000 to the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ School of Journalism and Mass Communication for a research project on media, religion and culture. Acting Dean Stewart Hoover and Research Associate Lynn Schofield Clark are the co-principal investigators of the project, which is one of the largest interview-based efforts to study media use in the family in the country. The grant will allow the two faculty members to continue their research.

CALENDAR ITEM Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will explore the dynamics of the solar system and the way it was shaped by millions of collisions during "Cosmic Collisions and Our Solar System," Friday, Sept. 22, at 7:30 p.m. at the planetarium. The pre-recorded show travels back in time to the beginning of the solar system when devastating impacts of asteroids, comets and millions of chunks of floating debris constantly reworked the surfaces of the planets.

The number of University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ students who were summarily suspended following a Sept. 8 disturbance on University Hill has been revised from four to three, the Office of Judicial Affairs announced today. The revision was made because of a case of mistaken identity. A woman who was arrested in connection with the disturbance had the same first and last name as a CU-Â鶹ӰԺ student. The CU-Â鶹ӰԺ student was not involved in the disturbance.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ’s astrophysical and planetary sciences department, traditionally ranked as one of the finest in the nation, is offering an undergraduate astronomy degree for the first time beginning this fall.

Upon receiving additional information from the Â鶹ӰԺ Police Department, the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ has summarily suspended two more students following a party last night in the University Hill area that Â鶹ӰԺ police broke up at about 12:30 a.m. this morning. The action was taken by the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Judicial Affairs office, said Ron Stump, vice chancellor for student affairs. Two students were summarily suspended earlier today by the university for their roles in the disturbance.

Two students at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ are being summarily suspended today following a party in the University Hill area of Â鶹ӰԺ hosted by CU students last night that Â鶹ӰԺ police broke up at about 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 8. According to Andrea Goldbum, director of Judicial Affairs at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ, "Two students have been identified for summary suspension" for their roles in the early Friday morning disturbance. A third student may also be suspended pending further review.

A public schoolteacherÂ’s workload just may have gotten easier, thanks to a new Web site that has been launched by the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. CU4K12 at www.colorado.edu/cu4k12 is a comprehensive outreach and in-service program guide for Colorado elementary, middle and high school teachers and students. It provides access to 174 CU-Â鶹ӰԺ outreach programs, campus resources, professional development services and Internet resources for research.