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The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ is the first university in the nation experimenting with an innovative campus program offering students who get in trouble a chance to fess up and face the consequences of their acts to avoid going through the usual university judicial system. Formed using principles of Restorative Justice, an increasingly popular method used as an alternative to judicial processes, CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s program centers around "group conferences," which bring offenders together with those they have harmed.

Editors: Paul, a CU-Â鶹ӰԺ student, is available to talk about his experience with the universityÂ’s restorative justice program, on the condition that his last name be omitted. The evening started out with a few friends hanging out in a residence hall room. Later that night, however, after a disagreement with some other students left a couple of windows broken, one of the friends ended up in jail.

A University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ program that teaches literacy and leadership to seventh and eighth grade Denver students through the use of poetry, called CU in the House, will hold two events on the Â鶹ӰԺ campus April 18 and April 21. On April 18, nationally recognized poet and educator Haki Madhubuti will lecture on "Education and the Poetic Spirit" from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr., chairman emeritus of Bechtel Group Inc., was honored as an Engineer of Distinction by the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ’s College of Engineering and Applied Science at the 35th annual Engineering Awards Banquet on April 14. The award, established in 1997 and presented by Ross B. Corotis, dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science, recognizes his lifetime achievements in the engineering profession.

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ undergraduates in the fields of psychology, biology and kinesiology will present research findings on Wednesday, April 26, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the University Memorial Center's Glenn Miller Ballroom. Refreshments will be provided at the fifth annual Undergraduate Research Day, which is free and open to the public.

Five alumni and the dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ were honored with Distinguished Engineering Alumni Awards at the 35th annual Engineering Awards Banquet on April 14.

Five outstanding members of the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ campus, including students, faculty and staff, have been selected to receive the spring semester Building Community Recognition Awards. The awards, sponsored by the Building Community Committee, are given to campus members who show exceptional involvement, commitment and dedication to making the Â鶹ӰԺ campus a more welcoming community. The honorees are:

Three stellar seniors at Â鶹ӰԺ area high schools are heading to the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ thanks to the fundraising efforts of the Â鶹ӰԺ Chapter of the Alumni Association, which is awarding each student $2,500 toward his or her tuition. The students and their families will receive their gifts at the Â鶹ӰԺ Scholarship Reception Sunday, April 30, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The chapter also is supporting nine former scholarship recipients (who are now upperclassmen at CU) with $200 to put toward books for classes.

The Society for Creative Anachronism will provide a taste of the Middle Ages in an evening of sword-fighting, romantic chivalry, medieval music and dance, and medieval arts and crafts at the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Engineering Quadrangle Courtyard on Friday, April 21, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The first of a new annual series of lectures given by Alpha of Colorado Phi Beta Kappa Scholars will be held Friday, April 14, at 7 p.m. in the Humanities Building, room 1B50, at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. A reception will follow.