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Jim Palmer, film studies professor and director of the Farrand Academic Program since 1988, has been named director of the Conference on World Affairs, replacing political science Professor Sven Steinmo, who revitalized the waning conference in 1995. Steinmo resigned the post last June after a three-year stint as director to return to his teaching and research in the political science department.

Two University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ faculty members have been elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for 1998.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Assistive Technology, or AT, Lab and the Disability Services office will host a conference titled "Accessing Higher Ground: Assistive Technology in Higher Education" on Friday, Nov. 20. Assistive technology provides technological access to people with vision impairments, and physical and learning disabilities. Pre-conference workshops on Internet access and design for persons with disabilities is set for Nov. 19. Cost of the conference is $95 for both days, $80 for one day and $35 for the pre-conference sessions.

Ken Krechmer, a world authority on the international standards of telecommunications and technologies, will present a series of public lectures at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ beginning Monday, Nov. 9. Krechmer, who is spearheading a move to establish international consistency in telecommunications tools such as faxes, modems, fiber-optic cables and video conferencing, is a visiting fellow of the newly formed International Center for Standards Research, or ICSR, at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ.

The Housing Department at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ is taking steps to repipe drainage lines from a heating plant at its Williams Village residence hall following a discharge of contaminants into Bear Creek Wednesday afternoon that killed a number of fish.

Freshmen students in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ are setting a new standard for zaniness -- and they may even set a world record -- by linking together a variety of devices they built for this semester's "Rube Goldberg" class design project.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ received more than $181 million in sponsored research awards for the 1997-98 fiscal year, the highest total ever for the campus and a 4.3 percent increase over the previous fiscal year. "The campus faculty once again had a very successful year," said Larry Nelson, director of the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Office of Contracts and Grants. "The long-term trend of our sponsored research award dollars is to double every six to seven years." CU-Â鶹ӰԺ generated $174.2 million in 1996-97.

A reception and presentation of works honoring the artists and guests who helped create the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ exhibit "The Beast: Beauty," is set for Nov. 10 in the Center for British Studies on the fifth floor of Norlin Library. The reception will be from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and is open to the public. Shakespearean actor Chuck Wilcox will read from Shakespeare as part of the program.

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's Norlin Library will host a visual and literary arts open house in conjunction with the Center for the Humanities and the Arts from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, featuring actor, teacher, poet and playwright Chuck Wilcox. Wilcox will read from Shakespeare as part of the program, which also includes readings and commentaries by the poets and artists featured in the currently running exhibit, "The Beast: Beauty," in Norlin's third floor gallery. The reception featuring Wilcox will be in the Center for British Studies on the fifth floor of Norlin.

If you are a woman scientist or engineer working in an organization portraying itself as "gender neutral," it's still best to act like a man if you want to get ahead, according to a new research study.