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Leisurely walking for distance combined with low-impact cardiovascular activity appears to be the best formula for obese people seeking to get into shape and stay healthy, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder study.

Editors: Diane Conlin will be on the CU-Boulder campus and available for interviews through Thursday, June 16. She will then be accessible by e-mail through June 21 before beginning the field school. For photos call Mike Liguori, (303) 492-3117. A Roman emperor's most ambitious and personal building project will be uncovered and analyzed by a team of students and scholars from the University of Colorado at Boulder when a new excavation and field school in Italy begins June 26.

Philip DiStefano, interim chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder, will meet with officials from the Steamboat Springs RE-2 School District and northwest Colorado legislators June 15-16 as part of a Western Slope tour. Joining DiStefano will be faculty and students who represent some of CU-Boulder's exceptional educational programs and outreach projects.

Incoming freshmen and transfer students and their parents will encounter a much-changed program at the University of Colorado at Boulder when they arrive on campus from June through August for New Student Orientation. Changes have been implemented in a variety of areas to bolster existing sessions, such as the interactive theater workshop, with new ones that fill in gaps and respond to changing campus issues, according to Jim Davis Rosenthal, director of orientation and Ralphie's Resource Center.

High school juniors from throughout Colorado will sharpen their business skills and get a taste of college life during a weeklong University of Colorado at Boulder program on campus June 19-25. The 30 students will take part in the Business Leadership Program, sponsored by CU-Boulder's Leeds School of Business Diversity Office. Participating students are prospective first-generation college students whose parents did not attend college, students who are economically disadvantaged or students who are members of underrepresented groups at CU-Boulder.

Philip DiStefano, interim chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder, will meet with Grand Junction officials from Mesa State College, the Mesa County Valley 51 School District and area legislators June 14-15 as part of a Western Slope tour. Joining DiStefano will be faculty and students who represent some of CU-Boulder's exceptional educational programs and outreach projects.

The University of Colorado at Boulder has joined with the Boulder Police Department and Boulder County Crime Stoppers to establish a process for people to contribute to a reward for information about a racially motivated attack on a CU-Boulder student last Friday.

Philip DiStefano, interim chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder, will meet with Montrose officials from the Montrose Rotary Club, the Montrose County RE 1-J School District and Montrose area legislators on June 13-14 as part of a Western Slope tour. Joining DiStefano will be faculty and students who represent some of CU-Boulder's exceptional educational programs and outreach projects.

Audience members will have the chance to fall into an artificial black hole and participate in other activities June 18 at the CU Wizards show "Black Holes." Professor Andrew Hamilton of the astrophysical and planetary sciences department will demonstrate the concepts of black holes in the University of Colorado at Boulder's Fiske Planetarium during a one-hour program starting at 9:30 a.m. "Black Holes" is the final presentation of the 2004-05 CU Wizards series.

Note to Editors: Contents embargoed until 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, June 9. University of Colorado at Boulder researchers have developed a new polymer that resists cracking and shrinking, paving the way for creative breakthroughs in fields ranging from dentistry and microelectronics to the auto industry.