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Note to Editors: Members of the press are invited to attend without charge. To arrange, call Maralyn Mencarini at (303) 492-3258. The University of Colorado Real Estate Council's 2005 conference -- "Bright Future?" -- will be held Wednesday, Feb. 23, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Denver Marriott City Center.

Ward Churchill, chair of the ethnic studies department at the University of Colorado at Boulder, today offered his resignation as department chair in a letter to Arts and Sciences Dean Todd Gleeson and Gleeson accepted his resignation, effective Jan. 31. Churchill will continue as a member of the faculty in ethnic studies.

University of Colorado at Boulder Distinguished Professor William Wood has received the American Society for Cell Biology's top education award, the seventh annual Bruce Alberts Award for Distinguished Contributions to Science Education. A professor in CU-Boulder's department of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, Wood was honored for his ongoing efforts to promote science-based teaching methods. He also was cited for his 1974 textbook, "Biochemistry: A Problems Approach," that still is considered a revolutionary textbook by the science education community.

NBC News correspondent Tom Costello will present "Television News in 2005: The 24/7 Challenge to be Smart, Accurate and Fair" on Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 4 p.m. in Old Main Chapel at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

A 19-year-old student at the University of Colorado at Boulder was injured in a fall from a second-floor roof of Farrand Residence Hall on campus early Sunday morning. Michael Ocasio, a freshman from Colorado Springs, apparently climbed out his fourth-floor window onto a third-floor roof at about 2:15 a.m. He apparently lost his balance and slid to a second-floor roof before falling about 25 feet to the ground. Alcohol is believed to have been a factor in the accident.

The Board of Â鶹ÒùÔº will convene a special meeting of the Board, Thursday, February 3, 2005 on the CU Fitzsimons campus. This special meeting was called by Board Chair Jerry Rutledge, Vice-Chair Gail Schwartz and board members Steve Bosley, Cindy Carlisle, Michael Carrigan, Pat Hayes, Tom Lucero, Paul Schauer, and Peter Steinhauer.

Salman Rushdie, author of the controversial "Satanic Verses" and survivor of a bounty placed on his head by the spiritual leader of Iran, will give a public presentation Feb. 15 at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Macky Auditorium. "An Evening With Salman Rushdie," presented by the CU-Boulder Cultural Events Board, will begin at 7 p.m.

The University of Colorado at Boulder will compete against nearly 50 colleges and universities across the country this semester to see which campus is the top recycler. Sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency, the "RecycleMania" contest begins Jan. 30 and runs through April 10. The winning school will receive a trophy and national bragging rights among the growing number of schools with successful recycling programs, according to Jack DeBell, director of CU Recycling.

Six undergraduate and graduate women students at the University of Colorado at Boulder are receiving scholarships for the spring semester 2005 courtesy of the university's Center for Education and Career Transition. Mary Ball, Iruka Sharon Hikaru and Mary Ellen Flynn each received $1,000 scholarships in three award categories. Kristen Davidson, Elizabeth Franko and Kristi Chapin were awarded $600 each, also for different awards. The winners were selected based on a biographical application essay, grade-point average and amount of financial need.

Supernovae, one of the most violent phenomena in astronomy, will be explored at CU-Boulder's Fiske Planetarium on Feb. 3 and Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. During the show "Supernovae," University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Emeritus Richard McCray will explore the death of stars and the energetic birth of the elements found in all living creatures today, including humans.