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The University of Colorado at Boulder is establishing a new Center for Advanced Engineering and Technology Education that will build on the combined strengths of the College of Engineering and Applied Science and the Division of Continuing Education to deliver high-quality graduate education to students on and off the campus starting July 1.

Denison University has honored distinguished CU-Boulder Law Professor Charles Wilkinson for his contributions to the legal profession, the community and his alma mater. Charles Wilkinson received his undergraduate degree from Denison, which is located in Granville, Ohio, in 1963. He was one of nine alumni honored by the school at a May 30 ceremony held during Denison's annual Reunion Weekend. According to Denison Alumni Director Sandy Peeler Ellinger, Wilkinson received the highest award bestowed by Denison's Society of the Alumni.

The University of Colorado at Boulder's Center for Astrobiology will continue helping NASA search for extraterrestrial life after winning a $5 million grant from the agency. "We have been asking whether we are alone in the universe for literally thousands of years," center Director Bruce Jakosky said. "Ours is the first generation that might have a chance to answer that question within our lifetimes. This makes for an extremely exciting program, and I'm proud and excited that CU can be a part of it."

Colorado students and teachers know more about the function and value of wetlands thanks to a University of Colorado at Boulder outreach coordinator whose efforts have been recognized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Lannie Hagan, coordinator of CU-Boulder's Science Discovery/Science Explorers program, is among six recent winners of "Friend of U.S. EPA" awards. The winners were honored by the agency's regional office which serves Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and 27 tribal nations.

The significance of magnets and magnetic fields will be explored July 2 during a lecture on "Magnets: Science, Technology and 'Magic Tricks' " at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Frances Hellman, a professor of physics at the University of California at San Diego, will present the free public lecture at 7:30 p.m. in Duane Physics room G1B20 on the CU-Boulder campus.

The University of Colorado at Boulder's libraries will close for three days during the Independence Day holiday weekend in an effort to reduce costs and affect as few patrons as possible. Budget constraints have prompted University Libraries administrators at CU-Boulder to close the campus library system on July 4, 5 and 6. The holiday weekend closure is the first of what may be a number of service changes for the upcoming fiscal year, officials said.

The brightly painted fish and dolphins on the walls, and the toys littering the corners suggest this office is a place for kids, even though it's located in the basement of the Muenzinger Psychology building on campus at the University of Colorado at Boulder. In fact, the room is decorated with kids in mind, according to CU-Boulder Associate Professor Yuko Munakata of the psychology department. But it's not a faculty day care center or a playroom, it's Munakata's cognitive research center.

Following are statements from University of Colorado at Boulder Chancellor Richard L. Byyny and Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Equity Ofelia Miramontes regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decisions on the use of affirmative action in college admissions. The Supreme Court upheld the University of Michigan's affirmative action policy in law school admissions and ruled that the University of Michigan's point system, which considers race as a factor in undergraduate admissions, is unconstitutional.

Earthworks, a professional development workshop for secondary school science teachers sponsored by CU-Boulder's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, or CIRES, will run through June 27. "The goal of our program is to help middle and high school teachers design Earth science curriculum for their students," says Genny Healy, CIRES' Earthworks coordinator. "Our philosophy is that people learn science by doing science. We teach scientific inquiry using a hands-on approach and help teachers find new strategies for bringing science into the classroom."

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY June 20, 2003 Representatives of the Boulder County Health Department will test a mass immunization plan in a simulated exercise at the University of Colorado at Boulder today at 11 a.m. The test of a simulated mass immunization of 8,000 students and several hundred CU-Boulder staff members will be at the Coors Events/Conference Center on campus.