Â鶹ÒùÔº

The ninth annual "Expanding Your Horizons" career conference, aimed at encouraging middle school girls to pursue careers in science, math, technology and other non-traditional careers, will be held at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Saturday, April 12. The career conference, which is sponsored by CU-Boulder and the American Association of University Women, will be held from 10 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. in CU-Boulder's Engineering Center Complex. Registration will be in the Engineering Center Complex lobby.

Note to Editors: Members of the press are welcome to attend without charge. To arrange, call Jae Baik at (303) 735-5633 or e-mail sftp@colorado.edu . Exploring the vibrant wireless communications market will be the focus of discussion at a CU-Boulder forum April 9 featuring Federal Communications Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein.

The University of Colorado at Boulder on April 2 will begin running one of its student "Buff" buses on 100 percent biodiesel fuel, an alternative fuel made from used cooking oil that will be collected from residence halls and other kitchens on campus. The demonstration project, led by engineering student Andrew Azman with support from the CU Environmental Center, will make CU-Boulder the second campus in the nation to power part of its fleet with 100 percent biodiesel. The University of Montana was the first.

"Native American Languages in the West: A Prognosis for the Future" will be addressed by CU-Boulder Associate Professor Andrew Cowell as part of the Chancellor's Community Lecture Series on Wednesday, April 2. The talk will be from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Chautauqua Community House at 900 Baseline Road in Boulder and is free and open to the public. No reservations are required.

CU-Boulder students, faculty, staff and community members are encouraged to dust off their bicycles and get ready to ride to the first CU Bicycle Bash Featuring Buff Bus Biodiesel on Wednesday, April 2. The CU-Boulder Environmental Center and Parking and Transportation Services are sponsoring the bash from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the University Memorial Center's Dalton Trumbo Fountain Court. The bash will feature the unveiling of the new Buff Bus Biodiesel project, the University of Colorado Credit Union bike loan program and the CU Student Bike Rental Program.

The University of Colorado at Boulder Friends of the Libraries will present "Artists' Books Revealed: Personal Lives and Wild Imaginations" on March 25. The event is free and open to the public and will begin at 7 p.m. in the Center for British Studies on the fifth floor of Norlin Library at CU-Boulder. Entrance to the library will be through the west doors. A preview exhibit of artists' books will be on display at 6 p.m. in Norlin's Special Collections Department. A reception will follow the program, which is part of the Friends' annual Treasures series.

Employer recruiting on college campuses continues to decline and jobs for new college graduates remain scarce, said job placement officials at the University of Colorado at Boulder. CU-Boulder's career fairs and on-campus interviewing have slumped along with universities all over the country, said career services Director Gordon Gray. The number of employers interviewing on campus fell from 177 in the fall of 2000 to 92 in 2001. This past fall, it shrank to 82.

A public lecture on "America At War: What Happens Next?" will be presented by Professor Roland Paris of the University of Colorado at Boulder at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19. The lecture will cover the impact of the Iraq crisis on America's relations with the rest of the world. It will be free and will be held in room 142 of the Cristol Chemistry and Biochemistry Building on the CU-Boulder campus.

University of Colorado at Boulder student Julia Massey, one of the top students on the fall 2002 dean's list for the College of Arts and Sciences, is following her dream of becoming a primatologist, a dream inspired by an article she read on Jane Goodall when she was in seventh grade. Massey, who currently holds a 3.78 grade-point average, has been on the dean's list every semester since she started attending CU-Boulder in 2001. Originally from Catonsville, Md., Massey chose CU-Boulder to accomplish the first step in pursuing her career goals.

Denver-Boulder area media are invited to a workshop sponsored by the University of Colorado at Boulder examining global glacier shrinkage. The workshop, which began March 16, is at the Boulder Inn Best Western at 770 28th St. The event, which runs through March 18, is not open to the public.