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Two University of Colorado at Boulder professors have been elected members of the National Academy of Engineering, joining 11 other faculty from the campus who have been elected since the academy's formation in 1962. Ross B. Corotis, former dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science and professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering, and Fred W. Glover, professor of operations management and operations research in the Leeds School of Business, were among 74 new members of the academy announced Feb. 15.

Professor Stewart Hoover of the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Journalism and Mass Communication has been named interim dean of the school, according to Provost Phil DiStefano. The appointment is pending approval by the CU Board of Regents in March. Dean Del Brinkman announced his resignation earlier this month citing health and family concerns. Brinkman has been dean since January 2001.

The Flying Words Project, a contemporary poetry ensemble that promotes American Sign Language literature, will perform at CU-Boulder's Charlotte York Irey Theater on Friday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m. The performance in the University Theatre building is free and open to the public. A reception with the artists will follow.

Note to Editors: LASP will hold an open house at its East Campus facility Friday, Feb. 22, at 3 p.m. on Colorado Avenue east of 30th Street featuring scientists, students and instruments involved in SORCE. Five space instruments developed and built at the University of Colorado at Boulder are being shipped to a spacecraft manufacturing plant in Dulles, Va., next week in preparation for a November 2002 launch to measure solar radiation.

Twenty-two student teams from 13 local high schools will gather on the University of Colorado's Boulder campus Saturday, Feb. 23, to compete in the fourth regional competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl. Covering biology, chemistry, geology, ocean physics, navigation, geography and related history and literature, the contest is designed to stimulate interest among high school students in ocean sciences.

CU Fraternity Phi Delta Theta is kicking off an effort to foster greater partnership and harmony with the Boulder Hill community on Feb. 24 at noon with a fraternity-sponsored Hill Cleanup. A long-time favorite activity of the fraternity and Hill residents, the cleanup is aimed at creating a cleaner neighborhood and happier residents. People who want to participate in the cleanup should meet at noon at the Phi Delta Theta house at 1111 College Ave.

Professor Polly McLean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder will co-host a reception to launch a student produced book "A Legacy of Missing Pieces: The Voices of Black Women of Boulder County" on Friday, Feb. 22. The reception is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Center for British Studies, Norlin Library, fifth floor.

The CU-Boulder Deming Center for Entrepreneurship has appointed four new members to its advisory board. The accomplished business leaders are Arlyn Dozeman, Robert Gill, Michael Leeds and Peter Van Genderen. Dozeman is a partner in Ernst & Young's Colorado Technology Group. He has more than 25 years experience serving a wide variety of clients in assurance, tax and consulting capacities and has worked with a large number of emerging fast-growth companies. He received his bachelor's degree from Calvin College and his MBA from Western Michigan University.

Note to Editors: The media are invited to preview the Connections Gallery's inaugural exhibit, "Imaging the Invisible," at a special media showing on Friday, March 1, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. The gallery is located in the main lobby of the Engineering Center at Colorado Avenue and Regent Drive, on the CU-Boulder campus. For more information contact Carol Rowe at (303) 492-7426.

Thousands of students from around the world will converge on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus May 22-25 to compete in the 23rd annual Odyssey of the Mind World Finals. About 700 teams will participate in the event, which challenges students to come up with the most creative, original and imaginative ways to solve a selection of problems.