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The effects of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Colorado's tourism industry will be addressed Oct. 24 at the Colorado tourism conference sponsored by the University of Colorado at Boulder's Leeds School of Business. The conference is organized by the Center for Sustainable Tourism at the Leeds School of Business and the Colorado Tourism Office. Conference topics also will address how to keep tourists returning to Colorado, U.S. travel trends and the future of skiing in Colorado.

Note to Editors: NASA's still images and movie files, courtesy of NASA's Dana Berry can be accessed at: http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20011015blackhole.html . For the first time ever, astrophysicists have observed extra energy escaping from the supermassive black hole at the center of a distant galaxy.

Cal Skaggs, producer of the five-part documentary series "Local News," will be featured as a guest lecturer at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Oct. 24 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Hale Science Building, room 270.

Leeds School Of Business Appoints Six Top Executives To Advisory Council CU-Boulder Leeds School of Business Dean Steven Manaster has appointed six new members to the school's Business Advisory Council. The six accomplished executives from a variety of professional backgrounds will bring invaluable experience to the role of advising the school's administration, said Manaster. The new members are Hollis Booker, Patrick Butler, Richard Engebretson, Marcia Pryde, John Puerner and Beth Slifer.

Most young girls living in the Five Points neighborhood, an African-American and Mexican-American community in downtown Denver, have grown up with the idea that a job means working at McDonald's, serving as a waitress or janitor, selling in a retail store, or accepting other low-paid work. That notion is something Margaret Eisenhart, professor of educational anthropology and research methodology at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is trying to change.

As society becomes more dependent on high-tech savvy people, two fundamental skills still stand out as pertinent in the complex modern world - writing and critical thinking. This fall, drawing on input from faculty across campus and independent writing experts from outside the university, a new writing and rhetoric program that focuses on sharpening these essential skills has been put in place for about 750 undergraduate students at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

A scale model of the solar system, which will be formally dedicated on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Oct. 17, has roots at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

The Family Housing Children's Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder was recently awarded a CCAMPIS grant in the amount of $250,000 by the U.S. Department of Education. The grant, named Child Care Access Means Parents in Schools, will be budgeted at $62,500 annually for four years to help the center launch SUCCEED, a program aimed at supporting higher education for low-income parents by providing affordable and high-quality early childhood programs for their children.

Running lizards, rats and people will highlight the CU Wizards show "The Biology of Muscles and Movement," Saturday, Oct. 27, at 9:30 a.m. in the Cristol Chemistry and Biochemistry Building, room 140. University of Colorado at Boulder biology Professor and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Todd Gleeson and biology Senior Instructor Mark Osadjan will show the audience how muscles power motion and how muscle metabolism functions during exercise through a treadmill demonstration using people and animals.

Will Hobbs, an award-winning children's book author from Colorado, is the featured speaker at the 32nd annual Virginia Westerberg Children's Literature Conference on Saturday, Oct. 27. The event at the University of Colorado at Boulder is expected to attract more than 200 people, including parents, teachers, artists, writers and storytellers. Registration forms must be postmarked by Oct. 20. On-site registration is available Oct. 27, but does not include the luncheon.