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For centuries people have attempted to prove the existence of planets circling distant stars. On Friday, Sept. 21, at 7:30 p.m. the Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado at Boulder will explore the topic. "Searching for Distant Worlds," a pre-recorded program, will examine recent discoveries of unknown planets around far-away stars and explain why it is so difficult to find these distant objects. Sommers-Bausch Observatory will be open for telescope viewing immediately following the show at Fiske.

In recognition of Chicano History Week, the United Mexican American Â鶹ÒùÔº organization at CU-Boulder will host a series of events Sept. 10-19. The annual event shares many of the goals of UMAS, according to Victor Hernandez, a senior at CU-Boulder and a peer leader in the group. Both seek to promote awareness about Chicano history and issues the Chicano community faces today, he said.

The Minority Arts and Science Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder will have its largest class of incoming humanities and social science students this year. For the first time the program's incoming humanities class will be larger than the science class. Fourteen new social science and humanities students have enrolled in addition to 11 new students in selected scientific fields.

EDITORS: In some cases, members of the press can arrange meetings with these business leaders prior to or following their lectures. CEOs and founders of Quizno's Corp., Agilent Technologies and other leading companies will discuss lessons learned from their successful business careers with CU-Boulder students at lectures throughout the fall semester. The Fortune 500 executives and entrepreneurs will speak at class lectures of the Profiles in American Enterprise course.

Editors Note: Reporters are welcome to attend and cover this event, which is not public. For reservations call Meg Moritz at (303) 492-1610 or Beth Gaeddert at (303) 492-0460. In an effort to give students training in conducting sensitive and emotional interviews, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at CU-Boulder is instituting classroom training sessions on how to report about trauma.

The public is invited to a presentation of the proposed conceptual land use assessment for the 308-acre CU-Boulder South property at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. The open house will be in the Coors Events/Conference Center on the conference level, located on the north side of the center. The public is invited to attend the open house to see and discuss the analysis that led to the development of the land use assessment map. Written comments also will be taken.

The University of Colorado at Boulder fared well again in the U.S. News &World ReportÂ’s 2002 edition of AmericaÂ’s Best Colleges, slated to hit newsstands Sept. 10. In a ranking of the top 50 public national universities offering doctoral programs, CU-Boulder was ranked 28th, the highest in the Rocky Mountain region. CU-Boulder was tied with Indiana University-Bloomington, Miami University of Ohio, Michigan State University, SUNY Binghamton, California State University-Riverside, California State University-Santa Cruz and the University of Connecticut.

The fine arts department at the University of Colorado at Boulder will kick off its Visiting Artist Lecture series for fall 2001 on Tuesday, Sept. 18, with a public talk by Cuban photographer Cirenaica Moreira. The lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Sibell Wolle Fine Arts Building room N141 and is free and open to the public. Moreira, whose work is internationally known, is part of a vital, new generation of Cuban conceptual photographers. Her photographs often juxtapose the female body with various materials including industrialized sculptural body parts.

The University of Colorado at Boulder has joined a consortium of five major universities that are conducting research using a 3.5-meter telescope at Apache Point Observatory, located northeast of Las Cruces, N.M. The Astrophysical Research Consortium, or ARC, consists of Princeton University, the University of Chicago, the University of Washington, Johns Hopkins University, New Mexico State University and CU-Boulder.

The Housing department at the University of Colorado at Boulder will hold its 11th annual Global Jam smorgasbord of culturally diverse foods on Thursday, Sept. 13, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Farrand Field. "This special event is an opportunity for the CU community to celebrate other cultures through ethnic entertainment and cuisine," said Steve Weaver, CU-Boulder residence hall director. "Learning about and finding joy in our differences is a unique opportunity and journey for our community. Our hope is that Global Jam will be a part of this journey."