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David Hurst Thomas, curator of anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and one the nationÂ’s best-known archaeologists, will speak at the University of Colorado at Boulder Oct. 27 on his controversial book, "Skull Wars." Sponsored by the CU-Boulder anthropology department and funded by a department alumnus, the Sixth Annual Distinguished Archaeology Lecture will be held at 8 p.m. in room 270 of the Hale Science Building. The free public event, which coincides with CU Parents Weekend, will be followed by a reception.

The University of Colorado Student Union, in conjunction with the University Hill Neighborhood Association, will sponsor a neighborhood cleanup and social on Sunday, Oct. 22, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The meeting area for participants will be the University Hill parking lot located at 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. "This is a time to get to know one another and break down barriers to form a stronger, safer community for everyone," said Amanda Breeden, UCSU Community Relations director.

Running lizards, rats, dogs and people will highlight the CU Wizards show "The Biology of Muscles and Movement," Saturday, Oct. 28, at 9:30 a.m. in Cristol Chemistry and Biochemistry, room 140.

United States officials today announced the release of an Arctic Meteorological and Climate Atlas, which contains some previously restricted U.S. and Russian data, at a meeting of the Arctic Council in Barrow, Alaska.

Gary Jacobs, executive vice president and founding investor in Broomfield-based Corporate Express Inc., today was awarded the 2000 Dean's Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence by CU-Boulder's College of Engineering and Applied Science. In making the award, Dean Ross B. Corotis said Jacobs' "exceptional leadership and innovations epitomize the goals of the comprehensive, technologically based education found in our countryÂ’s leading engineering colleges."

The Center of the American West at the University of Colorado at Boulder will host a mock divorce trial between the rural and urban West on Saturday, Oct. 21, in Fort Collins. The program will be held from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 E. Stuart St., and is sponsored by Common Ground - The Urban/Rural Connection, an organization that promotes sustainable communities. The event is free and open to the public.

The CU Board of Regents announced today that Woody and Leslie Eaton have donated $5 million toward the support of CU-BoulderÂ’s new Humanities Building at the College of Arts and Sciences. "This is a tremendous commitment in support of CU-Boulder and the College of Arts and Sciences," said Chancellor Richard Byyny. "WeÂ’re very appreciative of this gift and what it means for the new Humanities Building, as well as for the college. The EatonÂ’s loyalty and generosity to CU-Boulder is a great example to us all."

CU-Boulder Chancellor Richard Byyny and Tuskegee University President Benjamin Payton will sign an agreement on Monday, Oct. 16, that will join the two campuses in an exchange of students, faculty, curriculum and technology. The agreement will be signed at the Kellogg Conference Center on the campus of Tuskegee University.

Editors: Reporters or photographers who want to attend the training exercise should contact Tom Carney at (303) 492-5162 to get identification. An emergency training exercise at the University of Colorado at Boulder the morning of Saturday, Oct. 21, may limit access to parking lot 436 and the Regent Autopark, located north and east of the Public Safety building, but will not disrupt campus operations, according to Tom Carney, emergency management coordinator for the university.

Spanish- and Laotian-speaking staff members at the University of Colorado at Boulder are taking English as a Second Language classes at work this fall through an Employee Development program designed to improve communication in the workplace and enhance recruitment and retention.