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Forty years after the Summer of Love, a group of University of Colorado at Boulder journalism graduates will reunite at this year's homecoming celebration to reminisce about the 1960s, reconnect with old friends and examine the rapid-fire changes occurring in American journalism. "There will be soft food, soft music and bright lights," joked Dwight Stephens, a retired advertising executive and real-estate developer who lives in Carefree, Ariz., and is one of several reunion organizers.

Approximately 95 former shipmates, spouses and relatives from the World War II-era battleship U.S.S. Colorado will visit the University of Colorado at Boulder on Friday, Sept. 7. The alumni group will arrive at the University Memorial Center at 11:30 a.m. for a visit to the Veterans Lounge on the second floor of the UMC. The ship's wheel and bell and a cast-iron scale model of the battleship are on permanent display in the lounge, along with the 48-star American flag that flew on the ship during World War II.

At first she thought it was the flu. Just a week earlier, Shannon Cox Baker had gone on a white-water rafting trip on the Colorado River near the Colorado-Utah border. She was celebrating her recent graduation from the MBA program at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the start of a new career as a green-building consultant. Now, on July 25, she felt nauseous, had no appetite and her body ached all over. In the shower, she flinched as the water hit her skin. When her husband tried to give her a bear hug, she pulled away.

An acoustic map of Boulder's sonic environment created by a cadre of volunteers working with the University of Colorado at Boulder will be presented to the community Sept. 14 at a demonstration and talk on "Capturing and Sharing Sonic Experiences." The presentation will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the ATLAS auditorium at CU-Boulder. The ATLAS building is located on 18th Street directly north of the Euclid Avenue Autopark.

A new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder indicates biologists trying to save Colorado's native greenback cutthroat trout from extinction over the past several decades through hatchery propagation and restocking efforts have, in most cases, inadvertently restored the wrong fish.

Summer is waning and cooler days are not far off, but health experts at the University of Colorado at Boulder and elsewhere are warning state residents to avoid mosquitoes through autumn to prevent West Nile virus. Boulder County has had the highest number of West Nile virus reports in Colorado this year with 55 confirmed cases, including two deaths. This week, state health officials confirmed four new cases in the county.

Geoffrey Harpham, president and director of the National Humanities Center, will give a free, public talk at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 4 p.m. Harpham's talk, "Returning to Philology: The Past and Future of Humanistic Scholarship," will be held in the Center for British and Irish Studies room on the fifth floor of Norlin Library. The talk is presented by CU-Boulder's Center for Humanities and the Arts with endowed funds from Woody and Leslie Eaton.

A University of Colorado at Boulder researcher is leading a new study to determine if early treatment of children with a high risk of developing bipolar disorder can help head off the disease's effects before they severely disrupt people's lives. This summer CU-Boulder psychology Professor David Miklowitz received a $600,000 grant to fund a new study of family psychoeducational treatment from the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Kiki Chang of Stanford University is a co-principal investigator on the project.

A free noontime performance of "Shakespeare's Sister" on Thursday, Sept. 13, will kick off Arts and Culture Week at the University of Colorado at Boulder, featuring the artistic and cultural highlights of the Boulder campus through a series of events from Sept. 13 through Sept. 20. Departments from across campus are hosting the free and low-cost events, ranging from a performance by a world-renowned musical artist to museum open houses.

One week ago, our son, Michael Knorps, was thrust headlong into the media spotlight because he was the victim of an assault on the campus of the University of Colorado at Boulder. This inexplicable act of violence has, since that time, brought our close family even closer together, tested Michael's youthful character in ways he and we never imagined, and presented us with a traumatic moment in the life of our family.