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Officials at the University of Colorado at Boulder are reminding students, faculty and staff that some parts of campus may be prone to flooding, and people who work or live in those areas need to know how to respond appropriately to a flood. Flooding tips are posted on the CU-Boulder News Center Web site at www.colorado.edu/news/ . People on campus also are being provided with flood tips via internal Buff Bulletins and E-memos so they will know what to do when a flood occurs along Boulder Creek.

NEWS TIP SHEET Robert Schulzinger, director of the University of Colorado at Boulder's International Affairs Program and a College Professor of Distinction of history, can talk about how the current fighting between Israel and the radical Islamic movement Hezbollah might affect U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. He also can address what the United States can do to help calm the situation. Schulzinger specializes in U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy, and is editor-in-chief of the journal Diplomatic History.

The University Memorial Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder has proven to be more than just a place where students relax, dine and socialize -- it is one of the greenest buildings on campus.

The most recent research information on Mars will be highlighted in a talk to be held July 27-28 at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Fiske Planetarium. Research Associate Brian Hynek of CU-Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics will present "Update From the Red Planet" on both evenings at 8 p.m.

A minor laboratory fire at the University of Colorado at Boulder's engineering center early this morning was extinguished by the building's sprinkler system and is being investigated by the Boulder Fire Department and CU Police. The engineering center was not occupied at the time of the fire and there were no injuries. However, three CU police officers were sent to Boulder Community Hospital to be checked for possible smoke inhalation.

The University of Colorado at Boulder will send a group of volunteers to bed for 10 days in the name of science in an effort to understand and treat muscle atrophy, a malady that affects all astronauts and millions of earthbound people.

American teenagers' political views and civic behavior during contentious elections are the focus of a new study starting this summer by Michael McDevitt, associate professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder's School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

The University of Colorado at Boulder has begun a national search for an associate vice chancellor for strategic communications to direct internal and external communications for the campus. Paul Voakes, dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication who chairs the search committee, said the committee hopes to have the new associate vice chancellor in place by mid-semester in the fall.

Two dozen of the University of Colorado at Boulder's top incoming freshmen are getting an early start on college by spending a month this summer working with faculty members on individual research and creative projects. The 24 students are part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience, or SURE, program which provides each participant with a $1,000 stipend and free room-and-board to work with faculty on various research and scholarly projects, said Joan Gabriele, director of Special Undergraduate Enrichment Programs. The program began July 9 and runs until Aug. 4.

The Energy and Environmental Security Initiative at the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Law has unveiled an online global database of international energy treaties. The database is called the International Sustainable Energy Assessment and contains in-force energy treaties from all 192 countries in the world dealing with 45 energy-related subject areas.