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The University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded a research grant of $1.4 million from the W.M. Keck Foundation for the study of two new areas of ribonucleic acid, or RNA, science. The grant will be split equally between the chemistry and biochemistry department and the molecular, cellular and developmental biology department, said Mike Yarus, principal investigator for the grant.

Note to Editors: Photographers are welcome to take pictures during the master class in Grusin Music Hall, inside the Imig Music Building. Internationally renowned flutist Sir James Galway will demonstrate his masterful technique and work with flute students during a free public presentation March 15 at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

David P. Weber, a doctoral student in accounting at the University of Colorado at Boulder Leeds School of Business, is one of 10 national recipients of a $25,000 Deloitte & Touche doctoral fellowship. As a Deloitte & Touche Doctoral Fellow, Weber will receive $5,000 during his final year of course work and $20,000 during a subsequent year of working to complete his dissertation.

University dancers will show off their moves in styles ranging from modern to hip hop March 10-13 at the Central Region American College Dance Festival hosted by the University of Colorado at Boulder's theater and dance department. "Legacies: Dance in the 20th Century and Beyond" includes four days of dance concerts, classes, presentations and discussions at various locations on the CU-Boulder campus.

Nike's corporate compliance program that oversees its global supply chain of shoe and apparel factories will be the topic of a March 11 lecture on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus. Amanda Tucker of Nike's Corporate Responsibility Department will give the talk on "Nike and the Global Economy" at 5:30 p.m. in Ramaley Biology Building room C250. She is a guest of the Business and Society program at the Leeds School of Business.

Two University of Colorado at Boulder faculty have been elected Fellows of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science for 2004. Physics Professor Margaret Murnane and adjoint CU-Boulder physics Professor Eric Cornell -- also a senior scientist at the National Institute for Standards and Technology in Boulder -- were honored at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Feb. 14 in Seattle. Cornell and Murnane each received an official certificate and a pin.

Editors: Elena Stishova, senior editor of Iskusstvo Kino, the main film studies journal in Russia, will introduce each film and is available for interviews. Contact CU-Boulder Professor Rima Salys at (303) 545-9678. The first and only film series to document the lives of women in nine former Soviet republics since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 will be presented at the University of Colorado at Boulder March 12-13.

Frank Barnes, distinguished professor of electrical engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder, on Feb. 24 will receive the National Academy of Engineering's top educational honor, a $500,000 award recognizing innovation in engineering and technology education. The Bernard M. Gordon Prize honors Barnes "for pioneering an Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program that produces leaders who bridge engineering, social science and public policy" and will be presented at a dinner in Washington, D.C.

The annual University of Colorado at Boulder Off-Campus Housing Fair will be held Wednesday, March 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the University Memorial Center's Glenn Miller Ballroom. The event allows students, faculty and staff to collect information on housing opportunities from a variety of property management companies and landlords, according to Susan Stafford, director of the Student Organizations Finance Office of the University of Colorado Student Union.

Different views on affirmative action policies and practices will be presented by representatives from several University of Colorado at Boulder organizations in a public forum on March 3. The event, "Affirmative Action at CU-Boulder: Moving From Debate to Dialogue," begins at 5:30 p.m. in University Memorial Center room 235. The forum is a collaborative venture between the CU Dialogue Network, the Access to Education Alliance, the College Republicans and the Underrepresented Student Group Council.