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Emma Pérez, a new associate professor in the ethnic studies department at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is taking a novel approach to documenting the history of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in the southwest. Pérez's research and scholarship focuses on "queer" history and studies from gendered and racial perspectives. Her book currently in progress, "Queering the Borderlands," focuses on historical and literary documents of gays and lesbians in the southwest United States in the late 1800s and early 20th century.

Sister Helen Prejean, author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated book "Dead Man Walking" and an internationally known death penalty opponent, will give a public talk at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Monday, Nov. 3. Prejean will be on campus as part of the World Affairs Athenaeum program and will speak at 7 p.m. in the University Memorial Center's Glenn Miller Ballroom. The event is free and open to the public.

The Robert H. and Beverly A. Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at the CU-Boulder Leeds School of Business has been named one of three national recipients of the NASDAQ Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence Award. The award was created by NASDAQ in association with the National Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers to recognize the unique achievements and efforts of entrepreneurship centers across the United States.

An annual ranking of the Top 25 Law Schools for Hispanics by Hispanic Business magazine places the University of Colorado School of Law 15th among the nation's best law schools for Hispanics. The ranking, published in the magazine's September 2003 edition, places CU 15th of 25 law schools that offer the best opportunities for Hispanic students. The ranking is based on a number of factors such as how many Hispanic students are enrolled, the number of Hispanic faculty members, Hispanic student service programs, retention rates and reputation.

NEWS TIP SHEET CU-Boulder Research Associate Mark Serreze will participate in a NASA Earth Science Briefing in Washington, D.C., Oct. 23 on the worldwide impact of a reduction in Arctic Sea Ice over the past 20 years and a simultaneous warming trend.

Anne K. Heinz, dean of the Division of Continuing Education at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been named chair of the University Council for the Learning Resources Network, an international association in continuing education. LERN is the largest continuing education association in the world with more than 4,000 members in over 20 countries. Heinz will lead the council of university continuing education CEOs and represent university continuing education to the association.

The University of Colorado at Boulder School of Law will present alumnus Marvin Wolf with its most distinguished honor, the 44th annual William Lee Knous Award. Dean David Getches will present Wolf with the award Oct. 25 as part of this year's Back-to-Boulder homecoming festivities. The Knous Award is given to an alumnus in recognition of outstanding achievement and sustained service to the law school.

Ed Lu, a NASA astronaut and CU-Boulder alumnus, will return to Earth Oct. 27 following a six-month stint on the International Space Station with Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, commander of the Expedition 7 mission. Lu and Malenchenko are slated to head back to Earth in a Soyuz capsule equipped with a parachute Oct. 27. The Soyuz spacecraft is expected to launch on Oct. 18 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and arrive at the International Space Station with three crew replacements from the United States, Russia and Spain on Oct. 20.

Editors: A complete schedule of Assistant Attorney General Deborah Daniels' visit to Colorado on Oct. 20 appears below. A high-ranking U.S. Department of Justice official will visit Colorado on Oct. 20 to observe violence prevention programs recommended by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Assistant Attorney General Deborah Daniels will visit programs based in Littleton and Longmont throughout the day.

NEWS TIP SHEET A CU-Boulder Leeds School of Business professor who studies the impacts of gambling says Amendment 33 would override local community decision-making and does not clearly define the scope and scale of the proposed gaming.