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The University of Colorado at Boulder will conduct an emergency exercise June 18-20 to test the university's preparedness to respond in the event of a need for mass immunization throughout Boulder County. In cooperation with emergency responders from the Boulder County Health Department and the Boulder Office of Emergency Management, CU-Boulder Emergency Management Coordinator Tom Carney will lead the campus portion of the exercise beginning the afternoon of June 18.

The National Humanities Center's 2003-04 class of humanities fellows will include an English professor from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Associate Professor Charlotte Sussman will travel to North Carolina to work on her research project, "Imagining the Population: the Impact of Demographic Theory on British Culture, 1650-1838," and exchange ideas with 40 other humanities scholars from several countries.

Ever wonder what it would feel like to be sucked into a black hole? Audience members will have the chance to fall into an artificial black hole and participate in other activities at the Saturday, June 14, CU Wizards show "Black Holes." Professor Andrew Hamilton of the astrophysical and planetary sciences department will demonstrate the concepts of black holes in CU-Boulder's Fiske Planetarium during a one-hour program starting at 9:30 a.m.

In the wake of the drought, water policy-makers in the West are looking to make sure there will be enough water to meet future demands. Exploring ways to meet this challenge is the focus of the 24th annual University of Colorado at Boulder Natural Resources Law Center's summer conference. Called "Water, Climate and Uncertainty," the conference will be held June 11-13 at the Fleming Law Building on the Boulder campus.

Bennett W. Raley, the nation's top water official, will be the keynote speaker at the 24th annual CU-Boulder Natural Resources Law Center's summer conference on June 12. Raley is the assistant secretary of the interior for water and science, a division of the U.S. Department of the Interior. His lecture, "Water Resources Allocation and Management in an Era of Scarcity," starts at 7 p.m. in the Lindsley Memorial Courtroom of the Fleming Law Building. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Editors: Reporters and photographers are welcome to attend. High school juniors from throughout Colorado will participate in the Business Leadership Program, sponsored by the CU-Boulder Leeds School of Business Diversity Office, during June 15-21.

Drought ravaged southern Colorado and the southwestern United States could see some early relief if the summer monsoon season begins earlier than normal, according to CU-Boulder and NOAA scientist Klaus Wolter. "There is a hint that the monsoon might come early this year in the Four Corners region," said Wolter. "If you look further ahead into the future, the summer monsoon looks near normal for much of Colorado with maybe a hint of being wetter than normal on the Eastern Plains."

The Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado at Boulder is accepting nominations for the Leeds Summit Award for Social Impact. The first of its kind in the nation, the Leeds Summit Awards program will recognize companies that use social initiatives to increase business performance. To be eligible for the Leeds Summit Award for Social Impact, candidates must be U.S.-based, publicly traded companies that demonstrate innovative and far-reaching impacts to employees, shareholders, customers and communities through corporate initiatives.

The many discoveries of the Galileo spacecraft in its journey through space and around Jupiter will be explored at CU-Boulder's Fiske Planetarium on Friday, June 13, at 8 p.m. University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Fran Bagenal will present her live show "Galileo: Mission to Jupiter," as part of the planetarium's monthly astronomy talks. The live talks are given by CU-Boulder professors and guest lecturers.

Facilities operators at the University of Colorado at Boulder will conduct tests on steam boilers at the Williams Village housing complex June 9-13. The system is being tested to ensure provision of steam for the new student housing apartment complex, according to Derrick Watson, project coordinator. The procedure is expected to produce a large steam cloud and noise that will be noticeable to the surrounding community. The steam vapor contains distilled water, which poses no environmental hazard.