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The CU Parents Association has awarded $41,000 in scholarships to 41 undergraduate students at the University of Colorado at Boulder, according to Peter Simons, director of the Office of Parent Relations. The scholarship awards are merit-based and are presented each spring. Scholarships are made possible by CU Parents Association fund-raising efforts. Interested students must complete and submit an application by early March. This year, $17,000 in scholarships was awarded to 17 incoming freshmen. Another $24,000 in scholarships was awarded to 24 continuing students.

A team of MBA students from the University of Colorado at Boulder Leeds School of Business trumped a team from the University of Denver at the first annual Rocky Mountain Real Estate Challenge last Thursday, May 1.

Dick Engebretson, executive vice president of dmg world media, an international exhibition and publishing company, will speak at the 2003 CU-Boulder Leeds School of Business MBA recognition ceremony on May 9. The graduation ceremony will be held in Macky Auditorium at 5 p.m. Engebretson received his MBA from the CU-Boulder business school in 1972. In 1984, he launched a trade exhibition company, TSI Productions, which he sold to dmg world media in 2001. Upon selling TSI Productions, Engebretson assumed his current position.

A study of the University of Colorado at Boulder's recycling program shows that it would cost the campus up to $235,000 more per year to dispose of recyclable materials as solid waste. CU-Boulder's recycling efforts have been nationally recognized for many years, and the study confirms the recycling program has "led to business decisions that are not only good for the environment, but also financially beneficial to the campus," according to the 82-page document.

Special recognition ceremonies will be held by most University of Colorado at Boulder schools and colleges in addition to the main university commencement ceremony on Friday, May 9, at 8:30 a.m. in Folsom Stadium. Following is a schedule of special events in the schools and colleges. * College of Architecture and Planning recognition ceremony, Thursday, May 8, at 2 p.m. in Cristol Chemistry and Biochemistry, room 140. * Leeds School of Business recognition ceremony, Thursday, May 8, at 4:30 p.m. in Coors Events/Conference Center.

The Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado at Boulder will be closed until further notice due to a water main break early the morning of May 1. Closure is expected to last several weeks. All events, public and private, have been cancelled, including public school shows, university events, laser shows and prerecorded planetarium shows. The closure will not affect the May 15 lunar eclipse viewing, which takes place outside the planetarium.

NOTE TO EDITORS: The full report and findings may be viewed on the Web at http://www.colorado.edu/newsservices/reports/ucpd . The University of Colorado Police Department released a 33-page summary report today of an internal investigation into complaints regarding a Jan. 29 anti-war protest at the University Memorial Center.

The moon over Colorado will appear eerily orange in the night sky during a total lunar eclipse on Thursday, May 15, according to experts at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Sommers-Bausch Observatory and Fiske Planetarium. Sommers-Bausch Observatory at CU-Boulder will be open to the public from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. for eclipse viewing. Visitors also will be able to view the eclipse from the west side of the planetarium, where binoculars and telescopes will be available. There is no charge to visit the planetarium and the observatory to view the eclipse.

When Alexander Oshmyansky arrived at the University of Colorado at Boulder fresh out of high school in fall 2002, he had a surprise for his classmates - he planned to graduate in the spring. After spending less than a year at CU-Boulder, Oshmyansky will indeed graduate in the spring, when on May 9, just months after his 18th birthday, he will receive his bachelor's degree in biochemistry.

Photo advisory: The best opportunity for photos of students painting the mural will be May 6-7. To arrange, call Denise Hogenes Lewis at (303) 492-3334. The mural will be painted in the food court of the University Memorial Center on the CU-Boulder campus. The University of Colorado at Boulder is offering students a different approach to relieving stress during finals week this year. Â鶹ÒùÔº, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to contribute to a mural painted by a national artist. Painting began April 30 and will be completed by May 9.