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Janet Wasko, professor of communication research at the University of Oregon, will present "Dazzled by Disney?" at the Crosman Memorial Lecture on Thursday, March 6, at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The presentation at 5 p.m. in Eaton Humanities Building room 150 is sponsored by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and is free and open to the public. A reception will be held in the lobby following the lecture.

The University of Colorado Heritage Center will celebrate the opening of a new temporary exhibit "Institutionalized: Student Life Through Student Eyes" with a reception on Friday, March 14. The reception from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on the third floor of Old Main is free and open to the public. The exhibit features 30 black-and-white photographs of CU-Boulder life taken by a group of undergraduate photojournalism students over a six-month period. They explore such topics as academia, social and political life, housing, sports and sexuality.

Spring break at the University of Colorado at Boulder will continue according to schedule in 2004 and 2005, as recommended by the CU-Boulder Council of Deans. This year's spring break for campus students and faculty will occur March 24-28 on a schedule set five years in advance.

Faculty from around the world will be on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus this summer for the Faculty-in-Residence Summer Term, or FIRST program. Offered for the first time last year, FIRST brings world-class faculty to the Boulder campus to teach and to forge relationships with their respective departments. Registration for summer session begins March 5.

Editors: Photographers are welcome to take pictures of the competition. The best photo opportunities will be from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Hellems Arts and Sciences Building rooms 191, 193 and 199. Morning competition is in Hellems, Cristol Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Ekley Sciences. Twenty-three student teams from 13 Colorado and Wyoming high schools will gather at the University of Colorado at Boulder Saturday, March 1, to compete in the fifth regional competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl.

Editors Note: The following information is provided with written permission by student-athlete James Wright. Due to ongoing public interest, Mr. Wright waived his rights to privacy covered by the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. The written waiver applies to the contents of this statement only. The University of Colorado at Boulder announced today that student-athlete James Wright has met disciplinary requirements allowing his return to play intercollegiate athletics, effective immediately, but other disciplinary sanctions remain in force.

Rick Reilly, the well-known Sports Illustrated writer and author, will give a public talk at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Tuesday, March 11. Reilly, who will be on campus as a guest of the World Affairs Athenaeum, will speak at 3 p.m. in the University Memorial Center Glenn Miller Ballroom. The event is free and open to the public. A CU-Boulder alumnus, Reilly has been a writer at Sports Illustrated since 1985. He started his writing career working for the Daily Camera, Denver Post and Los Angeles Times, before moving on to Sports Illustrated.

A water conservation program at the University of Colorado at Boulder will result in savings of 66 million gallons of treated water when all parts of the plan are implemented this year. The annual water conservation includes 8.75 million gallons of treated water saved at Folsom Field and other athletic fields, 36 million gallons from three building conservation projects and 21 million gallons at the campus powerhouse, said Robin Newsome-Suitts, chair of the Campus Resource Conservation Committee.

Editors: Photographers are welcome to photograph the readers but are advised to call the respective locations in advance. Faculty, staff, students and administrators at the University of Colorado at Boulder will be volunteer readers in the Boulder Valley School District as part of Read Across America Day on Monday, March 3.

NEWS TIP SHEET, PHOTO OPPORTUNITY Colorado High School Â鶹ÒùÔº to Attend Women in Engineering Career Day at CU-Boulder March 1 About 150 high school women, parents and counselors from throughout Colorado will attend the Career Day program sponsored by the Women in Engineering Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Saturday, March 1.