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Editor's Note: Media and the public are invited to visit the Laboratory for 3-D Cell Structure Open House on Nov. 26 at 4:30 p.m. in room B0021 of the Porter Biosciences Building. The University of Colorado at Boulder has acquired two new state-of-the-art electron microscopes and a suite of complementing computers that are providing three-dimensional images of cellular structures that have never been seen before.

Gary Hart, former U.S. Senator from Colorado and co-chair of the U.S. Commission on National Security for the 21st Century, will give a public talk at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 3 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel.

A new report from the University of Colorado at Boulder's Natural Resources Law Center addresses some tough questions concerning the impact of growth on Colorado's water supply. The 191-page report, "Water and Growth in Colorado," is based on approximately 70 interviews with a "Who's Who" of Colorado water leaders as well as a review of recent water studies in the state.

Editors: Ryan Patterson's CU-Boulder visit is not open to the public, but the media may attend part of the Saturday meeting at JILA from 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Grand Junction teenage science whiz Ryan Patterson, who has been invited to present his invention of an assistive technology device to Nobel laureates in Sweden next month, will meet one of this year's Colorado Nobel Prize winners, Eric Cornell, this Saturday.

The National Science Foundation has designated the Center for Membrane Applied Science and Technology (MAST) as an NSF Multi-University Research Center with sites at CU-Boulder and the University of Cincinnati. The award status was conferred on the MAST Center by the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for an initial period of five years.

Editors: The first of four "Vision Forums" to guide the CU-Boulder GLBT Center meets today from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the University Memorial Center, room 305. Bruce Smail has been appointed director of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder, according to Elease Robbins, associate vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of students. The appointment has been approved by Chancellor Byyny and became effective Oct. 1.

A cooperative new research project studying oscillations in the Indian Ocean and rainfall in the major river basins pouring into Bangladesh should help researchers better forecast floods and the associated spread of cholera in the low-lying nation.

Alisha Madeira, a tourism management student at the CU-Boulder Leeds School of Business, was selected as one of 10 national recipients -- and one of four undergraduates -- of the Travel Industry Association (TIA) Foundation scholarship. The scholarship, awarded to the top students in the country, supports individuals pursuing careers in the tourism field. Upon graduation in May 2002, Madeira will pursue a career in the hotel industry. Her long-term goal is to open a bed-and-breakfast in Florida.

Computer science students at the University of Colorado at Boulder will face off with students across the Rocky Mountain region this weekend in an all-out "battle of the brains" contest of logic, strategy and mental endurance. About 150 students will participate on 50 teams in the Rocky Mountain Regional competition of the Association for Computing Machinery's International Collegiate Programming Contest. The competition, sponsored by IBM, is the oldest and largest programming contest in the world with 2,800 teams competing worldwide this fall.

Feeling stressed-out before exams? Need a break? At CU-Boulder's Wardenburg Health Center students can schedule a "Haven" and renew their energy. The Student Wellness Program will come to students to set up a de-stress room, with aromatherapy and chair massages free of charge.