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While they're still trying to figure out where the student union is located, new and returning students at the University of Colorado at Boulder will be awash in activities to help them learn about campus and have fun while they're unpacking and finalizing class schedules. Classes begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 27. But leading up to that date are a slew of events ranging from late-night movies and rock-wall climbing to bicycle tours of Boulder and several events for foreign and minority students.

The University of Colorado at Boulder has appointed mechanical engineering professor Roop L. Mahajan to serve as interim dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science, pending approval by the CU Board of Regents.

Photo Editors: Â鶹ÒùÔº will be helping with cardboard recycling between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at all residence hall loading docks beginning Aug. 21. CU Recycling is in contact with students by radio and can help arrange photos at (303) 492-8307. For the fourth year, CU Recycling will be ready to collect and recycle empty cardboard boxes when University of Colorado at Boulder students begin moving into campus residence halls on Aug. 21.

Photo Editors: Photographers are invited to campus as volunteers help students move into the residence halls. CU-Boulder Chancellor Richard Byyny, the vice chancellors and deans will be assisting students between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Aug. 21 and Aug. 22. About 600 volunteers will be posted throughout the University of Colorado at Boulder campus Aug. 21-22 to welcome new students and help them, and their belongings, get settled in the residence halls.

A team of researchers in Boulder, Colo., has generated a new and flexible approach to working with laser light in the world of ultrafast science by successfully combining extremely short pulses of light generated by two independent lasers into a single pulse of light.

Former residence hall advisers and housing staff members at the University of Colorado at Boulder are invited to a first-ever reunion of those groups during the Oct. 12-13 Back to Boulder Weekend on campus. CU-Boulder's Housing Department is trying to locate all former Resident Advisers, or RAs, and housing staff to include them in the events. The Housing Department, in conjunction with the Alumni Association, is hosting the Resident Adviser Roundup reunion.

Local students will be among the 1,076 students who receive degrees Aug. 11 during summer commencement at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The summer ceremony, which is much smaller than the spring and winter ceremonies, is the only one held outside on the lawn of the historic Norlin Quadrangle in the heart of the Boulder campus.

Nominations are being sought for an employee development program at the University of Colorado at Boulder designed to increase understanding of CU's four-campus system. Nominations for the nine-month University Perspective program must be received in the nominee's respective vice chancellor office, the chancellor's office or the system administration office by Aug. 17.

Carlos Garcia, director of the University Memorial Center, has announced the appointment of Mary E. Covell as business manager of the UMC. A certified public accountant, Covell oversees all budgeting and financial operations for the UMC administration. She also is managing six staff members in accounting. Jack O'Neill, former business manager, had returned from retirement to fill the post on a temporary basis before Covell was hired this summer.

The University of Colorado at Boulder has joined 20 companies, cities, universities and the United States Environmental Protection Agency in founding a partnership to boost the market for renewable energy sources. The Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program highlighted by the founding partners' pledges to switch to "green power" for a portion of their electricity needs within the next year.