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With the fallout in the dot-com sector leaving investors and entrepreneurs shaking their heads, business leaders are taking a critical look at the challenges facing future high-tech startups. Success in the new economy will depend on a sophisticated understanding of the dynamics of venture capital financing, retaining employee loyalty and protecting intellectual property.

Editors: Please note students from your local community. Â鶹ÒùÔº are listed by hometown. The University of Colorado at Boulder initiated 90 students from the College of Arts and Sciences into the Phi Beta Kappa honorary organization in December. Most of the students are from Colorado.

Employees at the University of Colorado at Boulder contributed $125,941 to the 2000 Colorado Combined Campaign, exceeding last year's total by almost $24,000. Since the drive for charitable agencies began in 1988, CU-Boulder has contributed about $1.5 million, making it the state's biggest contributor. The campus also has made the largest contribution in 10 of the 13 years since CCC's inception.

Federico Peña, former Denver mayor and former U.S. secretary of energy and transportation, will be the keynote speaker at the 2001 CU Real Estate Council Annual Conference, "2001: A Space Odyssey -- Will the Boom Continue?" The conference is Feb. 22 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Denver Marriott City Center, 1701 California St.

The University of Colorado at Boulder's Graduate Teacher Program will host the fourth annual Preparing Future Faculty Forum Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Coors Events/Conference Center. The forum, which will begin at 8:30 a.m. and continue until 3:30 p.m., is designed to help prepare current graduate students to become faculty at post-secondary institutions, according to Laura Border, director of the Graduate Teacher Program.

Marguerite Moritz, associate dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder, recently returned from the Sundance Film Festival where she was part of a production team that won two top awards. Moritz, the writer on "Scout's Honor," was co-winner of the audience award for Best Documentary and co-winner of the Freedom of Expression Award.

Civil engineering faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder have received a $1.98 million grant from the National Science Foundation as part of a national effort to improve experimental facilities for earthquake research. The national effort also will create a collaborative network to speed the design of structures that minimize earthquake damage and loss of life.

The first phase of the redevelopment of Grandview Terrace will be officially launched Feb. 10 with a public notice announcing that 12 bungalows in the area are available for relocation. The notice will be published in the Daily Camera.

Editors: A complete schedule of events is attached. The University of Colorado at Boulder will offer a variety of events in February in honor of Black Awareness Month. Event organizers hope to provide students, staff, faculty, alumni and community members with an enriching experience.

Gail Siegel has been named Director of Community Affairs at the University of Colorado at Boulder, according to Bobbi Barrow, executive director of University Communications. The appointment is effective Feb. 12. Siegel, an 11-year CU-Boulder employee, spent nine years with the CU Art Galleries doing special events, outreach programs and publications before joining the University Communications group in October 1998.