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The Office of Diversity and Equity at the University of Colorado at Boulder has awarded seven faculty, staff and students the 2000 Equity and Excellence Award. The awardees will be honored at the 15th Annual Equity and Excellence Awards Banquet and Graduation Ceremony on Thursday, April 27, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the University Memorial Center Glenn Miller Ballroom.

The University Writing Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder has announced the winners of the 2000 High School Essay Contest. Beth Peck of Montezuma-Cortez High School in Cortez won first prize, a $1,000 scholarship to CU-Boulder, for her essay "Biblical Allusions in Robert Bolt’s ‘A Man for All Seasons.’ " David Feela, who was her sponsor, received the Benjamin and Jeanette Teaching Award of $250.

CU-Boulder English Professor Peter Michelson will use readings from his book "Pacific Plainsong" to illustrate the history of manifest destiny and the historical and moral implications of United States-American Indian relations on Thursday, May 4, at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Michelson's talk, "Pacific Plainsong, or Why Laramie's Diamond Horseshoe is a Chinese Restaurant," sponsored by the Center of the American West will be from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the University Memorial Center, room 235, and is free and open to the public.

The National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder will soon be distributing information collected by the Terra satellite, NASAÂ’s premier Earth Observing System spacecraft launched in December 1999. Terra is the first satellite to monitor how EarthÂ’s atmosphere, land, ocean, snow and ice cover, solar radiation and life influence the planet on a daily, global scale, according to NASA officials. Carrying five instruments, Terra is giving scientists a comprehensive view of Earth as a system and monitoring its long-term health.

The University of Colorado at Boulder will issue within a month a request for proposal (RFP) seeking a consultant to prepare a conceptual land use assessment for CU-Boulder South. Vice Chancellor for Administration Paul Tabolt made the announcement Friday following his appearance Thursday night before the City of Boulder Planning Board, which removed from consideration a CU request for possible city annexation within three years.

Editors: To arrange an interview with one of the 2000 winners contact Deanna Haas at (303) 492-4920. The Student Organization for Alumni Relations at the University of Colorado at Boulder presented four faculty members with its 39th annual Teaching Recognition Awards. The awards are the only faculty honors that are selected and administered by CU-Boulder undergraduate students. The awards were presented April 13 in a ceremony at the Koenig Alumni Center.

The University of Colorado at Boulder School of Law today announced the formation of the Entrepreneurial Law Center (ELC) and the appointment of Professor Dale Oesterle, CUÂ’s Monfort Professor of Commercial Law, as director of the center.

University of Colorado at Boulder Campus Architect Bill Deno has been accepted into the distinguished College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. Deno was one of 83 newly elected members out of 269 candidates to receive the designation for this year. Curt Dale of Anderson Mason Dale Architects joins Deno as the only other Colorado fellow elected this year. The investiture ceremony will be held at the national convention of the AIA in Philadelphia on May 4.

Noted alcohol awareness speaker Mike Green will address the University of Colorado at BoulderÂ’s Greek community and students Monday night, April 24th, at 7 p.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom of the University Memorial Center. The presentation is free and open to the public.

University of Colorado at Boulder alumnus Jim Voss is slated to make his fourth journey into the heavens April 24 when NASA's space shuttle Atlantis blasts off from Cape Kennedy, Fla. Slated for launch at approximately 2:15 p.m. MST, the shuttle -- carrying a seven-person crew -- is set to dock with the International Space Station and unload more than 2,000 pounds of cargo. The crew also will perform maintenance tasks onboard to ensure the space station remains in good condition as its orbital assembly continues later this year.