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Ken Krechmer, a world authority on the international standards of telecommunications and technologies, will present a series of public lectures at CU-Boulder beginning Monday, Nov. 9. Krechmer, who is spearheading a move to establish international consistency in telecommunications tools such as faxes, modems, fiber-optic cables and video conferencing, is a visiting fellow of the newly formed International Center for Standards Research, or ICSR, at CU-Boulder.

The Housing Department at the University of Colorado at Boulder is taking steps to repipe drainage lines from a heating plant at its Williams Village residence hall following a discharge of contaminants into Bear Creek Wednesday afternoon that killed a number of fish.

Freshmen students in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder are setting a new standard for zaniness -- and they may even set a world record -- by linking together a variety of devices they built for this semester's "Rube Goldberg" class design project.

The University of Colorado at Boulder received more than $181 million in sponsored research awards for the 1997-98 fiscal year, the highest total ever for the campus and a 4.3 percent increase over the previous fiscal year. "The campus faculty once again had a very successful year," said Larry Nelson, director of the CU-Boulder Office of Contracts and Grants. "The long-term trend of our sponsored research award dollars is to double every six to seven years." CU-Boulder generated $174.2 million in 1996-97.

A reception and presentation of works honoring the artists and guests who helped create the University of Colorado at Boulder exhibit "The Beast: Beauty," is set for Nov. 10 in the Center for British Studies on the fifth floor of Norlin Library. The reception will be from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and is open to the public. Shakespearean actor Chuck Wilcox will read from Shakespeare as part of the program.

CU-Boulder's Norlin Library will host a visual and literary arts open house in conjunction with the Center for the Humanities and the Arts from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, featuring actor, teacher, poet and playwright Chuck Wilcox. Wilcox will read from Shakespeare as part of the program, which also includes readings and commentaries by the poets and artists featured in the currently running exhibit, "The Beast: Beauty," in Norlin's third floor gallery. The reception featuring Wilcox will be in the Center for British Studies on the fifth floor of Norlin.

If you are a woman scientist or engineer working in an organization portraying itself as "gender neutral," it's still best to act like a man if you want to get ahead, according to a new research study.

University of Colorado at Boulder Professor John Stocke will present a live astronomy show, "Navajo Skies," on Friday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Fiske Planetarium. "Navajo Skies" is the third in a series of astronomy shows to be presented by Fiske Planetarium this semester.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked CU-Boulder finance Professor Sanjai Bhagat to give a presentation on takeovers in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Nov. 6. In his recent paper, "Do Takeovers Create Value? Evidence from the Intervention of Competing Bids," Bhagat and co-authors David Hirshleifer of the University of Michigan and Robert Noah of the Milken Institute examine the extent to which takeovers improve target and bidder firm value.

The University of Colorado at Boulder this week joins more than 1200 colleges and universities in the "College is Possible" campaign to enhance public knowledge about financing a college education. The campaign, sponsored by the Coalition of America's Colleges and Universities, will include efforts by local campuses to reach students and parents in their region, and will last through the year 2000.