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University of Colorado at Boulder School of Education researchers are hosting 16 public forums about affirmative action over the next several weeks in Boulder and Denver in an effort to find out what the public knows and could learn about the controversial topic.

The CU community should be advised that Boulder County Public Health (BCPH) is currently investigating a cluster of E. coli O157:H7 in the county. Since September 23rd, BCPH has investigated eight related cases. A cluster of seven cases includes CU students.

Visitors planning to attend the Michelle Obama event at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Wednesday, Oct. 1, are encouraged to use alternative transportation and to arrive early for the event scheduled to begin at 11:15 a.m. at CU-Boulder's Farrand Field.

Sanjai Bhagat, professor of finance, can address the credit crisis brought on by the subprime mortgage industry. Bhagat's research interests include corporate lawsuits and business valuation and his teaching interests include corporate finance and governance and also entrepreneurial finance. He can be reached at 303-492-7821 or Sanjai.Bhagat@Colorado.EDU .

NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, which is toting an $8.7 million University of Colorado at Boulder instrument to measure Mercury's wispy atmosphere and blistering surface, will make its second flyby of the mysterious, rocky planet Oct. 6.

Michelle Obama, prominent attorney, human rights advocate and the wife of Democratic Party presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., will visit the CU-Boulder campus Wednesday for a voter registration event titled "Change We Need Rally with Michelle Obama."

For 100 years the CU Golden Buffalo Marching Band has been on hand to celebrate University of Colorado football wins, pump up the crowd when the chips are down and to represent the university with pride and zeal wherever it goes.

The University of Colorado at Boulder's 2008 Homecoming festivities begin on Wednesday, Oct. 1, with a new "Ultimate Fan" competition at CU's Old Main Chapel and end Sunday with a community cleanup at several city locations.

University of Colorado leaders today lauded the U.S. Senate's appointment of CU attorney Christine Arguello to the U.S. District Court in Denver.

CU-Boulder Chancellor G.P. "Bud" Peterson has been nominated by President George W. Bush to serve on the National Science Board.