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NEWS TIP SHEET Engineering of Levees Stein Sture, associate dean for research in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, conducts research in geomechanics, geotechnical engineering and structural mechanics. He can talk about the failure of engineering structures, including levees, and how the rainfall from Hurricane Rita may affect the levees and the current efforts to pump water out of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. Contact him at (303) 492-7651.

Philip DiStefano, interim chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder, will meet with Fort Collins and Greeley officials Sept. 28 as part of a one-day northern Colorado tour. Joining DiStefano will be Professor Peter Boag, chair of the history department, Associate Professor Rich Wobbekind of the Leeds School of Business and director of the Business Research Division, and biology Professor David Armstrong.

The philosophical foundations of real-world moral dilemmas like looting and abortion are examined in two books by University of Colorado at Boulder philosophy professors that have recently been honored in the American Philosophical Association's 2005 Book Prize competition.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the University of Colorado at Boulder will host a series of events starting with a special informational kickoff rally Sept. 30. The kickoff event, in the British Studies Room of Norlin Library, will run from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. It will feature mammography information presented by Boulder Community Hospital, a health fair and a rally hosted by CU-Boulder Interim Chancellor Phil DiStefano at 4:30 p.m.

NEWS TIP SHEET A new image showing the track of Hurricane Rita through the Gulf of Mexico as of Sept. 21 has been produced at the University of Colorado at Boulder and made available on the Web site of a university center.

University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Joseph Falke of the chemistry and biochemistry department has been elected president of the Biophysical Society, an international, professional group with more than 7,000 members. Founded in 1956 and based in Rockville, Md., the Biophysical Society is made up primarily of research scientists who use physics and chemistry to study molecular problems in biology and medicine. Its members around the world teach and conduct research at universities, laboratories, government agencies and industry.

Melissa Mahoney, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been named one of the top 35 young innovators in technology, business and the arts in the October issue of Technology Review. The group of innovators, all of whom are under the age of 35, is described by the magazine as "having the potential to profoundly impact the world." The magazine is published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Innovative programs at Texas Instruments Inc. of Dallas and Colgate-Palmolive Co. of New York will be presented Summit Awards today by the University of Colorado at Boulder's Leeds School of Business. The "Bright Smiles, Bright Futures" program at Colgate-Palmolive won the Summit Award for Social Impact, and Texas Instruments' fabrication plant in Richardson, Texas, won the Summit Award for Environmental Leadership. Both winners were one of three finalists for each award given by the Leeds School's Center for Business and Society.

University of Colorado at Boulder School of Law students, faculty, staff and alumni will celebrate the topping off of the new $46 million Wolf Law Building on Sept. 22 at 10:30 a.m. with a ceremonial signing of the last beam to be placed on top of the structure. The 178,000-square-foot building, constructed in the neo-Tuscan style that marks the architecture of the CU-Boulder campus, is scheduled for completion in June 2006. Law Dean David Getches will lead the ceremony.

Robert Collins, chair of the urban studies and public policy department at Dillard University in New Orleans, will speak Sept. 26 at the University of Colorado at Boulder on the relative costs of preventing and recovering from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Collins' presentation, "Lessons From the Drowning Pool: Analyzing the Past and Future of Disaster Mitigation Planning Following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans," will begin at 4 p.m. in the auditorium inside Old Main on the CU-Boulder campus.