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Editors' Note: Photographers are welcome to attend the show. Audience members will be asked to help weigh objects in air and water and create strange fluids from household items during the first CU Wizards show of the fall semester on Sept. 18 at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

The University of Colorado at Boulder's Study Abroad Fair on Sept. 15 will include students returning from some countries that some Americans might think of as unsafe. "Some of the returning students who will be at the fair studied in places some Americans might perceive as 'off-limits' -- that's not necessarily the case," said CU-Boulder Study Abroad administrator Jami Nelson-Nunez. The Study Abroad information fair will be open to students from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom of the University Memorial Center.

If you're a CEO, don't believe your own press because it may be hazardous to your company's health, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher. That advice may sound easy to follow, but the media's insatiable appetite for celebrities and many CEOs' propensity to swallow positive press hook, line and sinker can make it hard not to be influenced, according to Mathew Hayward an assistant professor in CU-Boulder's Leeds School of Business.

Note to Editors: Contents embargoed until 1 p.m. on Sept. 8. James White is reachable at James.White@colorado.edu or at the Crowne Plaza Christchurch Hotel, New Zealand, at 643-365-7799. Christchurch time is 16 hours ahead of U.S. EDT. A new, undisturbed Greenland ice deep-core record going back 123,000 years shows the Eemian period prior to the last glacial period was slightly warmer than the present day before it gradually cooled and sent Earth into an extended deep freeze.

Susan Avery, professor of electrical and computer engineering and outgoing director of CIRES, the largest institute at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been appointed interim dean of the Graduate School and vice chancellor for research, according to Provost Phil DiStefano. Avery's appointment, approved by the Board of Regents last month, fills the positions vacated by Carol Lynch, following Lynch's 12 years as CU-Boulder's top research official.

A professor in electrical and computer engineering known for her research applications of radar in atmospheric science, Susan Avery is highly regarded among research scientists at the University of Colorado at Boulder. But her ability to communicate the importance of science to outside funding agencies and among scientists sets her apart from many in the research community and has become one of her major strengths in the 10 years she served as director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, or CIRES.

Note to Editors: Contents embargoed until 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 8. Spacecraft observations of the landing area for one of NASA's two Mars rovers now indicate there likely was an enormous sea or lake covering the region in the past, according to a new University of Colorado at Boulder study.

Richard A. Rodriguez is the new director of Counseling and Psychological Services: A Multicultural Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Rodriguez was selected after a national search and joined the staff in July. "We are very pleased to have Dr. Rodriguez join us as director of the counseling center," said Ron Stump, vice chancellor for student affairs. "He has interests, energy and leadership skills that will be of great benefit to CAPS and the campus. He will make significant contributions to our community."

A new partnership between the CU-Boulder Division of Continuing Education and Sun Microsystems Korea is bringing 43 Korean students to Broomfield and Boulder for six months of instruction in information technology and English. The program began in late August and will run through Feb. 11, 2005. The students will attend information technology classes mostly at the University of Colorado Interlocken site in lab space provided by Level 3 Communications Inc. English as a Second Language classes will meet at the International English Center at 1030 13th St. in Boulder.

CU-Boulder officials expect parking on campus to be at a premium for the sold-out Sept. 4 CU-CSU football game at Folsom Field and suggest that fans consider alternative parking for the 6 p.m. game. Adding to the parking congestion this year is the closure of the Crossroads Mall parking lot due to construction. The lot had parked about 1,000 vehicles. Another change for the 2004 football season is an increase in campus parking fees to $20 per space.