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Historically significant 100-year-old architectural drawings of landmark buildings in Yellowstone National Park were preserved this summer by four University of Colorado at Boulder undergraduates. Ashleigh Mayer, Rachel Newton, Anne Getts and Elizabeth Campbell returned from their 10-week assignment in Yellowstone earlier this month. The students worked in close coordination with officials to catalog and archive drawings and documents related to historic concessionaire buildings in America's first national park.

University of Colorado at Boulder officials are continuing with their precautions to reduce the risk of exposure to West Nile virus-carrying mosquitoes for students, including those returning this week for the fall 2004 semester. Recent precipitation in the Boulder area followed by hot and dry conditions has been followed by a rise in the number of Culex mosquitoes -- the type that most commonly carries West Nile Virus, or WNV, according to the Boulder County Health Department.

A May graduate of the CU-Boulder Leeds School of Business says her four years in business school taught her that "giving back to the community is a very important thing," and she's wasted no time finding a way to turn that belief into reality. On Aug. 26 the Boulder Broker Inn Hotel will host a fashion show from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. with proceeds to benefit Habitat for Humanity, the "I Have a Dream" Foundation and the YWCA. The show was planned and coordinated by 22-year-old Susan Tie, a May graduate in marketing who convinced her boss that The Broker should sponsor the event.

Note to Editors: Contents embargoed for use until 12:01 a.m. Friday, Aug. 20. Two University of Colorado at Boulder undergraduate specialty programs were ranked in the top dozen American public universities in U.S. News & World Report's annual undergraduate rankings. The Leeds School of Business undergraduate entrepreneurship program was tied for sixth in the nation with the University of Maryland-College Park among public universities offering doctorates and tied for 12th among all public and private doctoral universities.

When University of Colorado at Boulder students start classes this year they will be greeted by one of the largest and most aggressive national grassroots young voter registration campaigns ever seen in Boulder. Known as the New Voters Project, the campaign has teamed up with UCSU, CU-Boulder's student government, and the campus Student Vote Coalition to sign up 9, 000 students before the Oct. 3 voter registration deadline.

The first sighting of atoms flying in formation has been reported by physicists at the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder) in the Aug. 13 issue of Physical Review Letters.* While the Air Force and geese prefer a classic "V," the strontium atoms-choreographed in this experiment with precision laser pulses and ultracold temperatures-were recorded flying in the shape of a cube.

The University of Colorado at Boulder athletic department has donated pay-per-view proceeds of $11,000 from last season's football game against Washington State to the CU-Boulder Libraries. The donation was first announced before the Sept. 11, 2003 game. The funds were received this summer by the libraries' new "Top Drawer Society" donor program, which honors donations of $10,000 or more.

Note to Editors: Media can arrange to attend the Aug. 18 presentation of "Just Another Party" by calling Rebecca Brown at (303) 492-4307. Student actors presenting the theater piece "Just Another Party" for incoming freshmen is one of many orientation activities being offered this week for new students in the CU-Boulder College of Arts and Sciences.

University of Colorado at Boulder students are being sent safe celebrating tips to help them avoid the potentially serious risks of hosting irresponsible parties. Suspensions, legal charges, fines and injuries are some of the possible consequences of hosting or attending a party that violates Boulder city ordinances and campus rules.

Before they begin classes, new students at the University of Colorado at Boulder will participate in a variety of fun and information-packed activities starting Aug. 17 including biking and hiking tours, a carnival and concert. The activities are planned to allow students a chance to get acquainted with the campus and surrounding community before fall semester begins Aug. 23. The activities are in addition to the usual array of orientation sessions that cover the details of class registration, policies and student services at each college.