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The inaugural Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium at the University of Colorado at Boulder, "Revitalizing the Spirit of Resistance, Activism and Service," will be held Jan. 18-20. The symposium will offer a variety of workshops and presentations on topics such as leadership, health, education and social movements. All events are free and open to the public.

Research Associate Hannah Gosnell of the University of Colorado at Boulder will lecture Jan. 14 on conservationists' efforts to restore and "rewild" the Southern Rockies ecoregion, which includes Colorado's Western Slope and parts of southwestern Wyoming and northwestern New Mexico. "Healing the Southern Rockies Ecoregion: What Will it Take?" will begin at 7 p.m. in the Chautauqua Community House at 900 Baseline Road in Boulder. The talk is part of the 2003-04 Chancellor's Community Lecture Series and is free and open to the public.

The basic chemistry of life processes and the wonders of giant telescopes will be discussed in January during two separate presentations at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The CU Wizards show "Biochemistry for Kids" will take place Saturday, Jan. 17, at 9:30 a.m. in Cristol Chemistry and Biochemistry, room 140. Then at 2 p.m. in Duane Physics, room G1B30, the CU-Boulder physics department will present "Telescopes, Spy Satellites and Video Astronomy" as part of its Saturday Physics Series. Both shows are free and open to the public.

The mysteries of black holes and the history of the space shuttle program will be discussed in January during Fiske Planetarium presentations at the University of Colorado at Boulder. "Black Holes and Relativity" will take place Thursday, Jan. 15, and Friday, Jan. 16, while "History of the Space Shuttle" will be held Thursday, Jan. 22. All presentations begin at 7:30 p.m. and admission is $5 for adults, $4 for students with valid ID and $3 for children and seniors.

The Natural Resources Law Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder's School of Law is offering a free compact disc of its new book on groundwater law in the West. The "Groundwater Law Sourcebook of the Western United States" provides an overview of the management and allocation issues that surround the use of groundwater in the West and a detailed explanation of groundwater law in each of the 11 Western states. The 86-page book also can be downloaded at no cost from the Natural Resources Law Center's Web site.

NEWS TIP SHEET CU-Boulder will hold two free open houses for the public at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics facility in the CU Research Park in conjunction with NASA's two Mars Rover landings slated for the evenings of Jan. 3 and Jan. 24. The evening open houses at LASP's Space Technology Building will be held from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. MST. Live NASA feeds will broadcast the landings. Landing time for the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is expected at 9:25 p.m. MST on Jan 3. The Opportunity spacecraft is expected to arrive on Mars at 9:54 MST on Jan 24.

CU-Boulder Friends of the Libraries will hold its annual community Information Day on Tuesday, Jan. 6. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Center for British Studies on the fifth floor of Norlin Library on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus. Entrance to the library is through the west door. Information Day is intended to familiarize citizens with the contents of CU-Boulder's libraries and to inform them of methods to access the libraries' resources.

Stephen Lawrence has been appointed associate dean for academic programs at the University of Colorado at Boulder Leeds School of Business to manage the school's undergraduate and MBA programs as well as its diversity and placement activities. His appointment is effective through Aug. 31, 2007. "Stephen is a strong leader who supports the values and priorities of the Leeds School," said Steven Manaster, dean of the Leeds School. "His leadership will be instrumental as we move the school forward."

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Editors: Enclosed are names of the degree candidates from your area. This list is subject to final grade reports. Local students were among the 2,051 students who received degrees Dec. 19 during winter commencement at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The ceremony was held in the Coors Events/Conference Center on the CU-Boulder campus.