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The University of Colorado at Boulder's Wardenburg Health Center has been awarded laboratory accreditation by the College of American Pathologists, based on the results of a recent on-site inspection. The center's laboratory director, Dr. Thomas Kunstman, was congratulated by the medical society's Commission on Laboratory Accreditation for the "excellence of the services being provided."

°µÍø½ûÇø 30,000 people are expected to attend the 4th of July Fireworks at Folsom Field on the campus of the University of Colorado at Boulder, and officials urge spectators to arrive early if they are parking on campus. Doors at Folsom Field open at 6 p.m. Parking for the festivities will be in lots off of Regent Drive, accessible via Broadway or Colorado Avenue. Additional parking will be available in the Euclid Avenue Autopark, next to the University Memorial Center, and surrounding lots. Parking on campus is free during university holidays.

The growing field of spintronics will be explored July 10 during the lecture "A New Spin on Electronics" at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Stuart Parkin, an IBM fellow and manager of the Magnetoelectronics Group at the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, Calif., will present the free public lecture at 7:30 p.m. in Duane Physics room G1B20 on the CU-Boulder campus.

As the stagnant job market drags on, Colorado employers may be amassing a workforce of dissatisfied and under-performing workers, according to experts at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Leeds School of Business.

To better understand the impact of the June 23 decisions on affirmative action by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law at the CU-Boulder School of Law will hold a panel presentation on July 1. Titled "What Do the Michigan Affirmative Action Decisions Mean for Universities and Colleges? A Discussion by Constitutional Law Scholars," the presentation will be held from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Lindsley Memorial Courtroom of the Fleming Law Building. The event is free and open to the public.

The University of Colorado at Boulder is establishing a new Center for Advanced Engineering and Technology Education that will build on the combined strengths of the College of Engineering and Applied Science and the Division of Continuing Education to deliver high-quality graduate education to students on and off the campus starting July 1.

Denison University has honored distinguished CU-Boulder Law Professor Charles Wilkinson for his contributions to the legal profession, the community and his alma mater. Charles Wilkinson received his undergraduate degree from Denison, which is located in Granville, Ohio, in 1963. He was one of nine alumni honored by the school at a May 30 ceremony held during Denison's annual Reunion Weekend. According to Denison Alumni Director Sandy Peeler Ellinger, Wilkinson received the highest award bestowed by Denison's Society of the Alumni.

The University of Colorado at Boulder's Center for Astrobiology will continue helping NASA search for extraterrestrial life after winning a $5 million grant from the agency. "We have been asking whether we are alone in the universe for literally thousands of years," center Director Bruce Jakosky said. "Ours is the first generation that might have a chance to answer that question within our lifetimes. This makes for an extremely exciting program, and I'm proud and excited that CU can be a part of it."

Colorado students and teachers know more about the function and value of wetlands thanks to a University of Colorado at Boulder outreach coordinator whose efforts have been recognized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Lannie Hagan, coordinator of CU-Boulder's Science Discovery/Science Explorers program, is among six recent winners of "Friend of U.S. EPA" awards. The winners were honored by the agency's regional office which serves Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and 27 tribal nations.

The significance of magnets and magnetic fields will be explored July 2 during a lecture on "Magnets: Science, Technology and 'Magic Tricks' " at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Frances Hellman, a professor of physics at the University of California at San Diego, will present the free public lecture at 7:30 p.m. in Duane Physics room G1B20 on the CU-Boulder campus.