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CU-Boulder student Ryan Van Duzer will travel to the Dominican Republic to spend his spring break living and working in an orphanage. Van Duzer is traveling with 35 people from a group called Orphanage Outreach based in Scottsdale, Ariz., and will spend March 22-29 in Esperanza, Dominican Republic.

The University of Colorado at Boulder's Graduate School, considered one of the top graduate schools in the nation by rankings, has received another feather in its cap from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Editors Note: To arrange interviews or photographs at Base Line Middle School, please contact Mary Jo Bode at (303) 442-3580. For other questions contact Mike Liquori at (303) 492-3117 in the CU-Boulder News Services Office. Boulder middle school students this spring will study a Tony Award winning play about ethical, moral and personal dilemmas surrounding the creation of the first nuclear bomb as part of a partnership with the University of Colorado at Boulder's Center for Humanities and the Arts.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography Professor V. "Ram" Ramanathan will speak at the University of Colorado at Boulder March 14 on the "Asian Brown Cloud," including the impacts of air pollution on health and climate in the region. Sponsored by CU-Boulder's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, or CIRES, the event is free and open to the public. It will be held Friday at 4 p.m. in the CIRES auditorium and a reception will follow at 5 p.m.

Stan Brakhage, prominent avant-garde filmmaker and distinguished professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, died Sunday at the age of 70. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 23, in room 141 of the Fine Arts building on the CU-Boulder campus. "I am deeply saddened to learn of the death of Stan Brakhage, a brilliant filmmaker and distinguished professor of film studies," said CU-Boulder Chancellor Richard Byyny. "Stan's contributions to the field of film production cannot be measured. We extend our sympathy to his family and friends."

The CU Business Intensive Certificate program is currently accepting applications from non-business majors. CUBIC is designed for juniors, seniors or graduate students at any accredited college or university. It provides an overview of business skills including accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing, personal finance and computing skills. The program will be held at the CU-Boulder Leeds School of Business from May 12 to May 30. Applications must be received by April 16.

Harvard School of Law Professor Robert H. Mnookin will deliver the 46th annual John R. Coen Lecture on, Thursday, March 13, at 6:30 p.m. in the Lindsley Memorial Courtroom at the CU-Boulder School of Law. A leading scholar in the field of conflict resolution, Mnookin will discuss Iraq, the Taliban and other conflicts that raise the questions of whether and when to negotiate.

American Indian Advocacy and the indigenous student organization Oyate will host a weeklong conference, "Power, Politics: Native Women Sharing Leadership," at the University of Colorado at Boulder March 10-15. "The Boulder community and general public will have an opportunity to hear Native American women discuss their fields of expertise and experiences addressing contemporary issues as leaders and educators," said Leslee Caballero, American Indian Student Services counselor at the Cultural Unity Center.

Scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder have proposed a long-sought answer to how atmospheric sulfate aerosols are formed in the stratosphere. Conducted by researchers at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, or CIRES, the research shows how a fundamental molecular process driven by sunlight may play a significant role in determining the planet's energy budget.

The Hubble Space Telescope's "greatest hits" will be highlighted at CU-Boulder's Fiske Planetarium on Friday, March 14, and Tuesday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. Doug Duncan, director of the Fiske Planetarium and Sommers-Bausch Observatory at the University of Colorado at Boulder will present his live show the "Hubble Space Telescope and Beyond." "During the show, we'll highlight some of the most remarkable images the Hubble has obtained during its 12-year lifetime," Duncan said.