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Joseph Ryan, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and former graduate student Alice Wood were honored for their roles in helping to clean up acid mine drainage in northwestern Boulder County. The two are members of the Lefthand Watershed Revitalization Team, which was awarded the Environmental Protection Agency's 2006 National Notable Achievement Award last month in Washington, D.C. The team of local, state and federal stakeholders was led by Kathryn Hernandez of EPA Region 8.

Richard S. Fuld Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Lehman Brothers and a University of Colorado at Boulder alumnus, will give the commencement address during CU-Boulder's spring commencement on Friday, May 12. The ceremony, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 8:30 a.m. in Folsom Stadium, where 5,610 degrees will be conferred. Guests are urged to be in their seats at the stadium well before 8:15 a.m.

NEWS TIP SHEET Michael Kanner, a University of Colorado at Boulder political science instructor, can discuss the political tactics and rhetoric involved in the immigration reform rallies and debates going on in Washington, D.C., and around the state. Kanner specializes in political parties and pressure groups, the American political system and political symbolism.

The Office of Diversity and Equity at the University of Colorado at Boulder has awarded 2006 Equity and Excellence Awards to eight faculty, staff and students.

A jazz big band at the University of Colorado at Boulder and its lead trumpeter have won Down Beat magazine student music awards, widely considered to be the most prestigious national recognition for jazz students.

Recruiting is up for graduating students at the University of Colorado at Boulder, who can expect more job options than in recent years due to growth in almost every kind of industry, according to campus experts. The technical, financial, retail and service industries are leading the way for new hires in 2006 at CU-Boulder, according to Lisa Severy, director of CU-Boulder's Career Services office.

Associate Professor Kevin Welner of the University of Colorado at Boulder's School of Education has been awarded the 2006 Early Career Award from the American Educational Research Association. The 25,000-member organization honored Welner for his research on education policy. The award recognizes "a scholar's distinguished portfolio of cumulative education research within the first decade after receiving a doctoral degree."

"Extraordinary art from ordinary fluids" is the way Jean Hertzberg describes the first assignment to 20 students in her interdisciplinary course, "Flow Visualization: The Physics & Art of Fluid Flow," at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Students in the class photographed such things as cream dropping into hot tea, smoke generated by blowing out candles, and a gasoline-diesel mixture burning on top of water, among other physical phenomena.

University of Colorado at Boulder senior Megan Silbert has been named the state's Student Employee of the Year. The 22-year-old communications major received a $75 gift certificate to the CU Book Store, a plaque and $50 cash award, and had a luncheon with Vice Chancellor Ron Stump on April 13. Silbert was selected from a pool of nominated students at all of Colorado's state colleges and universities. Silbert has worked for CU Science Discovery, the university's K-12 science outreach program, her entire college career including full time in the summer.

MEDIA ADVISORY Administrators at the University of Colorado at Boulder have reached an agreement with a student group regarding university support for a proposal on a Designated Suppliers Program and will explain the agreement in a news briefing today at 4:30 p.m. on the south terrace of the University Memorial Center. Vice Chancellor for Administration Paul Tabolt and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Ron Stump will represent the CU-Boulder administration at the briefing.