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Note to Editors: Palmer's talk at CU-Boulder April 11 was postponed because of weather-related travel difficulties. Robert Palmer, Democratic staff director for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science from 1993 through January 2005, will speak at the University of Colorado at Boulder on April 18.

The University Memorial Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder has received a design award from the Association of College Unions International for the 2002 expansion and renovation of the UMC. The first annual ACUI award, the 2005 Design Award of Excellence, highlights excellence in the design of student-centered facilities supporting campus community building and student learning. CU-Boulder's UMC is one of eight award recipients from 22 submissions around the world.

Students at the University of Colorado at Boulder are celebrating Engineering Days this week with a series of fun and challenging events including the annual college egg drop and rocket launch competition, and a new MacGyver Design Contest. Hosted by the University of Colorado Engineering Council with events sponsored by various corporations and professional societies, Engineering Days is an annual celebration of the engineering profession and a chance for students to apply their engineering skills in fun and creative ways.

MEDIA ADVISORY The American Medical Association and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will recognize the City of Boulder and the University of Colorado at Boulder tonight for their efforts to reduce high-risk drinking on campus and in the community. The presentation will take place at the beginning of the Boulder City Council's study session this evening, April 12th, at 6 p.m., in the City Council chambers at the Boulder Municipal Building, 1777 Broadway.

On April 14, three students from the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Law's class of 2005 will be the first to receive financial aid through the school's new Loan Repayment Assistant Program. The program was created by students to encourage graduates to pursue legal careers in public service or not-for-profit organizations that are typically lower paying than other law-related careers. Student fees will fund the project.

Hundreds of Colorado middle and high school students will be on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus Saturday, April 23, to compete in Colorado History Day. °µÍø½ûÇø 600 students in grades six through 12 will compete in the event, which is part of the largest national humanities education program in the country. The event is free and open to the public and will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The winners will represent Colorado in the National History Day competition in June.

MEDIA ADVISORY Today's presentation of the Colorado Creed by students at the University of Colorado at Boulder will take place at 1 p.m., as scheduled. Student organizers will be joined by CU-Boulder Chancellor Phil DiStefano and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Ron Stump in a ceremony on the south side of Old Main on the CU-Boulder campus.

Editors: Additional background on the center's history is available by e-mailing mmitchell@colorado.edu or calling (303) 492-5526. The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder will celebrate its 10th anniversary on April 13 with speakers, awards and an interactive presentation on the center's history.

Rocket launches, sunspot viewing and hands-on telescope lessons are among the highlights of Astronomy Day, a family-oriented celebration being held on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus on Saturday, April 16. Fiske Planetarium and Sommers-Bausch Observatory will offer activities and educational talks from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. at the planetarium and observatory. All daytime activities and evening telescope viewing are free and open to the public.

MEDIA ADVISORY Nobel laureate Eric Cornell, a senior scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and adjoint professor of physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, will be available to meet with the media on April 12 to discuss his recovery from necrotizing fasciitis. Cornell and his wife, Celeste Landry, will be in room 4 of the Coors/Events Conference Center on the CU-Boulder campus at 10 a.m. Cornell will start with brief remarks and will then take questions from the media. The event is not open to the public.