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A diverse group of high school students from Denver, Boulder and St. Vrain Valley schools will get a taste of what it's like to be an engineer when they design and build robots among other hands-on activities at the University of Colorado at Boulder's sixth annual Success Institute.

A multidisciplinary international conference at the University of Colorado at Boulder this fall will showcase successful projects and leading-edge research on sustainable development around the world. The conference is co-sponsored by the Sustainable Village, CU-Boulder and Naropa University.

Islamic fundamentalism and pollution from abandoned mines are the final two topics to be discussed as the University of Colorado at Boulder's Reynolds Lecture Series wraps up in late July and early August. "Cleaning Up Waters Polluted by Abandoned Mines: Obstacles and Opportunities" will be presented July 29 by engineering Associate Professor Joseph Ryan. Religious studies Professor Frederick Denny will present "Whither Islam and the Muslims? Emerging Progressivist Challenges to Fundamentalism" on Aug. 4.

Giving up a week of summer vacation to debate classic conundrums of philosophy isn't on a typical high school student's radar, but the participants of this year's Summer Philosophy Institute of Colorado at the University of Colorado at Boulder are tackling philosophical issues through July 19th. The Institute - now in its ninth year - is an outreach program of the CU-Boulder philosophy department and is sponsored by a grant from the CU Outreach Council and the Office of Community Affairs.

NEW ORLEANS -- The Carnegie Corporation of New York has awarded another major grant -- $350,000 -- to fund the second year of a unique partnership between Dillard University and the University of Colorado at Boulder that merges the institutions' respective strengths in the humanities, mathematics, literature and information technology.

Placing a chunk of coal by every bedside reading light would enhance every Westerner's status as an energy expert, according to a new report from the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The suggestion is one of dozens contained in the 42-page report released today titled "What Every Westerner Should Know °µÍø½ûÇø Energy." The report, principally authored by acclaimed history and environmental studies Professor Patricia Nelson Limerick, draws on a two-day discussion of energy issues with 22 experts from industry, academia and government.

The biggest questions facing modern astronomers, as well as how scientists are attempting to provide answers, will be explored at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Fiske Planetarium on Friday, July 18, at 8 p.m. CU-Boulder astronomer and author Jeffrey Bennett will attempt to put a few of the great mysteries of space into context for people attending his presentation, "On the Cosmic Horizon: Ten Great Mysteries for Third Millennium Astronomy."

The formation and growth of planets and stars will be explored at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Fiske Planetarium on Friday, July 11, at 8 p.m. John Bally, a professor in the astrophysical and planetary sciences department, will present a live show on "The Birth of Stars and Planets." During the presentation Bally will highlight recent observations of star and planet formation and show how scientists using giant ground-based telescopes, space-based instruments such as the Hubble Space Telescope and computer modeling have made some incredible discoveries.

Norton L. Steuben, Nicholas Rosenbaum professor emeritus at the CU-Boulder School of Law, and Richard Noble, CU-Boulder professor of chemical and biological engineering, have been awarded Fulbright grants to teach internationally.

MEDIA ADVISORY July 3, 2003 A news briefing to release a new report from the CU-Boulder Center of the American West titled "What Every Westerner Should Know °µÍø½ûÇø Energy" will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 8, at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The briefing, in the University Memorial Center, room 425, will end about 11:15 a.m. To get to the briefing room, enter the UMC from Euclid Avenue through the south terrace doors and take the elevator or stairs near the main doors to the fourth floor.