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The many discoveries of the Galileo spacecraft in its journey through space and around Jupiter will be explored at CU-Boulder's Fiske Planetarium on Friday, June 13, at 8 p.m. University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Fran Bagenal will present her live show "Galileo: Mission to Jupiter," as part of the planetarium's monthly astronomy talks. The live talks are given by CU-Boulder professors and guest lecturers.

Facilities operators at the University of Colorado at Boulder will conduct tests on steam boilers at the Williams Village housing complex June 9-13. The system is being tested to ensure provision of steam for the new student housing apartment complex, according to Derrick Watson, project coordinator. The procedure is expected to produce a large steam cloud and noise that will be noticeable to the surrounding community. The steam vapor contains distilled water, which poses no environmental hazard.

The CU Parents Association at the University of Colorado at Boulder will host a series of orientation dinners for parents of incoming students in June and July at the University Club. The dinners coincide with orientation sessions for new freshmen and transfer students and will provide opportunities for new CU-Boulder parents to become acquainted with the association's board members, the Office of Parent Relations and staff from student affairs programs and services.

Students at the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Journalism and Mass Communication are making their views on proposed media deregulation known to the Federal Communications Commission.

The Puksta Scholars Program has added three more University of Colorado at Boulder students to its group of young civic leaders. Joshua Lathan and Stefan Awad, both juniors, and freshman Alyssa Rezendes were chosen for their commitment to civic engagement, socially responsible citizenship, leadership and encouragement of positive social change, said Peter Simons, the Puksta Scholars Program coordinator.

Historian Patricia Limerick of the University of Colorado at Boulder and former Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm will give a public lecture June 10 titled "What is a Patriot to Do? Can History Help Us in These Times?" The talk is part of the Reynolds Lecture Series presented at Chautauqua in collaboration with CU-Boulder and will be held at 7 p.m. in the Chautauqua Auditorium at 900 Baseline Road in Boulder. The event is free and open to the public.

The Vice Minister of Education for the People's Republic of China will visit the University of Colorado at Boulder campus Wednesday as the United States and China embark on a joint Internet-based language education project with the help of a CU-Boulder expert. Zhang Xinsheng will tour the CU-Boulder campus and visit the university's Center for Spoken Language Research, the Anderson Language Technology Center and the College of Engineering's Integrated Teaching and Learning Lab.

Base Line Middle School students who participated in a cooperative program this spring to study the Tony-award winning play "Copenhagen" will receive awards for their play-based projects in a special ceremony at the school on June 3. The award ceremony for the students, and their teachers, will be at 1:30 p.m. at Base Line Middle School, 700 20th St. in Boulder. Student projects were in one of four categories including performance, 3-D art, visual art and writing.

Friends and colleagues of Quigg Newton will gather on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus Friday, May 30, to remember the life of the former CU president and mayor of Denver who died April 4. Current CU President Elizabeth Hoffman, CU-Boulder Chancellor Richard Bynny and former CU Health Sciences Center Chancellor Dr. Bernard Nelson will be among the speakers at an 11 a.m. public memorial in the Old Main Chapel. A reception at the Koenig Alumni Center will follow. Parking is available in the Euclid Avenue Autopark.

Astronaut Jim Voss will give the commencement address on Friday, May 9, during the University of Colorado at Boulder spring commencement ceremony. The ceremony, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 8:30 a.m. in Folsom Stadium, where 4,943 degrees will be conferred. Guests are asked not to bring large purses or bags to the ceremony, and people entering the stadium may be subject to search.