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The release of innocent people from death row and the increasing use of DNA testing are the two biggest reasons behind Americans' growing concern over erroneous convictions, according to a prominent University of Colorado at Boulder criminologist.

Using a hairdryer to suspend balls, nitrogen to create a delicious dessert and combining common household fluids to make "elephant snot" are only a few of the activities that will be explored during the next CU Wizards show "Go With the Flow" on Saturday, Nov. 16, at 9:30 a.m. in the Cristol Chemistry and Biochemistry Building, room 140.

Before making any travel plans for the end of the spring 2003 semester, the Office of the Registrar at the University of Colorado at Boulder is encouraging students to take one more look at the final exam schedule because the first schedule released in early October was incorrect.

Robert Cranny, director of the Wardenburg Health Service at the University of Colorado at Boulder, wants all CU-Boulder students who live in residence halls to get vaccinated for meningitis at a special daylong campus clinic on Nov. 7. Cranny's recommendation is in line with many health officials who support the shots for college-age adults, especially those who live in residence halls.

Alex Stone, a senior majoring in broadcast news at CU-Boulder's School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has received a national award for investigative reporting from the Radio-Television News Directors Association. He also received an award from ABC for Radio National Individual Reporter of the Year, placing as first runner-up.

Skiers and snowboarders may soon have a smoother ride through halfpipes and snow terrain parks thanks to two grant-winning University of Colorado at Boulder student inventors. David Kubicka and Kegan Paisley's "Halfpipe Helper" is a specially designed rakelike tool intended to make it easier for workers to create and maintain halfpipes, jumps and other ski area terrain features. The National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance awarded the students $6,600 for development of the tool.

Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson and his brother Peter, a University of Wyoming professor, will give talks in Boulder and Denver Nov. 11-12 as distinguished lecturers of the CU-Boulder Center of the American West. "High Plains Politics: A Dialogue with the Simpson Brothers of Wyoming," will be presented from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 11 in the Boulder Public Library Auditorium, 11th Street and Arapahoe Avenue, and from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Nov. 12 at the Denver Public Library, 10 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, in the lower level B2 conference room.

The rapid increase of nitrogen falling from the sky as a result of fossil-fuel combustion and crop fertilization, combined with carbon stored in Earth's soils, could change the rate of the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, rising into the atmosphere, according to a new study.

A photographer from Guatemala and a German ceramic sculptor will each present free public talks in November as part of the University of Colorado at Boulder fine arts department's Visiting Artists Lecture Series. Luis Gonzalez Palma and Kerstin Abraham will speak on Nov. 5 and Nov. 12, respectively. Both lectures will begin at 7 p.m. in the Sibell-Wolle Fine Arts Building on the CU-Boulder campus, room N141.

Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado at Boulder will present a series of programs focused on American Indian tribes and the sky beginning Thursday, Nov. 7, through Tuesday, Nov. 12. The programs, which will be in the planetarium, celebrate the relationship three American Indian communities have with the sky. The planetarium will host six shows, including four live presentations.