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At the University of Colorado at Boulder, value is placed on a climate of healthy diversity, one in which people value individual and group differences, respect the perspectives of others and communicate openly, according to Ofelia Miramontes, associate vice chancellor for diversity and equity.

Three new faculty members in the department of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder are helping students prepare to live and work in a global community. Lisa Sun-Hee Park, David Pellow and Kenneth Orona bring expertise in interdisciplinary teaching and research, with an emphasis on global issues and multiracial thought and experiences, to the Boulder campus.

MEDIA ADVISORY New Humanities Building To Be Dedicated At Nov. 15 Ceremony WHO: CU-Boulder President John Buechner, Chancellor Richard Byyny and Arts and Sciences Dean Peter Spear. WHAT: A dedication ceremony for the University of Colorado at BoulderÂ’s new $10.8 million Humanities Building, which is consistent with the other nationally recognized Norlin quadrangle buildings. WHEN: Monday, Nov. 15, 2 p.m. WHERE: The auditorium in the Humanities Building

A lecture by CU-Boulder history Professor Patricia Limerick scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m., has been cancelled due to illness. The talk was to be on "Worlds of Possibility: Exploring Ethnicity in Environmental Thought." For more information, call Jaisy Jardine at (303) 492-8384.

The Achievement Rewards for College Scientists, or ARCS Foundation, Inc., Denver Chapter, is holding its annual scholar luncheon at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Friday, Nov. 12, at 11:30 a.m., in the University Club. At the luncheon, the foundation will give $105,000 to 21 science students from the University of Colorado at Boulder and other Colorado schools. The ARCS awards go to students who demonstrate strong character, excellence in their work and financial need.

The Sommers-Bausch Observatory at the University of Colorado at Boulder is hosting an open house — weather permitting — to view a very rare planetary phenomenon on Monday, Nov. 15, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Using a heliostat — a specialized solar telescope that transfers the sun’s light via a series of mirrors and lenses and projects it on a flat surface for safe viewing — people will see Mercury’s silhouette gliding along the upper edge of the sun as it passes between Earth and the sun.

The University of Colorado at Boulder's Career Services office announced this week that it is offering employers the opportunity to list their internships directly on line. The advantages to employers are convenience and control. The process allows employers to go to the Web site anytime to list their internships for CU-Boulder students. The employers gain control by knowing exactly what language the students will see regarding their announcements, as well as the power to update, change or deactivate the internships at any time.

Using examples from some of the most stressful events that any human could encounter -- trying to fly an uncontrollable airliner, commanding a ship that just hit a mine -- psychology Professor Emeritus Kenneth Hammond of the University of Colorado at Boulder has drawn some conclusions about how to make good judgments under the most difficult circumstances. In "Judgments Under Stress," to be published by Oxford University Press on Nov. 12, Hammond examines the entire field to date and presents some new findings.

Yellowstone National ParkÂ’s bears, bison, wolves and water will be the topic of a lecture and slide show at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Monday, Nov. 8. Mike Clark, executive director of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, will present "Yellowstone National Park at the Millennium: News from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem," at 7 p.m. in Old Main Chapel.

CU-Boulder history Professor Patricia Limerick will continue the fall ChancellorÂ’s Community Lecture Series on Wednesday, Nov. 10, with a lecture on "Worlds of Possibility: Exploring Ethnicity in Environmental Thought." Limerick, also co-founder of the Center of the American West, will explore the story of relationships to nature held by people who were the intellectual kin of the Thoreau-to-Abbey philosophers. She will question how a recognition of ethnic diversity can enrich and redeem environmental movements.