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Nobel laureate and CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Distinguished Professor Carl Wieman will speak to the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ chapter of the CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Alumni Association on April 16 to honor local high school students selected to receive $2,500 scholarships. The ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Alumni Scholarship Reception will be held between 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. at the Koenig Alumni Center, located at the corner of Broadway and University Avenue on the CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ campus. The event is free and open to the public. A light dessert will be served.

Despite a slowdown in the amount of venture capital investment nationally, interest in entrepreneurship programs remains high on campuses throughout the country. Some students are taking the business plans they create in school into successful ventures in the real world.

Colorado's 2001 Nobel laureates, Distinguished Professor Carl Wieman of the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ and Senior Scientist Eric Cornell of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, will give a free public lecture on April 17. The lecture, titled "Making the World's Coldest Stuff: Two Coloradans Tell How They Won the Nobel Prize," will begin at 8 p.m. in Macky Auditorium on the CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ campus. No tickets or reservations are required.

Roop L. Mahajan has withdrawn his name from consideration for the position of dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ. Mahajan, who is serving as interim dean of the college for the 2001-02 academic year, was one of five finalists named for the position last month. He cited personal and professional reasons for his decision to withdraw. A CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ faculty member for 10 years and director of two interdisciplinary research centers, Mahajan also leads the college's initiative in micro and nano systems.