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The Black Biomedical Research Movement at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ will host a presentation by Virginia Richardson, cancer survivor, at the Juneteenth Black Health Expo at the Gipson Eastside Family Health Center, 501 28th St. in Denver, on June 15 from 1:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Richardson, a single mother of three children, will give a lecture on her efforts to promote minority health care.

Aswad Allen is the new director of the CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ College of Business's Diversity and Minority Programs, business Dean Steven Manaster announced. "We created this position because diversity is a top priority of our school," Manaster said. "Aswad's experience will help advance the college's goals of implementing a broader scope of initiatives. He brings a comprehensive background of leading diversity programs and will help us move this priority to the next level."

Randy A. Bartels, a doctoral researcher at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, was selected by the Department of Energy to attend the 51st convention of Nobel laureates in Lindau, Germany, from June 25 to June 29. An electrical engineering doctoral student from the University of Michigan, Bartels is pursuing his doctoral dissertation research at JILA in the field of ultrafast optics. JILA is a joint institute of CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ and the National Institute of Standards and Technology based on the CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ campus.

The wonders of the summer sky and tips on observing the International Space Station will be presented at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's Fiske Planetarium during the live astronomy show "ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Skies" on Tuesday, June 19, at 8 p.m. Fiske lecturers Sanlyn Buxner and Deidre Brucker will guide the audience on a tour of ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's magnificent view of the heavens and will discuss upcoming celestial events.