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The University of Colorado Friends of the Libraries will present a lecture on "A Century of Alcohol in ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ" on Wednesday, May 2, at 7 p.m. in room 150 of the Eaton Humanities Building on the CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ campus. The talk will be given by Bob Maust, a research associate at CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ and project director of the A Matter of Degree program, which addresses drinking problems on campus. In his work, Maust collaborates with the Harvard School of Public Health and the American Medical Association to research and reduce alcohol abuse among university students.

Eight faculty members have received awards from the Implementation of Multicultural Perspectives and Approaches in Research and Teaching program at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ for 2001, according to Ofelia Miramontes, associate vice chancellor of diversity and equity. The goal of the IMPART program is to further develop a campus environment that supports and encourages gender, ethnic and cultural diversity in approaches to scholarly work and teaching.

Susan Johnson, an assistant professor of history at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, has won a 2001 Bancroft Prize - one of the most prestigious honors a scholarly work of American history can receive - for her first book "Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush." The Bancroft Prize, established at Columbia University in 1948, is awarded annually to authors of works in the categories of American History and Diplomacy.

The booms and bangs of chemical reactions will sound on the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ campus on Saturday, April 28, when CU Wizard Tarek Sammakia presents his show about chemical reactions and pressure change at 9:30 a.m. in Cristol Chemistry room 140.