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University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Chancellor Richard Byyny has announced that former biology professor Jane Bock will join Bob Fink and Jack Kelso in serving as a faculty ombudsperson. Bock, professor emeritus of EPO biology, retired in 1998 after 30 years of teaching at the university. She was the 1998 recipient of the Hazel Barnes Prize and is a former co-chair of the Sexual Harassment Committee.

Professor Casey Hynes of the CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ chemistry department will explain "what happens when something burns" at the next CU Wizards show, "The Chemical History of a Candle," on Saturday, Nov. 27, on the CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ campus. The hour-long show begins at 9:30 a.m. in the Chemistry Building, room 140, and is free and open to the public.

Ken Krechmer, an internationally recognized authority on standards and founder of Communications Standards Review, will present a series of public lectures at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ beginning Tuesday, Nov. 16. The series is designed to help build a broad understanding of how technical standards are developed, a topic that has sparked widespread interest in recent years due to rapid developments in information and communication technology. Krechmer is expected to address the standards aspects of the U.S. government's antitrust suit against Microsoft.

Note to Editors: CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ has joined with the U.S. Department of Education, the American Council on Education and other organizations to participate in "National College Week" Nov. 15-19. The goal of the campaign is to inform the American public that with the proper academic preparation and informed financial planning it is possible for Americans to achieve their dreams of a college education.