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The Publications and Marketing office at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ has won a 1997 national Circle of Excellence award for Visual Design in Print from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. The publications office received a silver award for its Buff OneCard logo. The silver award was one of 21 given by CASE in its annual competition.

Some youngsters go to summer camp to learn to swim or canoe, but 37 Colorado high school students this summer are attending the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ to learn about philosophy. The Summer Philosophy Institute is designed to provide an introduction to college life and to the methods and subject matter of philosophy as a way of enriching studentsÂ’ appreciation of literature, art, history and Western culture.

NEWS TIP SHEET US West Communications President and CEO Solomon Trujillo to speak Saturday Thirty-two graduate minority business students from 16 top universities are on campus this week for the Andersen Leadership Seminar (ALS), co-sponsored by the College of Business and Administration at CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ and Andersen Consulting.

A pilot program for University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ incoming freshmen got underway this week as 10 students began working at the Mountain Research Station near Nederland. Eight students from Colorado and two from out-of-state were chosen to participate in the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) and study with CU faculty. Plans are to increase program participation significantly in the coming years.

Fiske Planetarium at CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ will host a live, multimedia presentation titled “Black Holes And Relativity” on Aug. 1 at 8 p.m. Andrew Hamilton, an associate professor in the astrophysical, planetary and atmospheric sciences department at CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, will discuss black holes in outer space. The presentation is based on materials originally produced by CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ undergraduate students. It will feature a “fantastic but mathematically correct view of a one-way flight into a black hole,” according to Geoff Skelton of Fiske.

Teresa Wilkins, curator of the CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ traveling exhibit “Beyond the Loom: Keys to Understanding Early Southwestern Textiles,” will discuss the exhibit on July 31, now on display in Grand Junction. The presentation begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Museum of Western Colorado, located at 248 S. Fourth Street. Admission is $2.

The office of Disability Services at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ has received a $5,000 grant from the Anschutz Foundation for the Career Program for Students with Disabilities. The Career Program was organized through a cooperative effort between CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Disability Services and Career Services. It provides readiness training followed by actual work experiences for students enrolled in the program. The grant will be used to fund stipends for students with disabilities who take part in summer jobs.

Twenty-eight high achieving minority students, mostly from Colorado, will be honored July 18 for completing an intensive, five-week math and science program at CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ designed to ready them for their freshman year at CU this fall.

The International and National Voluntary Service Training Program at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ will work with the city of ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Parks and Recreation Department on Saturday, July 19, to help clean up various sites around ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ.

More than 40 American Indian high school students from around the nation will present a set of intriguing engineering and science proposals July 17 that they developed during a residential academic program at CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ this summer.