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The myths, astronomical phenomena and constellations of the sky in the Southern Hemisphere will be explored in a live astronomy show at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder's Fiske Planetarium on Friday, April 20, and Tuesday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. Deidre Brucker, a Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder senior majoring in computer science, and Sanlyn Buxner, a recent Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ graduate who now works at Fiske Planetarium, will present "Southern Skies."

NASA astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar will visit Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder on Friday, April 13, to present the K.D. Wood Colloquium in the department of aerospace engineering sciences. Her presentation, titled "From Apollo Into the New Millennium: Human Space Flight Exploration," will begin at 3 p.m. in room ECCR 245 of the Engineering Center. The presentation is free and open to the public.

The University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Graduate School of Business Association is hosting the 9th annual Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ MBA Diversity Benefit and Auction on Thursday, April 19, at 6 p.m. in the Coors Events/Conference Center on Regent Drive at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder. The benefit and auction is open to the public. The cost is: $50 for members of the public; $20 in advance for Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ faculty, staff, alumni and their guests ($30 at the door); and $10 in advance for Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ students ($15 at the door). Larger monetary donations are welcome.

The mystery of what caused a great earthquake in northeast India in 1897 that killed several thousand people and reduced all masonry buildings to rubble in a region roughly the size of England finally appears to have been solved.

A hate crimes forum will be held at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder School of Law on Monday, April 16, in conjunction with Holocaust Awareness Week. Three aspects of hate crimes will be examined at the forum in room 156 of the Fleming Law Building from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The forum will feature: * Alexander Tsesis, attorney for the city of Chicago, speaking on "The Link Between Hate Speech and Hate Crimes" * Dan Grossman, minority leader of the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ House of Representatives, speaking on "Legislating Hate Crimes"

Azul Casares, a co-founder of the firm Patagon, which is a pioneer in Latin American Internet-based financial services, will speak at the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder College of Business on Tuesday, April 17. Patagon was valued at $705 million when Spanish bank Banco Santander Central Hispano acquired a 75 percent stake in the company in March 2000. Casares, a former customer relations executive of Patagon, will speak at 5 p.m. in room 216 in the business building. She will discuss her experiences as an entrepreneur and provide insight about international e-commerce.

Calendar Item Patricia Limerick, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder professor of history and chair of the board of the Center of the American West, will present the second seminar in the university's Earth Systems Engineering Initiative on Tuesday, April 17. "Natural Allies: How Historians and Engineers Could Help Each Other" will be presented from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder Engineering Center, room ECCR 245. The seminar is free and open to the public.

When Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder Professor Patricia Limerick was asked to teach a comparative history course along with two of her colleagues she said it afforded her a "great opportunity to return to the receiving end of the educational business." The capstone course offered to graduating Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder seniors is team-taught by two or three faculty members. Twice in recent years, Limerick, an American West historian, teamed up with Middle East historian James Jankowski and African historian Chidiebere Nwaubani to teach a class examining colonialism and imperialism in each of the three areas.

Patricia Nelson Limerick, professor of history at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder and chair of the board of the Center of the American West, has been selected to receive the Hazel Barnes Prize, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder's highest recognition for teaching and research. The prize includes an engraved University Medal and a cash award of $20,000, the largest single faculty award funded by the university. She will be recognized during summer commencement exercises on Aug. 11.

George Lipsitz, professor of ethnic studies at the University of California, San Diego, will examine the cultural and political implications of the globalization of communication technologies in the 40th annual Crosman Memorial Lecture at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder.