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A seminar titled "The Role of Localities and States in Telecommunications Regulation: Understanding the Jurisdictional Challenges in an Internet Era" will be held April 16 in the Lindsley Memorial Courtroom at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ School of Law from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The forum will discuss how states and localities can play meaningful roles in telecommunications policy as jurisdictional boundaries are defined by telecommunications networks and traffic. The event is sponsored by the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ School of Law's Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program.

The Council of Graduate Schools in collaboration with the National Science Foundation has named University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder Vice Chancellor Carol Lynch the first Dean in Residence for the two organizations. She will be on leave from Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder for the one-year assignment, which begins in August. Lynch is vice chancellor for research and dean of the Graduate School at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder. She has been an associate vice chancellor and a professor of environmental, population and organismic biology at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder since 1992.

PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE: The time of this event has changed to 6 p.m. Please use this news release instead of the one sent on April 3. All other information is the same. John Wortman, general curator at the Denver Zoo, will visit the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder campus to give a talk about gorillas in captivity on Monday, April 16, at 6 p.m. in Eaton Humanities room 150.

University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder Assistant Professor Franklin Evans has been honored with the American Meteorological Society's highest award, the 2001 Henry G. Houghton Award. The Henry G. Houghton award is given annually to young promising atmospheric scientists who have shown outstanding ability in their fields. Professor Evans was presented the award for improving the existing knowledge of how light interacts with clouds.

The University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder will host the annual conference of the American Comparative Literature Association, "Aesthetics for a New Millennium," April 20-22 at the Regal Harvest House Hotel and on the Boulder campus. All plenary addresses are free and open to the public. The conference will showcase the exceptional depth and range of literary and cultural studies today, according to Christopher Braider, chair of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder's department of French and Italian and chair of this year's ACLA conference program committee.

Although mothers are at greater risk during caesarean-section procedures than during regular births, and the U.S. government has identified reduction of hospital c-sections as a priority, no downward trend is occurring. Research by Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder business Professor Naomi Soderstrom provides some insight as to why: A hospital's bottom line may determine whether a doctor conducts a c-section.

Nate Liederbach, a second year graduate student in newsgathering at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder's School of Journalism and Mass Communication, recently won the Atlantic Monthly's prestigious 2000 Student Writing Competition. Liederbach's entry, "Crown of Wisdom," won first place and a $1,000 prize in the "Non-Fiction: Personal Essay" category.

The third annual Dorothy Martin Faculty Awards and Doctoral Student Scholarships for spring 2001 have been awarded to three members of the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder community. The awards honor women who exemplify the ideals of Professor Emeritus Dorothy Martin, who was a faculty member in the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder psychology department for 46 years and who was instrumental in establishing the first Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Women's Center in 1964.

Four finalists for the position of dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder are scheduled to visit the campus this month, according to William Kaempfer, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs and chair of the search committee.

Seven distinguished engineers will be honored for their contributions in education, research and invention, government service, industry and commerce, and private practice by Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder's College of Engineering and Applied Science at its 36th annual Engineering Awards Banquet April 6.