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Gilbert White, distinguished professor emeritus of geography at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder, will present the ninth Abel Wolman Distinguished Lecture on Nov. 5 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. White will lecture on "Water Science and Technology: Some Lessons from the 20th Century," in which he will discuss the future integration of environmental policy with water management policy.

How does the future of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ’s tourism industry look? The fate of this industry — one of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ’s largest — will be examined at the 1999 University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder Tourism Conference. The conference, "Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Tourism: Coming Together," will take place Oct. 27-29 at the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Springs Wyndham Hotel, 5580 Tech Center Drive.

Professor Dennis Mileti, chair of the sociology department and director of the Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder, has received the 1999 Eric Noji Award from the World Health Organization. The award cited Mileti's "pioneering multidisciplinary teaching and research in disaster management." The World Health Organization is part of the United Nations. The award was presented on Sept. 19 in Hawaii.

Graduate students with degrees in Chinese from the East Asian languages and civilizations department at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder are getting positions at prestigious universities all over the nation -- a notable accomplishment for a small and relatively new humanities program. "The word is out that our program trains people very well and we are gaining recognition nationwide," said Paul W. Kroll, director of graduate studies in Chinese.

This Friday, Nicholas Cage and Martin Scorsese team up in the chilling movie "Bringing out the Dead" about a paramedic who is haunted by the ghosts of people he couldnÂ’t save. The film is just one in a number of so called "supernatural thrillers" that have been spooking the competition at the movie theaters this fall. Besides the fact that Halloween is drawing near, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder Film Studies and English Professor Bruce Kawin believes these movies are making it big because they play on millennium anxiety and tug at peopleÂ’s uncertainties about life after death.

An analysis of sediments from the subtropical Atlantic Ocean deposited during EarthÂ’s last glacial period indicate sudden temperature fluctuations were as large as those seen in the warming at the end of the last ice age, raising concerns about future climate change.

WHO: University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder chapter of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity WHAT: Area kids and families are invited to wear their costumes and come to a community Haunted House, complete with pumpkin carving and free candy. All activities are free and open to the public. WHEN: Friday, Oct. 29, between 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. WHERE: 911 17th St.

The University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder — through the Graduate School and the Center for Humanities and the Arts — has received a $10,000 Woodrow Wilson Innovation Award to help establish a new Humanities Internship Program. The award was one of seven given to university departments and programs in the humanities that use creative approaches to encourage doctoral students to consider jobs in the "real world" outside their schools. Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder received one of three awards for $10,000, and four universities received $5,000 awards.

Daniel Vigil, associate dean for student affairs at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ School of Law, was elected chairman of the Board of Directors of the newly formed Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Legal Services on Oct. 1. "I find it a great honor and a great challenge being elected chairman," said Vigil. "I look forward to providing and improving legal services to those who are unable to afford it."

Anton Andreev, a 31-year-old assistant professor of physics at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder, has won a prestigious and highly competitive $625,000 Packard Fellowship. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation cited Andreev and 23 other recipients as among the most promising science and engineering researchers at universities in the United States. Other 1999 recipients included young faculty members from Stanford, Princeton, MIT, Cal Tech and the universities of California, Wisconsin and Chicago.