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The University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder is adding five new programs to the existing choices undergraduate students have for studying abroad next year. The new semester study abroad programs will include a field study seminar, which introduces the concept of learning about cultures through field experience, in addition to an independent study project conducted during the last four weeks of the semester. Applicants must have a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.5, and additional language prerequisites may apply.

Editors: Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ 80 seventh-grade students from 22 metro-area middle schools will attend the show as part of a Science Academy with Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder's Pre-Collegiate Middle School Academic Program. Precollegiate is designed to motivate educationally and/or economically disadvantaged middle school children to successfully complete their pre-secondary and secondary school careers and prepare them to succeed at and graduate from a post-secondary institution.

Scientists, engineers, students and business representatives will present their latest research findings and exchange new ideas at the 12th annual Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Biotechnology Symposium at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ on Sept. 14. The conference, to be held at the University Memorial Center, will bring together biotechnology researchers from university, industry and government laboratories in Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ to share recent research and development progress.

A panel discussion on "Covering Columbine: Decision Making During Crisis" will be held Saturday, Sept. 18, at 11 a.m. in Hale Science, room 270, at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder. The seminar is sponsored by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Meg Moritz, journalism professor and associate dean, will moderate the discussion. According to Moritz, the discussion will reveal what went on in newsrooms as the story broke and how journalists struggled to be comprehensive, competitive and yet sensitive to an entire community in crisis.

A group from the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder Alumni Association will participate in the Race for the Cure 5K run/walk starting at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 3, at DenverÂ’s Civic Park. Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder alumni and friends should call (303) 492-8484 if they wish to join the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ alumni team. The fee is $22. "We are expecting a team of 100 alumni, students and their families to join us on race day," said Kent Zimmerman, president of the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵAA.

Advances in computing and other technology have made the old axiom, "bigger is better," obsolete. Phenomenal miniaturization over the last few decades has led to new products and capabilities once thought impossible. Emerging from this trend is an entirely new discipline known as micro-electro-mechanical systems, or MEMS, which holds promise for even greater advances in transportation, communications, medicine, robotics and defense systems.

The University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ School of Law has named a nationally recognized constitutional law specialist to head its center for constitutional study. Professor Robert F. Nagel will be the new director of the law schoolÂ’s Byron White Center for the Study of Constitutional Law. "The White Center is a major educational resource for our students and for the community, "said Nagel. "The possibilities are exciting; I am happy to be involved."

The University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder will hold its annual Study Abroad Peer Advising Fair on Wednesday, Sept. 15, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Glenn Miller Ballroom in the University Memorial Center. The fair is free and open to all Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder undergraduate students.

The Study Abroad Program at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder has awarded more than $94,000 in scholarships and 71 exchange positions to 204 students enrolled in study abroad programs this summer, fall or academic year. The aid comes from the program's auxiliary accounts, alumni donations, the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Commission on Higher Education Diversity Fund and foundation donations. Exchange positions are not monetary awards but a reduction in study abroad program fees worth several thousands of dollars thanks to agreements with certain foreign universities.

Several undergraduate study abroad students at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder have received scholarships to study in other countries this summer, fall and academic year. Two diversity scholarships, one awarded by Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder and the other by the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Commission on Higher Education, help cover expenses in the Study Abroad program for Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ residents who are underrepresented on the Boulder campus because they are ethnic minorities or from the state's rural areas.