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Six professors at the University of Colorado at Boulder have been selected to receive research grants from the Lab for New Media Strategy and Design. The lab, located in CU-Boulder's School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is an initiative funded by Omnicom, the worldÂ’s largest communications holding company. OmnicomÂ’s current interactive holdings include Agency.com, Organic, Red Sky Interactive, Rapp Digital, Eisnor Interactive, Nuforia, Razorfish and @tmosphere.

"Portrait: Glenn Miller," a program centered on the life of the famous bandleader, will be presented on Thursday, Oct. 12, by the University of Colorado Friends of the Libraries. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. in the chapel at The Academy, 970 Aurora Ave. in Boulder. The program is free and open to the public.

For the first time on the campus of the University of Colorado at Boulder, a fall break is being instituted this year on Oct. 5-6, providing a two-day break during which classes will not be held. "The break is designed to give students a short breather during what would otherwise be 12 weeks of continuous classes between Labor Day and Thanksgiving," said William Kaempfer, associate vice chancellor of academic affairs.

Stan Lewis, a University of Colorado at Boulder alumnus and successful Front Range homebuilder and land developer, has endowed a faculty position in the Construction Engineering and Management Program through a gift to CU-BoulderÂ’s College of Engineering and Applied Science.

Fraternity and staff members from the University of Colorado at Boulder will distribute about 500 balloons to senior centers in Boulder on Friday, Sept. 29, following a day-long campus career fair at the Coors/Events Conference Center. Several volunteers from the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and the CU-Boulder Office of Community Relations will deliver the black, gold and white balloons from the fair to senior centers and residence homes in Boulder. The balloons will be delivered Friday from about 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Editors: This event is not open to the public but reporters are welcome to attend. Jack Stack, a nationally known speaker and entrepreneur, will discuss management issues at the CU-Boulder College of Business on Sept. 28. As the president and CEO of SRC Holdings Corp., Stack spearheaded the turnaround of Springfield Remanufacturing Corp. in the 1980s.

An internationally known group of speakers will gather at the University of Colorado at Boulder Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. in the Cristol Chemistry and Biochemistry Building, room 140, to debate the possibility of intelligent life beyond Earth. Panelists at the free public symposium, "Is There Intelligent Life Elsewhere?" will talk about the ongoing search for life away from Earth and will dissect some of the major questions surrounding the idea, before opening the floor for debate.

EDITORS: For a complete schedule of events, contact Bev Tuel or Monteith Mitchell. National speakers, a film series, discussion groups and a "Stop Hate Crimes Vigil" are features of October's LesbiGayTransQueer Awareness Month activities sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Transgender Resource Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Planetary Scientist Steven Lee will continue the Fall ChancellorÂ’s Community Lecture series with his presentation of "New Views of Mars: The History and Future of Mars Exploration" at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 11, at The Academy. The program is free and open to the public and attendees will be able to use 3-D glasses during LeeÂ’s visual presentation. The program will show how telescopic and spacecraft observations have been used to explore the planet Mars.

Enrollment at the University of Colorado at Boulder has hit another all-time high for degree-seeking students this fall with a total enrollment of 26,035, according to Barbara Schneider, executive director of enrollment management. The freshman class is 12 percent higher than in 1999 but the rate of growth in overall enrollment this year is smaller than in previous years. Decreases in graduate student and transfer student enrollment have offset gains in undergraduate enrollment.