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Editors: A complete schedule of events is attached. Members of the media wishing to attend should call (303) 492-4007 in advance of the conference due to limited space. Rising concern over noise from snowmobiles, touring planes and other mechanical devices in our nation's national parks will be addressed Feb. 20-21 at a University of Colorado at Boulder conference.

Boulder veterinarian John McGee will present a talk and slide show at the University of Colorado at Boulder Sibell Wolle Fine Arts Building at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14, titled "Orphanages of China: An Adoptive Father's Perspective." The talk and slide presentation will be in room N141 of Sibell Wolle Fine Arts and will be followed by a short reception and viewing of the photographs in the "Work Space" in the fine arts building.

Peter Ellison, a leading researcher in human reproductive physiology, will give a public talk at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Thursday, Feb. 13. Ellison, who will be on campus as part of the CU-Boulder anthropology department's Distinguished Lecturer series, will speak at 5:30 p.m. in the Hale Science building, room 270. The event is free and open to the public.

Four finalists have been named for the position of dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder, according to Anne Heinz, dean of the division of Continuing Education and chair of the search committee. The finalists for the position are:

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MEDIA ADVISORY CU-Boulder aerospace engineering faculty and students to view NASA memorial at engineering center today Aerospace engineering faculty members and students at the University of Colorado at Boulder will gather to watch today's NASA memorial service for the astronauts who died in the Saturday explosion of the space shuttle Columbia.

Six finalists have been named for the position of dean of the School of Law at the University of Colorado at Boulder, according to Daniel Sher, dean of the College of Music and chair of the search committee.

MEDIA ADVISORY CU-Boulder memorial service for astronaut-alumna Kalpana Chawla set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at University Memorial Center A public memorial service for CU-Boulder alumna Kalpana Chawla, one of seven astronauts who died Saturday on the space shuttle Columbia, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, in the University Memorial Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The memorial service will be in the Glenn Miller Ballroom of the UMC, located at Broadway and Euclid Avenue in Boulder.

The scientific concepts of light, polarization and optics will be explained through a number of experiments, including creating a giant soap bubble, during the Feb. 15 CU Wizards show "Liquid Crystals." University of Colorado at Boulder physics faculty members Noel Clark and Joseph Maclennan and chemistry Professor David Walba will present the show at 9:30 a.m. in Duane Physics room G1B30. The show, aimed primarily at students in grades five through nine, is free and open to the public.

Christina Baker Zwerenz is the new coordinator for judicial affairs at the University of Colorado at Boulder. "We're extremely pleased that she decided to accept the position," said Matthew Lopez-Phillips, director of the Office of Judicial Affairs. "I think she provides a tremendous amount of leadership and experience to the office."