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Federico Peña, former Denver mayor and former U.S. secretary of energy and transportation, will be the keynote speaker at the 2001 CU Real Estate Council Annual Conference, "2001: A Space Odyssey -- Will the Boom Continue?" The conference is Feb. 22 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Denver Marriott City Center, 1701 California St.

The University of Colorado at Boulder's Graduate Teacher Program will host the fourth annual Preparing Future Faculty Forum Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Coors Events/Conference Center. The forum, which will begin at 8:30 a.m. and continue until 3:30 p.m., is designed to help prepare current graduate students to become faculty at post-secondary institutions, according to Laura Border, director of the Graduate Teacher Program.

Marguerite Moritz, associate dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder, recently returned from the Sundance Film Festival where she was part of a production team that won two top awards. Moritz, the writer on "Scout's Honor," was co-winner of the audience award for Best Documentary and co-winner of the Freedom of Expression Award.

Civil engineering faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder have received a $1.98 million grant from the National Science Foundation as part of a national effort to improve experimental facilities for earthquake research. The national effort also will create a collaborative network to speed the design of structures that minimize earthquake damage and loss of life.

The first phase of the redevelopment of Grandview Terrace will be officially launched Feb. 10 with a public notice announcing that 12 bungalows in the area are available for relocation. The notice will be published in the Daily Camera.

Editors: A complete schedule of events is attached. The University of Colorado at Boulder will offer a variety of events in February in honor of Black Awareness Month. Event organizers hope to provide students, staff, faculty, alumni and community members with an enriching experience.

Gail Siegel has been named Director of Community Affairs at the University of Colorado at Boulder, according to Bobbi Barrow, executive director of University Communications. The appointment is effective Feb. 12. Siegel, an 11-year CU-Boulder employee, spent nine years with the CU Art Galleries doing special events, outreach programs and publications before joining the University Communications group in October 1998.

Valentine's Day is a time of year when cupid, flowers and candy-shaped hearts can signal the most romantic day of the year. Many couples take the occasion to evaluate where the relationship is, but according to Cindy White, an assistant professor in the University of Colorado at Boulder's communications department, many couples have a difficult time evaluating their relationships because of poor communication skills.

University of Colorado experts from a dozen disciplines will reappraise the relationship between human society and wildfires in two public programs presented by the Center of the American West on Saturday, Feb. 17. "Facing Fire: Lessons From the Ashes" will examine current understanding of wildland fires in the West and explore whether combining knowledge from different viewpoints might produce new strategies for wildfire management.

Chancellor Richard L. Byyny will deliver the annual address on the status of women at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. in Old Main Chapel. The chancellor will address some of the key issues contained in the Status of Women Report issued by the Chancellor's Committee on Women. He and committee members will take questions, comments and suggestions from the audience afterward. The public is invited to attend the address and the reception in the Heritage Center immediately following.