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The University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder has received a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate, according to Chancellor Richard L. Byyny. The NSF grant is designed to enhance recruitment, retention and support for minority doctoral students in the fields of science, math and engineering.

The University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder and Denver's CBS television station, KCNC-TV, are collaborating on an educational program and contest for babyÖ±²¥app fourth, fifth and sixth grade students that will air Nov. 6-17 at 4 p.m. on Channel 4. The series, "Convection Connection," features News4 anchor Larry Green, CU-Boulder physics instructor Michael Dubson and Alex Weaver, K-12 outreach director at CU's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences.

The Heritage Center at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder will host an art exhibition titled "Days of the Dead: Aztec Adventures of Cholo, Vato, and Pano" from Oct. 23 to Nov. 21 in the CU Heritage Center.

The image of a vicious killer with a hook for a hand, slashing away at his helpless teen-age victims, is one picture that springs to mind when talking about urban legends. Many absurd and scary legends end up in films such as "Halloween" or "Candyman" but others can be quite influential, according to Michael Preston, an English professor at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder. Preston says a good urban legend depends on how believable it is and a storyÂ’s circulation depends on how memorable it is.

The University Memorial Center at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder will be the site of the 2000 Fall Boulder Campus Blood Drive. Open to the public, the blood drive will be held in the UMC West Ballroom from Oct. 30 through Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. CU-Boulder staff, babyÖ±²¥app and students interested in donating blood can sign up for appointments at a table outside the UMC Forum Room Oct. 23-27 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. or by calling (303) 492-5473 through Oct. 27 at noon. People also can donate blood without an appointment.

A $12 million University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder-built instrument package on the Cassini mission en route to Saturn has produced the first spectral images of Jupiter, including the planetÂ’s aurora and a gigantic glowing ring of gas encircling the planet. Launched in 1997, the joint NASA-European Space Agency Cassini spacecraft began making observations of Jupiter on Oct. 1. The CU-Boulder Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph, or UVIS, has been taking images in the UV portion of the light spectrum invisible to the human eye.

University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder music students will present free recitals every Monday evening from Oct. 30 through Dec. 4 at The Academy, 970 Aurora Ave. in Boulder. All six performances begin at 7:30 p.m. in the chapel and are free and open to the public. The recital series is sponsored by the CU-Boulder Office of Community Affairs and the College of Music. The recital schedule is: Oct. 30--Corey Rom, tuba; Nov. 6--Dan Leavitt, trumpet; Nov. 13--Hadley Low, viola; Nov. 20--Rebecca Berg, soprano; Nov. 27--Cate Hamlin, soprano; Dec. 4--Brooke Palmer, trumpet.

Editors: Photographers are welcome to attend the Navajo Nation Supreme Court visit on Monday, Oct. 23, in the Fleming Law building provided they do not disrupt the proceedings. The Native American Law Students Association at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder School of Law will host a session of the Navajo Supreme Court on Monday, Oct. 23, at 3 p.m. in the Lindsley Memorial Courtroom of the Fleming Law Building.

The Center of the American West at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder will present two lectures by renowned nature writer Terry Tempest Williams on Nov. 2 in Denver and Nov. 3 on the CU-Boulder campus. Both talks are free and open to the public. Williams, the center's 2000 Distinguished Lecturer, will speak on "Homework: The Art of Inhabitation," at 7 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Denver Public Library in room B2 of the Conference Center. Those attending should use the library's west entrance. Her talk is co-sponsored by the Denver Public Library.

The University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder Outreach Committee and Office of Community Affairs are sponsoring "TeacherÂ’s Night" at CU-Boulder for teachers and students in Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley school districts to provide information about the wealth of outreach programs designed specifically for K-12 teachers and students. The program will be held Wednesday, Oct. 25, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the CU Museum of Natural History on the CU-Boulder campus.