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Steven Manaster, dean of the CU-Boulder Leeds School of Business since 1999, today announced his decision not to seek reappointment when his current contract as dean expires on June 30. Manaster informed University of Colorado at Boulder Provost Phil DiStefano of his decision last week and began meeting with faculty members throughout the day yesterday. Manaster said his announcement comes at a time when the school needs to develop broader support to advance and secure its future.

Editor's Note: Digital photographs of earlier Engineers Without Borders projects can be obtained by contacting Carol Rowe at (303) 492-7426 or carol.rowe@colorado.edu . University of Colorado at Boulder engineering students will be part of a team traveling to Rwanda, March 19 to March 31, to work with a village decimated by genocide just short of a decade ago and now suffering from poverty, insufficient food and unsafe drinking water.

A new survey published in the Jan. 24th issue of The Economist in London ranked the University of Colorado at Boulder the 11th best public academic university in the world and the 31st best academic university globally in 2003. Also published by the European Commission and the European Union, the two-year study, which was completed at the end of December 2003, was undertaken by China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

The CU Parents Association at the University of Colorado at Boulder has awarded $42,000 in grants to 22 campus organizations that help enrich student life. The grants are awarded annually to CU-Boulder organizations whose projects build community, promote diversity, improve student safety or meet other association goals.

A memorial service celebrating the life of Anthony Barker, associate dean of natural sciences and a professor of physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, will be held Thursday, March 11, at 3 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel. The service will be followed by a reception in the CU Heritage Center on the third floor of Old Main. Barker, 42, died of natural causes the weekend of Feb 28-29 at his ski condominium in Steamboat Springs, Colo.

Editors: Digital photos of Manuel Lujan Jr. are available by e-mailing caughey@colorado.edu or calling (303) 492-4007. Manuel Lujan Jr., the former secretary of the interior under President George H. W. Bush who faced one of the nation's worst environmental disasters, the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, will speak at the University of Colorado at Boulder on March 17.

University of Colorado at Boulder Geography Professor Roger Barry was named distinguished professor by the CU Board of Regents at its March 4 meeting. Barry, who is director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center/World Data Center for Glaciology, headquartered at CU-Boulder, joins only 19 other CU-Boulder faculty members who currently hold the title of distinguished professor. He also is a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, which oversees NSIDC.

Ethnic studies Professor Natsu Taylor Saito will address the effects of U.S. foreign policy on international human rights protection March 12 at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Saito's talk, "We Have Met the Enemy Â… American Exceptionalism Confronts the Rule of Law," will be held from 2:15 p.m. to 4 p.m. in University Memorial Center room 384. Her book on the topic is forthcoming from New York University Press.

Jean Kilbourne, known internationally for her pioneering work to improve the image of women in media and advertising, will present a free public lecture March 12 as part of Body Acceptance Month at the University of Colorado at Boulder. "The Obsession with Thinness" will take place in room 235 of the University Memorial Center at 7:30 p.m. CU-Boulder has double the national campus average rate of anorexia, according to university health officials.

How lizards, turtles and people run and the story behind liquid crystals will be highlights of two separate March 13 presentations at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The CU Wizards show "How Animals Move" will take place at 9:30 a.m. in Cristol Chemistry and Biochemistry Building room 140. At 2 p.m. in Duane Physics room G1B30, the CU-Boulder physics department will present "Liquid Crystals" as part of its Saturday Physics Series. Both shows are free and open to the public.