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A new University of Colorado at Boulder study indicates older adults may be able to combat oxidative stress in their cells that may damage tissues and interfere with normal physiological functions by loading up on vitamin C. Although virtually all living things on Earth need oxygen to exist, oxygen can combine with other molecules to form toxic oxygen "free radicals," said CU-Boulder Research Associate Christopher Bell of the kinesiology and applied physiology department. "When oxygen mixes with the wrong crowd, it also can be our enemy."

Nobel laureate and CU-Boulder Distinguished Professor Carl Wieman will speak to the Boulder chapter of the CU-Boulder Alumni Association on April 16 to honor local high school students selected to receive $2,500 scholarships. The Boulder Alumni Scholarship Reception will be held between 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. at the Koenig Alumni Center, located at the corner of Broadway and University Avenue on the CU-Boulder campus. The event is free and open to the public. A light dessert will be served.

The department of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded $28,000 to advance an educational outreach program intended to draw more females, minorities and economically disadvantaged students into studying chemistry and biochemistry. The three-year grant from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation will be used to further support the Cool and Creative Chemistry program, which was launched in January with support from the CU-Boulder Outreach Council.

Despite a slowdown in the amount of venture capital investment nationally, interest in entrepreneurship programs remains high on campuses throughout the country. Some students are taking the business plans they create in school into successful ventures in the real world.

The department of civil, environmental and architectural engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder will host a special lecture April 8 on structural engineering and design in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

Colorado's 2001 Nobel laureates, Distinguished Professor Carl Wieman of the University of Colorado at Boulder and Senior Scientist Eric Cornell of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, will give a free public lecture on April 17. The lecture, titled "Making the World's Coldest Stuff: Two Coloradans Tell How They Won the Nobel Prize," will begin at 8 p.m. in Macky Auditorium on the CU-Boulder campus. No tickets or reservations are required.

Painter Colleen Cutschall will lecture April 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Colorado at Boulder in Sibell Wolle Fine Arts Building room N141. The event is free and open to the public. Cutschall is a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe in Pine Ridge, S.D. Through her art she creates three-dimensional, powerful and spiritually inspired imagery, working with both natural and new materials.

Roop L. Mahajan has withdrawn his name from consideration for the position of dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Mahajan, who is serving as interim dean of the college for the 2001-02 academic year, was one of five finalists named for the position last month. He cited personal and professional reasons for his decision to withdraw. A CU-Boulder faculty member for 10 years and director of two interdisciplinary research centers, Mahajan also leads the college's initiative in micro and nano systems.

The Bursar's Office at the University of Colorado at Boulder is offering two new services that will enable students and other student-approved payers to receive monthly tuition and fee bills over the Web. The Bursar's Office also will give students the opportunity to submit payments online from checking or savings accounts, using an electronic interface.

The Aloha Club of the University of Colorado at Boulder will host a Lu'au April 14 at 4:30 p.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom on the CU-Boulder campus. Tickets cost $15 for students and $20 for non-students and will be sold at the University Memorial Center in front of Baby Does coffee shop April 1 through April 5 and April 8 through April 12 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.