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The department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Colorado at Boulder will host the first public conference on canon formation in Japanese literary studies Nov. 12-14 at the Broker Inn in Boulder. According to Stephen Miller, assistant professor of Japanese language and literature and conference chair, the topic of canon formation has become an increasingly important one in the Western literary tradition, but has remained relatively undiscussed in Japan.

Editors: Photographers are welcome to attend and photograph activities at the wellness fair. A campus health and wellness fair for students, faculty and staff will be held in the east section of the Glenn Miller Ballroom at the University Memorial Center, University of Colorado at Boulder, on Tuesday, Oct. 26, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The fair brings both on- and off-campus organizations with health and wellness programs together in one location. The fair is free of charge except for flu shots.

A University of Colorado at Boulder program that pairs newly licensed teachers with master teachers in local school districts has proven highly successful in attracting and retaining excellent teachers. At a time when the nation is facing a projected teacher shortage, retention is becoming increasingly important. Two million new teachers will be needed over the next decade, according to government estimates.

Len Ackland, associate professor of journalism at the University of Colorado at Boulder, will explore the controversial history of the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant in an upcoming lecture, " As Rocky Flats Made Nuclear Bombs, Where Were the Media and Citizens?"

Monitoring the way parents and children discuss displays during visits to museums illustrates how parents can help their kids learn about science in informal ways, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder study. Professor Steven Guberman of the School of Education led a study that placed transmitting microphones on children and parents as they visited the Denver Museum of Natural History. The 35 volunteer family groups were monitored as they went through the Prehistoric Journey exhibit.

The CU-Boulder South Asian Students Association is holding the Indian Classical Music Festival on the Boulder campus from Oct. 23 to Oct. 26 as part of South Asian Awareness Month. Internationally renowned sarod player, Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta, will be accompanied by Pandit Nayan Ghosh on the tabla in a concert on Saturday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Math Auditorium, room 100.

Services for Ryan James Harrison of Boulder, who died on Monday, Oct. 11, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 1820 Broadway, in Denver. Harrison, 20, a junior business major at the University of Colorado at Boulder, was born in Los Angeles on June 12, 1979. He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, was employed by Merrill Lynch and was attending CU-Denver this fall while living in Boulder.

One of the nation's foremost diplomatic historians, Professor John Lewis Gaddis of Yale University, will be the inaugural speaker of the Sewall Symposium Series on Thursday, Oct. 21, at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Gaddis will speak on "Justice vs. Order: The Past and Future of an American Foreign Policy Dilemma" from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel. The lecture is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.

The University Memorial Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder will be the site of the 1999 Fall Boulder Campus Blood Drive. Open to the public, the blood drive will be held in the UMC West Ballroom from Oct. 25 through Oct. 27 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. CU-Boulder staff, faculty and students interested in donating blood can sign up for appointments at the UMC Loggia from Oct. 18 through Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. or by calling the Boulder Staff Council at (303) 492-5473 by noon on Oct. 22.

Editors : Photo opportunity of CU MBA student volunteers painting at Casa de Esperanza, 1520 South Emery St., Longmont, on Saturday, Oct. 23, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Casa de Esperanza is a low income housing project. To get there, take 119 to Longmont. Go right on Main Street, follow to Quebec and go left. Follow to South Emery and go right. As midterms wind down, many University of Colorado at Boulder students are relishing the break. But for some, a Saturday filled with painting, weeding and cleaning will do just fine.