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After a short hiatus, the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder will once again hold its annual Global Jam smorgasbord of culturally diverse foods on Thursday, Sept. 9, from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Farrand Field. Sponsored by the Department of Housing and Dining Services, Global Jam is a diversity program that showcases ethnic foods and music from people and places around the world. This year's festival includes food and music from Southeast Asia, Africa and the Caribbean.

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder students Erin Reed and Ashley Moore have been selected to receive $10,000 scholarships from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation for the 2004-05 academic year. The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation was established in 1984 by the Mercury Seven astronauts to support promising juniors, seniors and graduate students in engineering and the physical sciences. The foundation awarded 17 scholarships this year to students across the country, including two at CU-Boulder.

When the CU Buffs thunder onto Folsom Field Sept. 4th, they'll be greeted by kinder, gentler fans, as will their opponents, the officials and visiting fans. At least that's the goal of CU-Boulder's new "Compete with Class" sportsmanship campaign.

CU Police are taking a "zero tolerance" approach to violations of rules on substances banned from football games at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder this fall, including marshmallows and tortillas, and fans may also be ejected from games for unruly behavior directed toward officials and other fans. "The zero tolerance policy will apply to any item thrown onto the football field," said Jim Fadenrecht, chief of the CU Police Department.

The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder received nearly $260 million in sponsored research awards during the 2004 fiscal year -- nearly 80 percent of it from federal agencies -- setting yet another campus record.

The Scripps Howard Foundation has awarded a three-year grant of $903,863 to the Center for Environmental Journalism at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder for renewal of the Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism. "The generous support from the foundation and Cindy Scripps, Ted's daughter, has put CU-Boulder on the map as a place where journalists from around the country can deepen their knowledge of environmental issues," said Len Ackland, the center's co-director.

Although the fall 2004 freshman class at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder is expected to be smaller than last year, as planned, overall enrollment is projected to be slightly higher with about 29,450 degree-seeking students. Last year, a total of 29,151 degree-seeking students enrolled at CU-Boulder. About 5,170 new freshmen will attend this fall, a decrease of about 400 or 7 percent from the previous year's total of 5,571.

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Editors: In some cases these business leaders will be available for interviews prior to or following their lectures. Please contact Kristen Hislop for more information at (303) 492-0292. CEOs and executives of Kraft Foods Inc., McDATA Corp., Intrawest Colorado and other leading companies will visit the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder campus to talk with students about their career experiences.

The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder and the city have developed several programs -- on campus and off -- over the last two decades to help ensure the safety of university students, and campus officials urge students to learn about them in their first few weeks of school. Emergency phone kiosks, improved campus lighting and a variety of programs have been put in place to help keep the CU-Boulder campus safe.