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Ellen Hart Peña, a former world-class athlete and subject of a TV movie about eating disorders, will speak Feb. 24 at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder as part of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week and CU-Boulder Body Acceptance Month. Peña will present her program on eating disorders at 5:30 p.m. in room 235 of the University Memorial Center. Peña's presentation and all other events related to the Feb. 23-27 National Eating Disorders Awareness Week and March Body Acceptance Month are free and open to the public.

Editors: A complete agenda is posted at http://www.Colorado.EDU/cu-diversity/committees/cacma.html#summit The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder's Ninth Annual Campus Diversity Summit, "Revitalizing Community: From Hope to Action," will feature a variety of sessions for students, faculty, staff and community members Feb. 25-27.

The beauty of weathered buildings and abandoned objects from areas throughout the American West will be on display in a photography exhibit created by two ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder professors. The exhibit, "The Texture of History: Abandonment and Rediscovery in the American West," opens at the Macky Auditorium Gallery on Wednesday, Feb. 18 and runs through March 17. An opening reception will be held on Sunday, Feb. 22, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the gallery.

The Cultural Unity Center at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder is offering a new program to retain students who are at risk of withdrawing from college.

David Samuels found a ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder program to be invaluable to his success during an internship with Sony Corp. in Japan last summer. The CU-Boulder graduate student participates in the Optical Science and Engineering Program, or OSEP, which provides unique high-tech training intended to better prepare young scientists and engineers for jobs in optics. In Japan, Samuels had a running start.

Patrons at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder's libraries are now enjoying faster service and improved privacy thanks to new electronic self-checkout technology. Bar code scanners and radio frequency identification tags on CU-Boulder library books allow borrowers to check out books without the assistance of a circulation attendant, eliminating wait time and increasing privacy, library officials said. "People can check out their own items without someone else seeing or hearing their private information," said Norlin Library circulation staff member Lynette Leiker.

Note to Editors: Contents embargoed until 11:30 a.m. EDT on Feb. 14. Two new studies led by ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder biology Professor Norman Pace indicate trillions of microorganisms may be living on a single home vinyl shower curtain or in the air hovering over indoor pools and hot tubs.

Note to Editors: Contents embargoed until 6 a.m. EDT on Feb. 14. ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder Professor Kristi Anseth, an investigator with the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute, has high hopes for the future of tissue engineering as a way to make people healthier, happier and to live longer.

Women interested in exploring career opportunities in engineering and technology are invited to register for the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder's annual "Engineering Career Day for Women" on Saturday, March 6. The all-day program will be held on the Boulder campus from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will introduce high school and community college students to the field of engineering through hands-on activities. Participants also will meet women who study and work in the field of engineering, and will tour the CU-Boulder campus with college students.

The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder Center for Asian Studies will hold the third annual Asia Day cultural event on Sunday, Feb. 29, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fleming Law Building. The event is free and open to the public and is funded by a grant from the Freeman Foundation. Activities for children will be held throughout the day. Cultural activities for the day include calligraphy workshops, flower arranging, tai chi demonstrations, language classes and origami. Other festivities include music and dance from Asia, documentaries and informative talks.