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Nobel laureate Thomas Cech, president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, or HHMI, and a ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ distinguished professor, will give the 2003 Gamow Memorial Lecture on campus on April 2.

The ninth annual "Expanding Your Horizons" career conference, aimed at encouraging middle school girls to pursue careers in science, math, technology and other non-traditional careers, will be held at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder on Saturday, April 12. The career conference, which is sponsored by CU-Boulder and the American Association of University Women, will be held from 10 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. in CU-Boulder's Engineering Center Complex. Registration will be in the Engineering Center Complex lobby.

The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder on April 2 will begin running one of its student "Buff" buses on 100 percent biodiesel fuel, an alternative fuel made from used cooking oil that will be collected from residence halls and other kitchens on campus. The demonstration project, led by engineering student Andrew Azman with support from the CU Environmental Center, will make CU-Boulder the second campus in the nation to power part of its fleet with 100 percent biodiesel. The University of Montana was the first.

CU-Boulder students, faculty, staff and community members are encouraged to dust off their bicycles and get ready to ride to the first CU Bicycle Bash Featuring Buff Bus Biodiesel on Wednesday, April 2. The CU-Boulder Environmental Center and Parking and Transportation Services are sponsoring the bash from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the University Memorial Center's Dalton Trumbo Fountain Court. The bash will feature the unveiling of the new Buff Bus Biodiesel project, the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Credit Union bike loan program and the CU Student Bike Rental Program.