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Effective Jan. 1, a new policy at CU-Boulder will establish CU e-mail as an official means of sending information to students. The policy states that all students will receive an official e-mail account from the university and students are responsible for maintaining their official CU e-mail address.

A panel discussion on the role of women in Afghanistan will be held on Sunday, Dec. 9, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Mathematics Building, room 100, at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder. The keynote speaker will be Fruzan Parvanta, a native of Afghanistan. A representative of the CU-Boulder Muslim ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Association will moderate the panel. According to Ellen Maslow, coordinator of the event, Parvanta will report on a conference on Afghan women being held in Brussels later this week.

Sherry Ortner, professor of anthropology at Columbia University will speak at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder on Saturday, Dec. 8, on her recent work examining social categories in American high schools. Sponsored by the CU-Boulder anthropology department, the 2001 Distinguished Cultural Anthropologist Lecture will be held at 6 p.m. in room 270 of the Hale Science Building. The free public event will conclude with an opportunity for questions and commentary.

Thirteen faculty members from the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder have received Faculty Fellowships for academic year 2002-2003, according to Jerry Peterson, interim vice chancellor for research in the Graduate School. "We are pleased to provide the fellowships to faculty who have demonstrated clear research objectives, who have distinctive track records and whose research shows significant potential impact for their respective fields," Peterson said.