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Andrea Larson has joined the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder Ombuds Office as a half-time associate ombudsperson, Director Tom Sebok announced. Mary Chavez, the current associate ombudsperson, has reduced her appointment to half time in order to spend more time with her daughter and work on her doctoral dissertation. Larson also will continue to serve as counselor-in-residence in the Williams Village residence halls, a joint program sponsored by the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Housing Department and Counseling and Psychological Services: A Multicultural Center.

For centuries people have attempted to prove the existence of planets circling distant stars, but on Friday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m. the Fiske Planetarium at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder will explore the topic more closely than ever before. "Searching For Distant Worlds," a prerecorded program at Fiske Planetarium, will explain recent discoveries of unknown of planets in newfound solar systems. Tickets go on sale at 7 p.m. the night of the show with prices ranging from $4 for adults and $3 for seniors age 65 and over and children, 12 and under.

An 18-year-old student at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder was diagnosed Friday with meningococcal meningitis. A freshman at Stearns-West Residence Hall at Williams Village on the Boulder campus, he is in Boulder Community Hospital in stable condition. University and Boulder County Health Department officials are investigating the single case and report that no other cases of the disease have been identified. State health authorities also were notified.

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder anthropology Assistant Professor Stephen Lekson will continue the Fall 2000 ChancellorÂ’s Community Lecture Series on Wednesday, Nov. 8, with his talk, "Has ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Solved the Mystery of the Anasazi?"

A memorial service for Terri Bodhaine, director of Disability Services at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder, will be held on Nov. 7 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Old Main Chapel. Bodhaine died of cancer on Sept. 24th at Hospice of Boulder County in Louisville. She was 53.

The Oct. 30 music recital at The Academy has been cancelled. University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder music students will continue to present free recitals every Monday evening from Nov. 6 through Dec. 4 at The Academy, 970 Aurora Ave. in Boulder. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. in the chapel and are free and open to the public. The recital series is sponsored by the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Office of Community Affairs and the College of Music.

The 10th Annual Umoja Gospel Extravaganza will be held Nov. 12 at 4 p.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder. Various choirs throughout the Boulder and Denver metro area are scheduled to participate. It is free and open to the public. The event is organized by students in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder's Umoja Voices Gospel Choir, with the assistance of DeLaris Carpenter of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥'s Cultural Unity Center.

CORRECTION Time Change for National Academy of Sciences Symposium at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Oct. 31 In an Oct. 25 ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder news release on the National Academy of Sciences Symposium to be held in Old Main Chapel on Tuesday, Oct. 31, the time listed for the event was incorrect. The correct time of the symposium is from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. For more information on the symposium, contact Jim Scott in the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Office of News Services at (303) 492-3114.

Two open forums on the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder's newest referendum, the honor code, will be presented Nov. 7 and Nov. 13 by the students who are proposing it. The forums will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 7, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Recreation Center conference rooms 1-2, and on Monday, Nov. 13, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Recreation Center conference rooms 3-4.

A search committee has been named to seek a replacement for Ross B. Corotis, dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder. Corotis resigned effective at the end of the current academic year, July 31, 2001. He will continue his teaching, research and scholarly work as the engineering college's Denver Business Challenge Professor beginning next academic year.