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For teenagers who are skeptical of religious institutions, films and television shows featuring supernatural themes may offer deeper religious reflection than conventional churches, according to a University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø journalism professor. Lynn Schofield Clark's new book, "From Angels to Aliens: Teenagers, the Media, and the Supernatural" explores teen spirituality using evidence from more than 250 in-depth interviews with teens and their families. Clark is an assistant research professor at the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

High school and middle school students from the Denver Public School's Computer Magnet Program will be attending camp at CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø this summer. But instead of swimming, playing football or tossing a Frisbee, they'll be shooting their own video movies, making their own digital music and burning their own CDs and DVDs. DigitalCUrrents Summer Day Camp runs from Monday, June 9, through Friday, June 27, at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø.

The Hubble Space Telescope's "greatest hits" will be highlighted at CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Fiske Planetarium on Friday, June 20, at 8 p.m. Rob Morris, an astronomy educator at the Fiske Planetarium and Sommers-Bausch Observatory at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø will present a live show on the "Hubble Space Telescope and Beyond." The audience will take part in a unique hands-on demonstration to learn how the Hubble works. The show also will include a look ahead to the next generation of space telescopes and their potential for the future.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø professor of chemical engineering Richard Noble has been selected to receive the 2003 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award from the University of California at Davis. The award will be presented June 13 as part of the UC Davis commencement ceremony for undergraduate engineers. The award recognizes an alumnus or alumna of UC Davis who has a record of outstanding professional or technical achievement and service. Last year's recipient was Richard K. Miller, founding president of the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering.

The CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Colorado Executive Development in Residence program is accepting enrollment for this summer through July 21. The 10-day program takes place July 21 through Aug. 1 at the Leeds School of Business. The program offers experienced managers an overview of business fundamentals such as accounting, leadership and finance. CEDIR participants will enhance their business expertise and learn about the latest management practices.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø will conduct an emergency exercise June 18-20 to test the university's preparedness to respond in the event of a need for mass immunization throughout Â鶹¹ÙÍø County. In cooperation with emergency responders from the Â鶹¹ÙÍø County Health Department and the Â鶹¹ÙÍø Office of Emergency Management, CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Emergency Management Coordinator Tom Carney will lead the campus portion of the exercise beginning the afternoon of June 18.

The National Humanities Center's 2003-04 class of humanities fellows will include an English professor from the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø. Associate Professor Charlotte Sussman will travel to North Carolina to work on her research project, "Imagining the Population: the Impact of Demographic Theory on British Culture, 1650-1838," and exchange ideas with 40 other humanities scholars from several countries.

Ever wonder what it would feel like to be sucked into a black hole? Audience members will have the chance to fall into an artificial black hole and participate in other activities at the Saturday, June 14, CU Wizards show "Black Holes." Professor Andrew Hamilton of the astrophysical and planetary sciences department will demonstrate the concepts of black holes in CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Fiske Planetarium during a one-hour program starting at 9:30 a.m.

In the wake of the drought, water policy-makers in the West are looking to make sure there will be enough water to meet future demands. Exploring ways to meet this challenge is the focus of the 24th annual University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø Natural Resources Law Center's summer conference. Called "Water, Climate and Uncertainty," the conference will be held June 11-13 at the Fleming Law Building on the Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus.

Bennett W. Raley, the nation's top water official, will be the keynote speaker at the 24th annual CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Natural Resources Law Center's summer conference on June 12. Raley is the assistant secretary of the interior for water and science, a division of the U.S. Department of the Interior. His lecture, "Water Resources Allocation and Management in an Era of Scarcity," starts at 7 p.m. in the Lindsley Memorial Courtroom of the Fleming Law Building. The lecture is free and open to the public.