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"Colorado Connection," a special exhibit of images with links to the state made by prominent photographers will be available for public viewing at the Andrew J. Macky Gallery in Macky Auditorium at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø on Sept. 3, 10, 17 and 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The exhibit was recently presented to the School of Journalism and Mass Communication by Rich Clarkson, an internationally acclaimed photographer, and John E. Holden, an alumnus of the school.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø fared well in the U.S. News & World Report's 2004 edition of America's Best Colleges, slated to hit newsstands Aug. 25. In a ranking of the top 50 public national universities offering doctoral programs out of a total of 162, CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø was ranked 35th, highest in the Rocky Mountain region. Colorado State University was ranked 54th.

Associate Professor Stephen Lekson of the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø will kick off the 2003-04 Chancellor's Community Lecture Series on Sept. 3 with a talk on "Ancient Traces in the Wilderness: The Pleasure of Ruins." The event is the first of nine public lectures to be presented by CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø faculty on the theme of "Healing the West." The series is sponsored by the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Chancellor's Office, the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Center of the American West and the Colorado Chautauqua Association. This is the second year of the "Healing the West" series.

The CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus will begin a new system of printing from campus laser printers on Aug. 20, implementing a new "Campus Printing Initiative" that is expected to reduce usage by as much as 7.5 million prints per year, based on reductions at other major universities. The program will require anyone using printing sites in ITS labs, housing and the libraries to pay 10 cents for the first page of each black-and-white print, 9 cents for the second side and $1 for each color print.