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CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø alumnus Yongyi Song, a librarian and researcher at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania who was arrested in China while conducting research on the Cultural Revolution, will speak about his work on April 20 from noon to 2 p.m. at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø. The talk will be in the Center for British Studies in Norlin Library. Song's presentation will last about an hour and will be followed by a question-and-answer period and reception. The talk is free and open to the public.

A free forum on cancer awareness will be held at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø on Monday, April 16, in Benson Earth Sciences room 150 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Jigme Stormcrow, a breast cancer survivor, and David Raben of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center will headline a panel of cancer survivors and support personnel from CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Wardenburg Wellness Center. The event is aimed at raising consciousness of cancer issues within the community and is open to the public.

Students in the College of Engineering and Applied Science will apply their design skills and engineering know-how for the sheer fun of it April 16-20 as they compete in the annual Egg Drop and Model Rocket Competition, two of the highlights of Engineering Days 2001 at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø. Engineering Days, or "E-Days," is a weeklong, tongue-in-cheek celebration of the engineering profession organized by students each spring. Students throughout the Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus are invited to participate.

John Maclean, author of "Fire on the Mountain," will give a talk on "Storm King: The Fire and Its Legacy" on Tuesday, April 24, at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø. Maclean, a veteran journalist for the Chicago Tribune, will speak at 7 p.m. in room G1B20 of the Duane Physics Building in an event co-sponsored by the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Center of the American West and the Â鶹¹ÙÍø County Wildland Fire Cooperators.

The 125th anniversary of the state's oldest public institution of higher education will be celebrated April 20 with an equal number of cakes including one in the shape of Old Main, the first University of Colorado building, which was completed in April 1876. The celebration will be from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø's historic Norlin Quadrangle, bordered by eight of the university's oldest buildings. An estimated 4,000 guests are expected to attend the 125th anniversary celebration. The public is invited to attend.

Historic Norlin Quadrangle at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø will be a sea of cakes the afternoon of April 20th as thousands of guests gather to celebrate the university's 125th anniversary. Traditions Catering of Â鶹¹ÙÍø has been ordering supplies, including 125 heavy-duty cake boxes, for the past two months in preparation for the celebration. Baking begins this weekend on the centerpiece cake -- a replica of Old Main in chocolate filled with raspberries and whipped cream.

Two undergraduates from the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø have been named 2001 Truman Scholars from a field of 592 candidates nominated by colleges and universities throughout the nation. CU junior Jack "Doug" Wilson, an English and philosophy double major from Colorado Springs, and Jessica Sucherman, a junior and a double major in English and anthropology from Mancos, Colo., each will receive $3,000 scholarships for their senior years at CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø and $27,000 each to be used for graduate school.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø-based BioServe Space Technologies Center is sending an intriguing biomedical experiment to the International Space Station April 19 to test the effects of long-term weightlessness on antibiotic production.

The myths, astronomical phenomena and constellations of the sky in the Southern Hemisphere will be explored in a live astronomy show at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Fiske Planetarium on Friday, April 20, and Tuesday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. Deidre Brucker, a CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø senior majoring in computer science, and Sanlyn Buxner, a recent CU graduate who now works at Fiske Planetarium, will present "Southern Skies."

NASA astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar will visit CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø on Friday, April 13, to present the K.D. Wood Colloquium in the department of aerospace engineering sciences. Her presentation, titled "From Apollo Into the New Millennium: Human Space Flight Exploration," will begin at 3 p.m. in room ECCR 245 of the Engineering Center. The presentation is free and open to the public.