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<p>John McPhee, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Encounters With the Archdruid" and "Coming Into the Country," will receive the Wallace Stegner Award from the °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï's Center of the American West on Oct. 27.</p>

<p>°Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï environmental design students are kicking off a community discussion on the future of University Hill public space through a series of installations being placed throughout the neighborhood this week.</p>

<p>To honor a father who stoked their love of history and respect for civil rights, °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï sisters and °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï alumnae Midge Korczak and Leslie Singer Lomas have donated $2 million to endow the Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History at CU-°Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï.</p>

<p>Shane Baldauf, a sophomore in architecture and planning at the °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï who is dedicated to ‘green' and affordable housing, has been awarded a prestigious Udall Scholarship.</p>

<p>Stan Brakhage loved poetry and befriended poets but dubbed himself a failed poet. Many experts disagreed. He was, they said, a consummate poet -- one who spoke in the language of film and measured his meter in frames.</p>

<p>The Glenn Miller Archive at the °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï American Music Research Center has acquired one of the world's most significant collections of Big Band Era recordings and memorabilia.</p>

<p>The CU Art Museum at the °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï opens the largest faculty exhibition to date on Friday, Jan. 21, at 10 a.m.</p>

<p>During the holidays, no matter how you celebrate or what your beliefs, music is almost always an important part of the celebration, according to Thomas Riis, a musicologist and director of the American Music Research Center in the University of Colorado at °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï's College of Music.</p>

<p>Brian E. Lebowitz has a deep fondness for used books and bookstores, a keen interest in Judaica and the acumen to amass a collection of 19,000 works of 20th century Jewish-American Literature. He is donating this collection to the University of Colorado at °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï, and faculty members say the gift will enhance the university's stature.</p>

<p>Anchored by a 900-seat street-market style dining hall offering freshly prepared food in nine specialty dining stations, including sushi, Italian, Brazilian and Persian dishes, the nearly completed Center for Community at the University of Colorado at °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï is set to open for students this fall.</p>