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More than 800 students from across North America will meet in Chicago for the third annual Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO!) conference Oct. 22-24.

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On October 28 Hofstra University students enrolled in the class "An American Odyssey" will embark on a trip through America and Canada for a unique study of the countries and their people at the turn of the century. They will travel through more than 30 North American cities.

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Danny Greenberg, president and attorney-in-chief/CEO of The Legal Aid Society of New York City, the nation's largest private public service law firm, will deliver the University of Georgia School of Law's 90th Sibley Lecture "Pursuing Economic Justice: Agendas for the New Millennium," Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 3:30 p.m.

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The nation's leading corporate law scholars will share tools of the trade with their peers during a two-day conference aimed at better preparing law students for the realities of corporate practice Oct. 15-16 at the University of Georgia School of Law.

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National Book Award winner Tim O'Brien, called the only major American writer with a coherent body of work that addresses the American experience in Vietnam, will deliver an inaugural reading for the newly endowed James McConkey Reading Series at Cornell University Friday, Oct. 22.

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Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution I. Michael Heyman will be guest speaker Tuesday, Oct. 12, at the annual Rhodes College Frank M. Gilliland Symposium. Heyman's lecture is titled "Museums at the Millenium."

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The University of Idaho and Society of Environmental Journalists will draw working journalists and scientists together Nov. 6 and 7 to consider some of the leading issues facing the Northwest and the nation.

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On Oct. 14-16, Middlebury College will hold the Bicentennial "Celebration of the Sciences," featuring the dedication of Bicentennial Hall, a new 220,000-square-foot science facility. The event will also include a symposium with nationally renowned scientists and science journalists.

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In a rare U.S. appearance, the president of Somaliland, Muhammad Ibrahim Egal, will give a public talk at Princeton University on Oct. 13.

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Louisiana State University will host a high-tech summit Oct. 11, featuring speakers from some of the world's most prominent computer-software and telecommunications companies, including Microsoft and WorldGate, who will address the impact of technology on commerce and education.

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Journalists are invited to cover two events in conjunction with Purdue University's reunion of 18 of its 19 living alumni astronauts on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 22 and 23. Among those planning to attend are Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan, the first and last men to walk on the moon.

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu will speak at Southern Methodist University in Dallas on October 12, 1999, as part of the Willis M. Tate Distinguished Lecture Series. The topic of Archbishop Tutu's lecture will be "The Search for Spiritual Values in Today's World."

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The 1999-2000 season of Southern Methodist University's Willis M. Tate Distinguished Lecture Series features a best-selling author and historian, a ground-breaking scientist, an award-winning composer, Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners and internationally renowned political leaders and commentators.

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From disappearing frogs and Alaskan fisheries to Gypsy herbs and West African deforestation, filmmakers will talk about their artistic passions at the third annual Environmental Film Festival Oct. 22-28 at Cornell University.

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"The Transforming Power of Art," a symposium, will be held at Ursinus College Oct. 20 from 3 to 5 p.m., in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Ursinus' Berman Museum of Art. Keynote speaker will be J. Carter Brown, director emeritus of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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Colorado College is rolling out the red carpet as nine distinguished writers, all with widely differing aesthetics, come to campus for the first year of the Visiting Writers Series.

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Visionaries from NASA, the Russian Academy of Science, Merrill Lynch, and SpaceDev--the world's first commercial space exploration company--will brainstorm ideas for deriving useful products from asteroids and space bodies at Colorado School of Mines near Denver.

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As part of its 150th anniversary, the University of Michigan Medical School will host a symposium to discuss the state of graduate medical education, from residency to specialized scientific training.

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From stem cells to cord blood, bone marrow transplant experts from the U.S. and Europe will discuss the future of their field at a symposium at the University of Michigan on October 22.

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The groundbreaking for the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice takes place on Wednesday, Oct. 6. U.S. Education Sec. Richard Riley is the keynote speaker.

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Four nationally recognized child development specialists will provide new information for parents and professionals at an October 15 conference at Case Western Reserve University on "Interventions in Infancy Intervention." The event will identify ways to help children develop critical learning skills early.

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Louis V. Gerstner Jr., chairman of the board and chief executive officer of IBM, will be featured speaker and will receive an honorary degree at the 1999 Rensselaer Honors Convocation. The event will be held at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Room 308 of the Darrin Communications Center.

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"Making and Evoking Memory" is the theme of Vanderbilt Universityís 1999 Holocaust Lecture Series. Programs will focus on ways the Holocaust is memorialized collectively and individually. The series, in its 22nd year, is the longest-running University series on the Holocaust in the country.

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The latest strategies in research funding and grants will be presented at the National Science Foundation Grants Conference Oct. 14-16, sponsored by Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colo.

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In conjunction with the groundbreaking for the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, USD will hold a conference featuring an innovative "peace games" simulation.

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"A Celebration of Four Women Presidents," a conversation among New York Capital Region's groundbreaking female higher educational leaders, will highlight the Sixth Annual Initiative For Women Awards Dinner on Tuesday, Oct, 26, beginning at 5:30 p.m., in the atrium of UAlbany's new library.

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An industry forum on the role of technology in managing customer relationships.

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HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 1 -- A distinguished group of individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the arts and demonstrated courage -- by pushing the limits of aesthetic conventions, or overcoming resistance or personal hardship, or giving shape to ideas contrary to the social and political mainstream -- will be celebrated and presented with honorary doctorate degrees at Trinity Collegeís fall convocation.

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Yoon-Shin Kim, a Korean "comfort woman" during World War II, will speak at Vanderbilt University Nov. 12 at 3:45 p.m. in Sarratt Cinema.

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Todayís lean businesses must recruit judiciously to cut training costs, keep turn-over low, and maintain a cutting-edge workforce. Thatís why more and more companies are becoming involved in student business competitions to spot*and claim, if theyíre lucky*young talent in advance of the recruiting season.

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The American Association of Political Consultants will hold its first annual Academic Outreach Conference Nov. 14-17 in Baton Rouge, attracting some of the nation's top consultants and political figures.

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The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center presents an evening with legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman Oct. 28 in the Jemison Concert Hall. Tickets are $500 per person for a cocktail reception, gourmet dinner, performance and dessert with Perlman.

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Economy, ecology & equity in future of urban planning and sustainable development focus of national summit Oct. 21-22 at Connecticut College, cosponsored by UN Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat).

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Artists, writers, philosophers, scientists and scholars are among the distinguished visitors participating in the Center for Advanced Study/MillerComm lecture series this fall at the University of Illinois.

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Healing racism will be the focus of workshop sessions led by renowned authors, speakers and facilitators with international reputations in race relations at conference October 15-17 at Connecticut College.

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H. Ross Perot, Texas billionaire and founder and former president of the Reform Party, will be the capstone speaker for Colorado State University's annual Business Day, scheduled for Oct. 13 at 8 p.m. in the Lory Student Center Theatre. The speech is free and open to the public.

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The World premiere of an opera based on "O Pioneers!", Willa Cather's epic novel of life on the Nebraska prairie, will be presented on the Kimball Hall stage at University of Nebraska-Lincoln in November.

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The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center and the Alabama Humanities Foundation present a Silver Anniversary Gala featuring Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison at 8 p.m. Oct. 30 at the center. The gala celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Alabama Humanities Foundation.

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Abraham Lincoln is overseeing an exhibition in his honor at the University of Illinois Library. An extremely rare plaster life mask of the 16th U.S. president, made shortly before he was nominated, is on display in the Rare Book and Special Collections Library this fall.

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To explore the impact of technology on surveys and market research at the fourth annual symposium on surveys, sponsored by Gallup Organization and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, April 13-15, 2000.

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Vanderbilt University is offering a media fellowship that will explore the bold opportunities and unique challenges of the educational technology revolution. The program will engage journalists, teachers, and Vanderbilt faculty in discussions about educational technology as a potentially powerful, effective tool that enhances learning.

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Texas A&M University will hold its 1999 Academic Convocation on Oct. 7 at 3 p.m. in the Rudder Theater. This year's convocation will celebrate Texas A&M's academic community, with special emphasis on welcoming new faculty and recognizing others for their contributions to the university.

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In what is believed to be the nation's first event to comprehensively examine the cross-cultural influences of contemporary Chinese artists, LSU will host "A Symposium on 20th Century Chinese Art: Boulder from Another Mountain" Nov. 2-5.

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Experts from across the country will gather in Snowmass, Colo., Nov. 29-Dec. 2 to examine the question of whether we are loving our public lands and waters to death at a conference organized by Colorado State University.

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SPOKANE, Wash. -- Health professionals and researchers from around the country are expected here for a two-day conference featuring nationally recognized authorities on cancer. Sponsored by Washington State University and a number of community partners, the conference is scheduled for Nov. 5-6 at the Ridpath Hotel.

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April 1 will mark the 19th time Texas A&M University students have held "The Big Event," the largest one-day, student-run community service project in the country. More than 4,500 students work on more than 500 local projects over the course of the day.

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Haris Silajdzic, co-chair of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Stephen J. O'Brien, a 1971 Cornell alumnus and chief of the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity at the National Institutes of Health, will visit Cornell University as professors-at-large in October.

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World-renowned forensic anthropologist Dr. Clyde Snow will make major international announcements when he presents two lectures at Austin College October 1 and 2. Additionally, the director of the Guatemala Forensic Anthropology Foundation will speak about controversial exhumations at the Police Military Academy in Guatemala City. The exhumations are anticipated to be the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

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Who will speak for agriculture? The Unity in Agricultural Awareness Conference will answer that question. This national conference is aimed at unifying agricultural awareness efforts and providing an information outlet for educators and media personnel to dispel the untruths surrounding the industry.

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Shortly after the state's Board of Education voted to downplay the teaching of evolution, noted evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould will speak at KU on Oct. 6.