CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Police Chief, Public Safety Director Jim Fadenrecht Announces Retirement After 30 Years

Aug. 2, 2004

Jim Fadenrecht, chief of the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Police department since 1991 and a 30-year veteran of the department, has announced his retirement effective Jan. 31, 2005. In a memo to Paul Tabolt, vice chancellor for administration, Fadenrecht said, "My employment at CU has now spanned over three decades and I've decided it's time to transition into another phase of life." Fadenrecht praised the public safety staff, which he called "a committed and talented work force" and said the announcement was made "with mixed emotions."

Perseid Meteor Shower To Light Up Colorado Skies

July 27, 2004

Editors: Doug Duncan is available for interviews. For visuals, Fiske Planetarium has a large meteorite on display and Duncan also has a portable, baseball-sized meteorite. Call Duncan at (303) 492-5003 or Mike Liguori at (303) 492-3117 to arrange an interview. University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø astrophysicist Doug Duncan says this year's annual Perseid meteor shower and its natural nighttime light show will be particularly good as the display becomes visible over Colorado Aug. 10-13.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Geology Team Traces Origins, Uplift Of California's Highest Mountains

July 26, 2004

Editors: Contents embargoed until July 29 at 2 p.m. EDT. A new study of California's southern Sierra Nevada range by a University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø research team has located a massive body of rock that sank into Earth's mantle some 3.5 million years ago, allowing the mountains to pop up. Undertaken with a high-tech suite of instruments designed to probe the geology to roughly 125 miles below Earth's surface, the study illustrated the mountain building process in the southern Sierras with unprecedented detail.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Police Arrest CU Employee For Alleged Misappropriation Of Funds

July 26, 2004

An internal investigation of financial transactions in the linguistics department at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø has led to the arrest of a staff member on charges related to alleged misappropriation of university funds. Ruth Ann Cameron, an administrative staff member in the department since 1995, was arrested by the University of Colorado Police Department Tuesday, July 27, on the Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus. She was arrested under a warrant following a meeting at the university internal auditor's office.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Satellite Measures Sun's Radiation Using Venus

July 25, 2004

A satellite designed, built and controlled at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø for NASA has returned data indicating both Venus and sunspots have something in common -- they block some of the sun's energy going to Earth. Data from The Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment, or SORCE, satellite show when the shadow of Venus tracked across the face of the sun June 8 as the planet passed between Earth and the sun, the amount of sunlight reaching Earth decreased by 0.1 percent, said CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Gary Rottman.

Horizon High School Student Awarded CU Parents Association Scholarship

July 25, 2004

Kyle Reinholt, a senior at Horizon High School in Thornton, is the 2004 recipient of the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø Parents Association CU-LEAD Scholarship. The CU Leadership, Excellence, Achievement and Diversity scholarship consists of $10,000 divided into four annual supplements of $2,500. The award was presented to Reinholt at a July 23 banquet for high school students who successfully completed the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Pre-Collegiate Development Summer Residential Program.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Theater And Dance Professor Wins National Award

July 21, 2004

Professor Jim Symons of the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø department of theater and dance will receive a national award from the Association for Theater in Higher Education on July 29 in Toronto, Canada. Symons is the winner of the association's "Outstanding Teacher of Theater in Higher Education" award, given once a year. With a membership of 2,000, the ATHE is the principal professional organization for theater professors in American colleges and universities.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø College Of Engineering Receives Gift Of Equipment, Fellowships From Agilent Technologies

July 21, 2004

The University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø announced today it has received a donation of $250,000 worth of advanced equipment and five $30,000 graduate student fellowships from Agilent Technologies. The gift supports education and research in several engineering departments and programs related to Agilent's strategic interest areas of communications, electronics and life sciences, and further establishes the company as one of the College of Engineering and Applied Science's key corporate partners.

CU Law Professor Appointed Interim Director Of Natural Resources Law Center

July 20, 2004

Associate Law Professor Sarah Krakoff has been named interim director of the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø School of Law's Natural Resources Law Center. Krakoff replaces Jim Martin, who left the center to become executive director of Western Resource Advocates, a Â鶹¹ÙÍø-based environmental law and policy group focused on the Interior West. Martin had served as NRLC director since 2002.

CU Genome Teaching Center Event July 29 To Feature Nobel Laureate Thomas Cech

July 19, 2004

University of Colorado Nobel laureate Thomas Cech will speak at the July 29-30 public grand opening of a teaching laboratory on the Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus to train CU students, faculty and K-12 students and teachers on the latest genetic research techniques.

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