CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø To Conduct Aerial Photography Of The Campus

May 16, 2004

The University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø will be conducting aerial photography over the Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus and surrounding areas on May 18 and May 20, weather permitting. The helicopter flights will begin at approximately 7 a.m. on both days and are expected to last about two hours each. The aircraft will be hovering and circling the main CU campus, Williams Village complex and possibly the Chautauqua area. The morning flights are required to capture the early morning light on the Flatirons.

Leeds School Of Business Launches Center For Business And Society

May 16, 2004

The CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Leeds School of Business is launching a Center for Business and Society to provide a broad approach to business education and examine the roles and contributions of business to society, Dean Steven Manaster announced. "The Center for Business and Society aligns with the Leeds School's mission to expand the scope of business education by creating leaders who take a broad perspective on the role of businesses in society," Manaster said.

CU Space Scientist To Speak To Denver High School Students About Cassini Mission To Saturn

May 16, 2004

Editor's Note: West High School is located in Denver at 951 Elati St., one block west of Speer Boulevard between West 10th and West Ninth avenues. The event is not open to the public, but reporters and photographers are welcome to attend. Science students at West High School in Denver on May 18 will hear details about the Cassini Mission to Saturn from one of the mission's lead scientists, Larry Esposito, a professor of planetary science at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø. Esposito will deliver his presentation at 9:30 a.m. inside the school's main auditorium.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø To Spray Weeds Bordering Streets, Lawns

May 13, 2004

The CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Facilities Management department is planning to spray weeds bordering streets and in certain lawn areas this weekend in order to help re-establish healthy grass in places where it has been choked off by a proliferation of weeds. Most playfields and other major lawn areas will not be sprayed.

Smiley Court Residents Offered Relocation During Gas-Line Repairs

May 5, 2004

Residents of Smiley Court, a family housing facility at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø, are being offered temporary relocation to other on-campus housing while problems with some gas lines are repaired, according to Deb Coffin, director of housing at CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø. In order to repair inferior gas-line welds, gas service was turned off Thursday, resulting in the loss of hot water and heat for residents. Relocation is not mandatory, but is offered as an option for those inconvenienced by the gas shut-off. The apartments are safe for habitation, Coffin said.

Â鶹¹ÙÍø Faculty Assembly Meeting Today On Draft Proposal For Intercollegiate Athletics Reform

May 5, 2004

MEDIA ADVISORY The Â鶹¹ÙÍø Faculty Assembly will meet from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. today to discuss a draft proposal for reform of intercollegiate athletics at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø. The meeting will be held in room 157 of the Fleming Law Building on the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus. Television crews planning to attend should arrive before the meeting begins and set up in the left rear corner of the room.

CU Wizard To Use Exploding Soap Bubbles And Dry Ice To Show Chemistry In Action

May 4, 2004

The booms and bangs of chemical reactions will reverberate at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø on Saturday, May 15, during the CU Wizards show "Polymers, Foams and Pressures." Associate professor of chemistry Tarek Sammakia's show will take place at 9:30 a.m. in Cristol Chemistry and Biochemistry room 140. It is free and open to the public. CU Wizards is an annual series during the school year that introduces topics in astronomy, chemistry and physics and is intended primarily for students in grades five through nine.

Mystery Writer Bonnie Ramthun To Speak At 'Just Desserts' May 21

May 4, 2004

The CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Friends of the Libraries will present a talk by local mystery writer Bonnie Ramthun at the l2th annual Just Desserts event on Friday, May 21. The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. in the Fleming Law Building on the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus. A dessert reception will precede the program.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø's LASP To Break Ground On $13 Million Building Expansion For Space Projects On May 12

May 4, 2004

Editors: Reporters and photographers are welcome to attend the May 12 groundbreaking adjacent to the LASP building at 1234 Innovation Drive, bordering Colorado Avenue between the Foothills Parkway and 30th Street. CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics will break ground May 12 on a $13 million expansion of its primary research building, adding much needed elbow room for LASP's booming space construction, mission operations and research programs.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø And DU MBA Students To Square Off In Real Estate Challenge

May 3, 2004

MBA students from the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø and University of Denver will square off on Wednesday, May 12, to see who has the best development plan for one of the premier sites in downtown Denver. The Rocky Mountain Real Estate Challenge will be held at Invesco Field at Mile High beginning at 5 p.m. The competition will put Leeds School of Business real estate students and Daniels College of Business students on a collision course to see whose plan to develop the Tabor Center II site will win out.

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