CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Names Five Recipients Of Diversity Service Recognition Awards

March 1, 2004

The Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø has selected five recipients of the 2003-04 Diversity Service Recognition Awards. The awards are given to campus units to recognize continuing efforts to create a diverse, supportive, learning, working and living environment for the multicultural campus community.

W.M. Keck Foundation Awards CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø $1.4 Million For RNA Research

Feb. 29, 2004

The University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø has been awarded a research grant of $1.4 million from the W.M. Keck Foundation for the study of two new areas of ribonucleic acid, or RNA, science. The grant will be split equally between the chemistry and biochemistry department and the molecular, cellular and developmental biology department, said Mike Yarus, principal investigator for the grant.

Master Flutist James Galway Offers Free Master Class At CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Music School

Feb. 29, 2004

Note to Editors: Photographers are welcome to take pictures during the master class in Grusin Music Hall, inside the Imig Music Building. Internationally renowned flutist Sir James Galway will demonstrate his masterful technique and work with flute students during a free public presentation March 15 at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Leeds School Student Receives $25,000 Doctoral Fellowship

Feb. 29, 2004

David P. Weber, a doctoral student in accounting at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø Leeds School of Business, is one of 10 national recipients of a $25,000 Deloitte & Touche doctoral fellowship. As a Deloitte & Touche Doctoral Fellow, Weber will receive $5,000 during his final year of course work and $20,000 during a subsequent year of working to complete his dissertation.

American College Dance Festival March 10-13 At CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø

Feb. 25, 2004

University dancers will show off their moves in styles ranging from modern to hip hop March 10-13 at the Central Region American College Dance Festival hosted by the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø's theater and dance department. "Legacies: Dance in the 20th Century and Beyond" includes four days of dance concerts, classes, presentations and discussions at various locations on the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus.

'Nike And The Global Economy' Topic Of CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Lecture

Feb. 25, 2004

Nike's corporate compliance program that oversees its global supply chain of shoe and apparel factories will be the topic of a March 11 lecture on the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus. Amanda Tucker of Nike's Corporate Responsibility Department will give the talk on "Nike and the Global Economy" at 5:30 p.m. in Ramaley Biology Building room C250. She is a guest of the Business and Society program at the Leeds School of Business.

Two CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Faculty Members Elected AAAS Fellows For 2004

Feb. 25, 2004

Two University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø faculty have been elected Fellows of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science for 2004. Physics Professor Margaret Murnane and adjoint CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø physics Professor Eric Cornell -- also a senior scientist at the National Institute for Standards and Technology in Â鶹¹ÙÍø -- were honored at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Feb. 14 in Seattle. Cornell and Murnane each received an official certificate and a pin.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Film Seriesto Show Struggles Of Women In Post-Soviet Countries

Feb. 25, 2004

Editors: Elena Stishova, senior editor of Iskusstvo Kino, the main film studies journal in Russia, will introduce each film and is available for interviews. Contact CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Professor Rima Salys at (303) 545-9678. The first and only film series to document the lives of women in nine former Soviet republics since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 will be presented at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø March 12-13.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Professor Receives $500,000 Educational Prize From National Academy Of Engineering

Feb. 23, 2004

Frank Barnes, distinguished professor of electrical engineering at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø, on Feb. 24 will receive the National Academy of Engineering's top educational honor, a $500,000 award recognizing innovation in engineering and technology education. The Bernard M. Gordon Prize honors Barnes "for pioneering an Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program that produces leaders who bridge engineering, social science and public policy" and will be presented at a dinner in Washington, D.C.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø To Host Off-Campus Housing Fair

Feb. 23, 2004

The annual University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø Off-Campus Housing Fair will be held Wednesday, March 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the University Memorial Center's Glenn Miller Ballroom. The event allows students, faculty and staff to collect information on housing opportunities from a variety of property management companies and landlords, according to Susan Stafford, director of the Student Organizations Finance Office of the University of Colorado Student Union.

Pages