CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Professor To Study Controls For Hospital-Acquired Infections

Feb. 1, 2004

A new study that aims to significantly reduce the incidence of hospital-acquired infection by providing clear data on the effectiveness of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) is getting under way at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø. The overall goal of the study, which is being funded by the N.G. Gilbert Foundation, is to quantify the effectiveness of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation, or UVGI, in controlling hospital-acquired infections from opportunistic airborne bacteria and fungi.

James Watt, Former Interior Secretary, To Speak At CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø On Feb. 11

Feb. 1, 2004

James Watt, who served as President Reagan's first secretary of the interior and was a controversial figure among environmentalists, will speak at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø on Feb. 11. Watt will speak at 7 p.m. in the University Memorial Center's Glenn Miller Ballroom, in a conversation with CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø history and environmental studies Professor Patricia Nelson Limerick and law Distinguished Professor Charles Wilkinson. The talk is free and open to the public.

Bats To Be Discussed Feb. 8 At CU Heritage Center Talk

Feb. 1, 2004

The CU Heritage Center will present a talk on the lives of bats by Rick A. Adams, founder and president of the Colorado Bat Society, on Sunday, Feb. 8. Back by popular request, Adams will lecture and present visual images at 3 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel on the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus. The event is appropriate for all ages and is free and open the public. Adams will discuss his new book on "Bats of the Rocky Mountain West." He will demystify the "leather flutterers," including the long-time residents of the Old Main belfry.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Faculty Experts Discuss Academic Issues

Jan. 31, 2004

NEWS TIP SHEET Following are faculty sources at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø who can comment on academic freedom and freedom of speech in connection with the current debate over writings and statements by CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Professor Ward Churchill. - Richard Collins, law professor and director of the Byron White Center for the Study of Constitutional Law, is available to discuss First Amendment rights, freedom of speech and hate speech. Collins can be reached at his office, (303) 492-5493.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Chancellor's Mother Dies In Long Beach, California

Jan. 30, 2004

Essa McGinnis Byyny, mother of Richard L. Byyny, chancellor of the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø, died of cancer Saturday, Jan. 31, in Long Beach, Calif. She was 86. Mrs. Byyny had been ill for about three years. Chancellor Byyny had been in Long Beach this past week, arranging for home-hospice care for his mother. He was returning to Â鶹¹ÙÍø Saturday morning to address current campus issues and learned of her death upon arriving at his Â鶹¹ÙÍø home.

Mars Rover Results To Be Discussed At CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Symposium Feb. 12

Jan. 29, 2004

A panel of NASA and Mars experts will gather Feb. 12 to discuss results of the current Mars Rover missions and the future of planetary exploration at a public symposium presented by the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Air Force ROTC to Honor Fallen Astronauts Jan. 31

Jan. 29, 2004

MEDIA- PHOTO ADVISORY At 8 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31, CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Air Force ROTC will conduct a memorial ceremony on behalf of the Arnold Air Society for two CU alumni-astronauts who perished in the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle explosions.

96th Distinguished Research Lecture To Be Held Feb. 9 At CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø

Jan. 29, 2004

Professor Margaret Eisenhart of the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø School of Education will deliver the 96th annual Distinguished Research Lecture on Monday, Feb. 9, at 5:30 p.m. in Fiske Planetarium. The lecture, titled "Anthropologist of Education in America: A Life of Three-Sided Rooms," is free and open to the public. The talk is sponsored by the Council on Research and Creative Work through the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Graduate School and will be followed by a reception.

Quit Smoking With Help From CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Class

Jan. 29, 2004

Smokers who want to quit can find support during a series of inexpensive classes offered by the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Student Wellness Program. A Tuesday evening and Thursday day series of the "You Can Quit" classes will take place at the Wardenburg West Solarium, room 321. The Tuesday evening series will meet Feb. 3, Feb. 17, Feb. 24 and March 2. All sessions start at 5:15 p.m. The Thursday series meets at noon on Feb. 5, Feb. 19, Feb. 26 and March 4. The class fee is $25, and scholarships are available.

Statements from CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Officials on Athletic Issues

Jan. 28, 2004

Officials from the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø and the Department of Athletics respond to recent allegations. Statement By Phil DiStefano, Provost, University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø I am Phil DiStefano, provost of the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø. Chancellor Byyny is out of state dealing with a family emergency and so cannot be here. He and all of us at the university are deeply disturbed by recent statements in the media regarding our Athletics Department.

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