CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Dean Named To International Post

Oct. 20, 2003

Anne K. Heinz, dean of the Division of Continuing Education at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø, has been named chair of the University Council for the Learning Resources Network, an international association in continuing education. LERN is the largest continuing education association in the world with more than 4,000 members in over 20 countries. Heinz will lead the council of university continuing education CEOs and represent university continuing education to the association.

CU Law Alumnus Marvin Wolf To Receive Law School's Highest Honor

Oct. 19, 2003

The University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø School of Law will present alumnus Marvin Wolf with its most distinguished honor, the 44th annual William Lee Knous Award. Dean David Getches will present Wolf with the award Oct. 25 as part of this year's Back-to-Â鶹¹ÙÍø homecoming festivities. The Knous Award is given to an alumnus in recognition of outstanding achievement and sustained service to the law school.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Astronaut-Alumnus To Return From Space Station Oct. 27

Oct. 16, 2003

Ed Lu, a NASA astronaut and CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø alumnus, will return to Earth Oct. 27 following a six-month stint on the International Space Station with Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, commander of the Expedition 7 mission. Lu and Malenchenko are slated to head back to Earth in a Soyuz capsule equipped with a parachute Oct. 27. The Soyuz spacecraft is expected to launch on Oct. 18 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and arrive at the International Space Station with three crew replacements from the United States, Russia and Spain on Oct. 20.

U.S. Assistant Attorney General To Observe Violence Prevention Programs In Littleton, Longmont

Oct. 16, 2003

Editors: A complete schedule of Assistant Attorney General Deborah Daniels' visit to Colorado on Oct. 20 appears below. A high-ranking U.S. Department of Justice official will visit Colorado on Oct. 20 to observe violence prevention programs recommended by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø. Assistant Attorney General Deborah Daniels will visit programs based in Littleton and Longmont throughout the day.

CU Expert: Amendment 33 Not Good Public Policy

Oct. 15, 2003

NEWS TIP SHEET A CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Leeds School of Business professor who studies the impacts of gambling says Amendment 33 would override local community decision-making and does not clearly define the scope and scale of the proposed gaming.

U.S. Government Budget Official To Speak At CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Oct. 24

Oct. 14, 2003

Clay Johnson III, deputy director for management in the White House Office of Management and Budget, will give a public talk at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø on Friday, Oct. 24. Johnson, who will be on campus as a guest of the World Affairs Athenaeum, will speak at noon in the Old Main Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.

Author John Nichols To Be Honored Oct. 28 By CU's Center Of The American West

Oct. 14, 2003

John Nichols, author of "The Milagro Beanfield War" and several other critically acclaimed books and screenplays, will be honored at 7 p.m. Oct. 28 by the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Center of the American West. The center will present Nichols with its highest honor, the Wallace Stegner Award, during the event in the Old Main Chapel on the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus.

Science And Technology Policy Is Focus Of New CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Graduate Program

Oct. 13, 2003

Society's growing need for expertise when faced with decisions involving science and technology has led to the creation of a new graduate certificate program at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø. The science and technology policy certificate program will begin in spring semester 2004 and is open to all CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø graduate students. The application deadline is Nov. 14 and admissions decisions will be made by Dec. 19.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Scientists Search For Artifacts In Melting Glaciers

Oct. 13, 2003

Researchers at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø continued their search in southeast Alaska last summer to pinpoint rapidly melting glaciers and ice fields that hold prehistoric human artifacts before exposure triggers their decomposition. For thousands of years, humans hunted on the glaciers and ice fields that cover what is now the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in southeast interior Alaska. During the summer months these ancient ice fields attracted caribou and other animals seeking refuge from insect swarms that blanket Alaska during summer.

Professional Ethics And Social Values Are Focus Of First Annual CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Japha Ethics Symposium

Oct. 12, 2003

Corporate scandals involving illicit accounting practices and students using cell phones to cheat on college exams are just some of the ethical issues to be discussed at the first annual CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Japha Ethics Symposium on Oct. 23.

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