GPS Satellite Receivers Found To Be New Tool For Earthquake Studies

May 13, 2003

A serendipitous discovery by a University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø-led team has shown for the first time that satellite signals from the Global Positioning System are a valuable new tool for studying earthquakes.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Student To Be Featured In National Magazine Of Hispanic Professional Engineers

May 13, 2003

Vanessa Aponte has been interested in science for as long as she can remember, since she first built a terrarium in the fifth grade. But the Puerto Rican elementary school student didn't think she had what it took to become an astronaut until much more recently.

Colorado Death Penalty Shows Trend Toward Abolition, CU Expert Finds

May 11, 2003

The first comprehensive study of the history of the death penalty in Colorado shows a longstanding unease with capital punishment and a general trend toward abolition, according to a University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø expert. Since the 1859 hanging of John Stoefel from a cottonwood tree in Cherry Creek in the new settlement of Denver in the Kansas Territory, another 102 legally mandated executions were carried out through 2003, said sociology Professor Michael Radelet, one of the nation's leading experts on the death penalty.

International University Ombuds Association Selects CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Staff Member As New President

May 11, 2003

The University and College Ombuds Association has selected a University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø staff member as its new president-elect. Mary Chavez Rudolph, a CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø associate ombudsperson and former admissions counselor and graduate student adviser, was chosen for the three-year position. The UCOA is an international association of university offices dedicated to resolving student, staff and faculty conflicts.

Local Students Receive Degrees From CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø

May 8, 2003

Local students were among the 4,943 students who received degrees May 9 during spring commencement ceremonies on the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Alums Donate $1 Million To Leeds School Of Business

May 8, 2003

Dick and Jean Engebretson donated $1 million to the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Leeds School of Business today to support various initiatives. Dick Engebretson earned his MBA in 1972 from the school and today he is the executive vice president of dmg world media, an international exhibition and publishing company. Jean Engebretson graduated with her master's degree in education in 1976. The gift was announced at the MBA graduation ceremony on May 9.

Top Teaching And Research Award Goes To CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø English Professor

May 7, 2003

University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø English Professor Jeffrey Robinson has won the university's highest teaching and research honor, the Hazel Barnes Prize, for his work in the area of Romantic literature and poetics. Robinson holds degrees from Harvard University, the University of Chicago and Brandeis University. He said his Hazel Barnes Prize, which carries a $20,000 award, is recognition of his 32-year career at CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø.

MASP Students, Colorado Historical Society Create Public History Marker

May 7, 2003

Students in the Minority Arts and Sciences Program at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø have completed a project with the Colorado Historical Society on a new historical roadside marker. The signs will be installed later this month near mile marker 39 on the south side of the road in Â鶹¹ÙÍø Canyon. The exact date is pending.

Fight For Western Water Resources Featured In New CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Class

May 6, 2003

The conflicting opinions of Western water resource stakeholders are the centerpiece of a unique new summer course at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø. As part of "Western Issues: Science, Policy and Public Perception," students will meet with competing interests in the fight for control of the West's most precious resource. The students will then attempt to create solutions to water-related conflicts.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Space Student Chosen Colorado Student Employee Of The Year

May 6, 2003

University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø electrical engineering department senior Jennifer Michels was chosen as Colorado's student employee of the year by the Colorado Commission of Higher Education for her work in the space sciences. Michels is employed by the Colorado Space Grant Consortium, headquartered at CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø, which includes 15 colleges, universities and institutions. Made up primarily of undergraduate students, the consortium is sponsored by NASA to design, build, test and fly space experiments.

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