CU Community Fondly Remembers Former President Quigg Newton

April 3, 2003

Members of the University of Colorado community today praised the contributions of former CU President Quigg Newton, who died this morning at the age of 91. Newton was the eighth president of the University of Colorado, serving from Dec. 15, 1956 through June 30, 1963. The former Denver mayor died at Denver Health Medical Center. Newton was admitted to the hospital Wednesday after suffering a serious fall and cardiac arrest.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Alumni Association To Honor Barry, Pois And Sievers With Stearns Awards

April 2, 2003

The CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Alumni Association will honor 10 outstanding members of the campus community on May 7 including head women's basketball coach Ceal Barry. They will be recognized for their distinguished careers and exceptional contributions to CU and society during the 73rd Annual Alumni Awards ceremony at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7, in the Old Main Chapel on the Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus. The public is welcome to attend this free event. Please make reservations by calling (303) 492-8484.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Business Professor Named Fellow Of National Society

April 2, 2003

Fred Glover, professor of operations management at the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Leeds School of Business, has been named a fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences. Other INFORMS fellows include four Nobel Prize winners, 23 Von Neumann Prize winners and 44 members of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences.

Local Corporations Fund Scholarship To CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Business School

April 2, 2003

Corporex, Bank One's Colorado Commercial Real Estate Group and GE Real Estate have donated $13,500 to establish a scholarship to the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Leeds School of Business. L.C. Fulenwider Inc., Milender White Construction and Pahl Pahl Pahl Architects-Planners also contributed to the scholarship fund. The scholarship will be awarded to a student from the Denver Public School District to attend the Leeds School.

'Sounds Of Music' To Be Explored At April 19 CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Wizards Show

April 2, 2003

The sounds of music, along with descriptions of how they are created and the rules of physics they follow, will be the subject of the April 19 CU Wizards show "The Physics of Music." Jim Faller, a physicist at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø, will present the show at 9:30 a.m. in Duane Physics, room G1B30. The show, aimed at students in grades five through nine, is free and open to the public.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Fares Well In Graduate Specialty Rankings

April 2, 2003

Two University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø graduate school specialty programs were ranked in the top 10 in the nation and a third in the top 20 in the annual U.S. News & World Report graduate school rankings released today. The magazine's annual graduate school issue ranks roughly 10 graduate disciplines each year and ranks more than a dozen other graduate programs on a sporadic basis. U.S. News also ranks a number of specialty programs within particular disciplines.

Can Elephants Really Run? Yes And No, Say Researchers

April 1, 2003

For those who have ever wondered if elephants can run, the answer is yes and no, according to a new study by researchers at four institutions, including the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø.

State Tax Bills Might Surprise, Says CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Tax Expert

April 1, 2003

Colorado residents expecting smaller tax bills or bigger refunds this year may be in for a surprise, according to Betty Jackson, professor of accounting and chair of accounting and business law at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Leeds School of Business. "The bottom line is that state tax bills will be up this year," Jackson said, noting that deductions contingent on the state budget being in surplus have been eliminated.

Base Line Middle School And CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Tackle Copenhagen Project, Events

March 31, 2003

Photographers: When visiting Base Line Middle School, please check-in at the main office. Jeanne Manning will be available for assistance. An outreach partnership between the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Center for Humanities and the Arts, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and Base Line Middle School comes to fruition this month as Base Line eighth graders dive into the Copenhagen Project.

Professor Richard A. McCray Scholarship Fund Set Up For CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Undergraduates

March 31, 2003

When the McCrays journeyed to Hawaii last fall for Professor Richard McCray's surprise 65th birthday celebration, they hinted that the family gift was going to be significant. It was. The gift they gave him established the Richard A. McCray Scholarship Fund with the CU Foundation for the benefit of undergraduate scholarships at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø.

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