CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø To Host NASA Exhibit, Public Lecture On Future Of Space Flight

March 27, 2002

Note to Editors: Photographers are welcome to take pictures as the exhibit is being set up between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on April 1. Starship 2040, an interactive NASA exhibit revealing what a commercial spacecraft might be like four decades from now in the year 2040, will visit the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø on April 2 and April 3.

CU Business Professors Awarded $238,000 Grant By Office Of Naval Research

March 26, 2002

Three University of Colorado professors have been awarded a $238,000 grant to improve computer software that helps people in companies and organizations make better decisions. CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Leeds School of Business Professors Fred Glover and Manuel Laguna, along with CU-Denver business Professor Gary Kochenberger, were awarded the one-year grant by the Office of Naval Research.

University Libraries Hosts World War II Stories Exhibit

March 26, 2002

The University Libraries at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø is presenting an exhibition titled "The Enemy Alien Files: Hidden Stories of World War II" now on display in the third floor northwest gallery of Norlin Library through April 6. The exhibit will be marked with a reception and program on Friday, April 5, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Tip Sheet: Photography, Artwork By INSTAAR Researchers Featured In Spring Show

March 26, 2002

Two University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø researchers have combined their artistic talents in a photography and art exhibit in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of CU's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research and the International Year of the Mountain.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø's New ATLAS Center Closer To Completion With Technology Boost

March 26, 2002

The University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø's ATLAS information technology center today announced a $100,000 pledge from Microsoft Research of Redmond, Wash., to enhance the center's leading-edge research efforts, according to Chancellor Richard Byyny.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø To Host Symposium About Wartime Treatment Of Non-Citizens April 4-6

March 25, 2002

An international symposium about how democratic governments treat non-citizens in their countries during wartime, "Alien Enemies in Wartime: Race, Ethnicity and Civil Liberties," will be held at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø April 4-6. The symposium, which is free and open to the public, will begin Thursday, April 4, at 7 p.m. at the Colorado Chautauqua Association's Community House on Morning Glory Drive in Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Chautauqua Park.

CU's Center Of The American West Receives $60,000 Energy Grant

March 25, 2002

The CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Center of the American West has received a $60,000 grant from the Hewlett Foundation to remind Westerners of both the positive and negative impacts that energy development and fossil fuel use have had on the region. "We hope to take advantage of the national attention now focused on energy to lay the foundation for a better informed, more reflective public discussion in the future," said history Professor Patricia Nelson Limerick, chair of the center's board.

Effects Of HIV/AIDS On America Examined April 4 At CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø By Indiana U. Political Scientist

March 25, 2002

The impact of HIV and AIDS on American politics and culture will be the topic of a presentation titled "AIDS at 20: A Political History" on April 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the Eaton Humanities Building, room 1B50, at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø. The lecture will be given by Steve Sanders, an administrator and political scientist at Indiana University in Bloomington. Sanders uses slides and video clips to illuminate the political history of HIV/AIDS as a feature of American life and a global epidemic.

Master Class With The Pilobolus Dance Theatre Set For Tuesday, April 2

March 24, 2002

The Artist Series and CU Department of Theatre and Dance will host a master class with a dancer from the Pilobolus Dance Theatre on Tuesday, April 2, before the company's sold out performance in Macky Auditorium that evening. The master class will take place at the Charlotte York Irey Studios in the University Theatre Building on the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The class will feature a dancer from the company and CU dance students and will be open to the public for observation.

Early Evolution Of The Universe Topic Of Live Show At Fiske Planetarium

March 24, 2002

Recent discoveries about the universe and its evolution will be the topic of "The Big Bang," a live show at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Fiske Planetarium on Tuesday, April 9, and Friday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m. CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Professor Andrew Hamilton will take the planetarium audience on a trip back in time to learn about the "big bang" and how the Milky Way and its stars were formed. The term big bang refers to the theory that the universe began at a single point in space and has been expanding ever since.

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