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The University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø will receive $870,000 over the next four years to study the impact of HIV and AIDS on people living in sub-Saharan Africa, including children and the elderly. The new Population Aging Center will be directed by sociology Professor Jane Menken, director of CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Institute of Behavioral Science and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

At their March 21 meeting, the University of Colorado Board of Regents approved a new name for the east wing of the Engineering and Applied Science Building at CU-Colorado Springs in memory of David E. Teets, who died tragically in an accident in December 2001. Teets was a microelectronics engineer with an undergraduate degree from CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the Colorado Springs campus.

The CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Leeds School of Business will host the third annual MBA Net Impact Case Competition on April 6. The event brings together MBA students from across the nation to address business sustainability and social responsibility issues. Participating schools include CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø, Northwestern, University of North Carolina, UCLA, Vanderbilt, University of Denver, University of Minnesota, Yale, Washington University and Case Western Reserve. Team presentations will be held at 3:30 p.m. The competition is free and open to the public.

Jane Menken, professor of sociology and director of the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø, today received the prestigious title of distinguished professor from the CU Board of Regents. She joins only 18 other CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø faculty members who currently hold the title of distinguished professor.