CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Students Win $25,000 In Grants To Market Inventions

Feb. 17, 2002

Two teams of CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø students have been awarded a total of more than $25,000 to develop and take their inventions to market under a grant program sponsored by the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance.

Alien Life Forms More Likely To Be Found Outside Solar System, Says Colorado Prof

Feb. 17, 2002

The chance of detecting life outside our own solar system probably is greater than discovering it on neighboring planets and moons like Mars or Europa, a moon of Jupiter, according to a University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø professor.

CU Visiting Artist Program Hosts Painter Eugenio Dittborn On Feb. 26

Feb. 17, 2002

Painter Eugenio Dittborn will discuss the process of his painting Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø in Sibell Wolle Fine Arts Building room N141. The presentation is titled "The 16th History of the Human Face (to Besiege)" and is free and open to the public. Dittborn's talk is part of the Fine Arts department's Visiting Artist Program.

Future Of High-Tech Startups Is Focus Of Feb. 25 CU Law School Conference

Feb. 17, 2002

After the collapse of the dot.com business sector last year, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists have been forced to regroup and come up with new ways to survive. Survival and other business strategies will be discussed on Feb. 25 at the 2nd annual "Future of High-Tech Startups" conference, to be hosted by the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø School of Law's Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program.

Afro-Brazilian Folk Art Capoeira Angola Presented By Grandmaster Joao Grande At Free CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Workshop

Feb. 17, 2002

Capoeira Angola grandmaster Joao Grande will host a free weekend workshop on the Afro-Brazilian folk art March 1-3 at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø. Capoeira Angola is an art form that combines martial arts with dance, music and ritual. Grande will lead a series of classes followed by a March 3 performance in Old Main Chapel from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Classes will be held in Carlson Gymnasium room 1B12. On March 1 a class will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and on March 2 classes will be from 10 a.m. to noon and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Hinduism Scholar To Share New Findings In CU Lecture Hosted By Religious Studies Dept.

Feb. 17, 2002

An accomplished expert on Hinduism and comparative religion will reveal new findings and theories Feb. 26 at a free public lecture to be presented at CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø by the religious studies department. John Stratton Hawley, chair of the religion department at Columbia University's Barnard College and Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Religion, will discuss the meanings of summer vacation retreats and camp programs among various religious communities in America. The talk will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Eaton Humanities Building, room 250, and a reception will follow.

Scientists Say Polar Warming Continues With Ice Mass Losses

Feb. 16, 2002

Despite regional differences, continued study of a broad spectrum of evidence lends credence to climate warming theories, say climatologist Mark Serreze and glaciologist Ted Scambos of the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø. The National Snow and Ice Data Center is part of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, based at CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø. Serreze and Scambos presented the finding at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston Feb. 16th.

Global Sea Levels Likely To Rise Higher In 21st Century Than Previous Predictions

Feb. 15, 2002

New calculations by a University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø researcher indicate global sea levels likely will rise more by the end of this century than predictions made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2001. The projected sea-level rise is due to a revised estimate of the ice melt from glaciers, said geological sciences Emeritus Professor Mark Meier. Meier presented the findings Feb. 16th at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston.

National Security Expert To Speak At CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Feb. 26

Feb. 14, 2002

Janet Breslin-Smith, a professor of foreign and military policy at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., will give a public talk at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø on Tuesday, Feb. 26. Breslin-Smith, who will be on campus Feb. 25-26 as a guest of the World Affairs Athenaeum, will speak at 2:30 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel about "The Impact of Sept. 11 on Washington." The event is free and open to the public.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Student-Initiated Purchase Of Wind Power Featured In Exhibit At Winter Olympics

Feb. 13, 2002

The University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø's student-initiated purchase of wind power is featured in a public exhibit promoting global warming awareness at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Organized by the World Resources Institute, the exhibit "Global Warming and You" is open through March 16. CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø is one of 11 organizations, communities and companies highlighted in a section of the exhibit focusing on local initiatives from around the country that aim to combat global warming.

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