Colorado, Arizona And New Mexico Students Team Up On Satellite Project

June 12, 2001

Students from the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø, Arizona State University and New Mexico State University are teaming up in a unique space project to design, build and fly three identical satellites in formation.

"Searching for Distant Worlds" June 22 at CU's Fiske Planetarium

June 12, 2001

For centuries people have attempted to prove the existence of planets circling distant stars. On Friday, June 22, at 8 p.m. the Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø will explore the topic. "Searching for Distant Worlds," a pre-recorded program, will examine recent discoveries of unknown planets around far away stars, and explain why it is so difficult to find these distant objects. Sommers-Bausch Observatory will be open for telescope viewing immediately following the show at Fiske.

Local CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Students Receive Jacob Van Ek Award

June 11, 2001

Twenty-one undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø have received the prestigious Jacob Van Ek Award for outstanding academic achievement and contributions to the university and Â鶹¹ÙÍø communities. The award includes a $400 prize. The recipients were honored May 10 along with faculty members they named as mentors. The award was established in 1973 to honor Jacob Van Ek, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø from 1929 to 1959. Van Ek died in 1994 at the age of 97.

Denver Area High School Students Attend CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø College Summit For Tips On How To Get Into College

June 11, 2001

About 50 underrepresented students primarily from Montbello High School in Denver and Hinkley High School in Aurora will attend a four-day College Summit program at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø June 21-24 to help them apply for college admission during the next school year. The program is aimed at helping students who might not otherwise have the confidence to apply, even though they have the interest and the ability to attend and succeed in college. Students in the program are usually first-generation college students from low-income families.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Professor Honored With Two Awards For Book

June 11, 2001

University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø Associate Professor Fred Anderson recently received two prestigious awards for his book "Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766." In early May Anderson received both the 2001 Francis Parkman Prize of the Society of American Historians and the Mark Lynton History Prize, which is part of the Lukas Prize Project established in 1998 to honor the best in American nonfiction writing.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Receives NASA Grants For Missions To Mercury And Pluto

June 10, 2001

The University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø received a large boost from NASA last week, including $9.5 million to design and build an instrument for a mission to Mercury and $450,000 to refine a proposal to head up an unmanned Pluto mission. Daniel Baker, director of CU's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, was named a science team member for NASA's MESSENGER mission to Mercury, slated for launch in March 2004. Expected to arrive at Mercury in 2009, the $256 million Messenger mission was given the green light by NASA on June 7 to fly.

New Student Orientation To Begin June 14 At CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø

June 10, 2001

The University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø will welcome almost 5,000 newly admitted freshman students along with their parents to two-day orientation programs starting June 14 and ending Aug. 23. All of the orientation sessions in June and July are for students admitted to the College of Arts and Sciences or the College of Business and Administration.

Demolition Of Grandview Buildings Begins June 18

June 10, 2001

The University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø will begin removing six structures in the Grandview Terrace area on June 18th, CU facilities management officials said today. Jeff Lipton, executive director of Facilities Management, said none of the first six buildings received offers for relocation.

CU Parents Association Hosts Summer Orientation Dinners For Parents Of New Students

June 7, 2001

The CU Parents Association at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø will host a series of orientation dinners for parents of incoming students in June and July at the University Club. The dinners coincide with orientation sessions for new freshmen and transfer students and provide opportunities for new CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø parents to become acquainted with the association's board members, the Office of Parent Relations and staff from student affairs programs and services.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø To Continue Efforts When Alcohol Grant Expires

June 6, 2001

The University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø plans to continue its efforts to reduce high-risk drinking when the five-year grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation expires, university officials said. The $860,000 grant is currently scheduled to expire in August.

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