College Of Engineering Honors Distinguished Engineers At Annual Awards Banquet

April 3, 2001

Seven distinguished engineers will be honored for their contributions in education, research and invention, government service, industry and commerce, and private practice by CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø's College of Engineering and Applied Science at its 36th annual Engineering Awards Banquet April 6.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Professor Co-Investigator for Mars Odyssey Mission

April 3, 2001

NEWS TIP SHEET Note to Editors: Jakosky will be at Cape Kennedy, Fla., from April 4 to April 8, but will be checking his Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus voice mail regularly. CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø geological sciences Professor Bruce Jakosky, an internationally known Mars expert, is a co-investigator for NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey Mission now slated for lift-off from Cape Kennedy, Fla., on Saturday, April 7.

Denver Zoo Curator To Give Talk At CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø On Gorillas In Captivity

April 2, 2001

John Wortman, general curator at the Denver Zoo, will visit the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus to give a talk about gorillas in captivity on Monday, April 16, at 6:30 p.m. in Eaton Humanities room 150.

CU Professor Charles Wilkinson To Read From New Book On April 16

April 2, 2001

Distinguished Professor Charles Wilkinson of the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø will read selections from his latest book, "Messages From Frank's Landing: A Story of Salmon, Treaties and the Indian Way" on April 16. The free event will be from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Â鶹¹ÙÍø Public Library Auditorium, 11th Street and Arapahoe Avenue, and is open to the public. A book signing and reception will follow. The event is sponsored by the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Center of the American West, the Native American Rights Fund and the Â鶹¹ÙÍø Public Library Foundation.

"City of Stars" at Fiske Planetarium April 13

April 2, 2001

Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø will tour the Milky Way during "City of Stars," Friday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the planetarium. The pre-recorded show explores some of Earth's galactic neighbors - stars, nebulae and clusters. Visitors also will tour distant galaxies beyond the Milky Way. Tickets go on sale at 7 p.m. the night of the show and are $4 for adults and $3 for seniors and children. Fiske Planetarium is located at Regent Drive and Kittredge Loop Drive on the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus.

Nationally Renowned Religion Scholar To Present Illustrated Lecture At CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø April 9

April 2, 2001

Margaret Miles, one of America's leading scholars of religion and the body in late antiquity and medieval Europe, will present an illustrated lecture on "Achieving the Christian Body: Visual Incentives to Imitation of Christ in the 14th-15th Centuries" on Monday, April 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Eaton Humanities room 150 at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø. Miles is dean, academic vice president and Dillenberger Professor of Historical Theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Celebrates Native American Awareness Week In April

April 1, 2001

The University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø will offer a variety of events in honor of Native American Awareness Week April 15-20 including a children's Pow Wow, a concert and a session with storyteller and magician Autumn Morning Star. All activities are free and open to the public and were organized by Oyate, CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø's indigenous student organization. This year's events focus on the performing arts, according to Theresa Halsey, Oyate's community adviser.

CU Lecture Series To Kick Off New Development Studies Program

April 1, 2001

The University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø will kick off a new campus-wide interdisciplinary program in Developing Areas Research and Teaching with a lecture series in April. Geography Professor Stuart Corbridge of the University of Miami and the London School of Economics will kick off the lecture series with a talk on "Development as Freedom: The Spaces of Amartya Sen," on Friday, April 13, at 4 p.m. in Eaton Humanities room 150.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø MBA Entrepreneurship Program Ranked 16th By U.S. News & World Report

April 1, 2001

The CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø MBA entrepreneurship program was rated 16th in the nation in a ranking of graduate entrepreneurship programs released April 2 by U.S. News & World Report magazine. The ranking placed CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø's MBA entrepreneurship program among the top 20 in the nation along with Harvard, Stanford, UCLA, MIT, Northwestern and the University of Pennsylvania.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Graduate Programs Cited Among Nation's Best By Magazine

March 29, 2001

The University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø's environmental law program is ranked fourth in the nation in a ranking of selected graduate programs released today by U.S. News and World Report magazine. CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø's environmental law program moved up from a ranking of fifth in the nation in 2000. Overall, CU's School of Law was tied for a ranking of 38th out of 174 accredited law schools, up from 45th place last year.

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