All Systems Reported OK, Functioning In CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Initial Y2K Inventory

Dec. 31, 1999

All Systems Reported OK, Functioning In CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Initial Y2K Inventory The University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø passed the Y2K rollover without a whimper this morning, CU officials reported at about 12:30 a.m. "So far as we know at this time, all major systems appear to be normal and functioning as they should be," said Tom Carney, emergency management coordinator for CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø.

Y2K Contacts At The University Of Colorado At Â鶹¹ÙÍø

Dec. 30, 1999

Key Y2K Contacts University Of Colorado At Â鶹¹ÙÍø Tom Carney Emergency Management Coordinator, 303-492-5162 303-441-3851/0891 (pager), 303-550-4719 (cell) Jim Fadenrecht Chief, CU Police, 303-492-6666 (after 5 p.m.) John Kish Lieutenant, CU Police, 303-492-2303, 492-6666 (after 5 p.m.) Emergency Operations Center CU Police, 303-492-5586, 492-2286, 492-2971 Deborah Keyek Franssen CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Y2K coordinator, 303-492-2403, 303-356-0133 (cell) John Bruning Director, Facilities Management, 303-492-4229

CU Professor Emeritus Bill Weber Receives Rock Garden Society Award

Dec. 30, 1999

Bill Weber, professor emeritus of biology at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø and curator emeritus of the CU Museum, was honored with the prestigious Edgar H. Wherry Award of the North American Rock Garden Society. The award was established in 1973 after a Philadelphia scientist who published books on ferns and Phlox, a favorite group of rock garden plants. The award recognizes "a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the dissemination of botanical or horticultural information about native North American plants."

FACT SHEET: Y2K Preparation University Of Colorado At Â鶹¹ÙÍø

Dec. 30, 1999

FACT SHEET: Y2K PREPARATION UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER Key CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Y2K contacts: Tom Carney Emergency Management Coordinator, 303-492-5162 303-441-3851/0891 (pager), 303-550-4719 (cell) Jim Fadenrecht Chief, CU Police, 303-492-6666 (after 5 p.m.) John Kish Lieutenant, CU Police, 303-492-2303, 492-6666 (after 5 p.m.) Emergency Operations Center CU Police, 303-492-5586, 492-2286, 492-2971 Deborah Keyek Franssen CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Y2K coordinator, 303-492-2403, 303-356-0133 (cell)

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Library Holds Senior Day On Jan. 5

Dec. 28, 1999

Area citizens are invited by the Friends of the Libraries to the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø Norlin Library on Wednesday, Jan. 5, for a day of instruction on how to use the CU libraries. The event, called Senior Day, will be held from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Center for British Studies room in Norlin Library, room M-549.

Colorado Most Dangerous State In Nation For Avalanche Fatalities

Dec. 27, 1999

Two Colorado avalanches in December that apparently claimed the lives of two Â鶹¹ÙÍø County men are a somber reminder of the risks that hikers, skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers face in the Colorado mountains each winter. CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø student Justin Colonna is presumed to have been killed in a Dec. 18 avalanche on South Arapaho Peak west of Â鶹¹ÙÍø. Broomfield resident Michael Barrett was killed on Quandary Peak near Breckenridge Dec. 21.

Creation Of Quantum Gas By CU And NIST Named One Of Top 10 Science Stories For 1999

Dec. 21, 1999

The creation of a new quantum gas at JILA, a laboratory run by the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, has been named one of the top 10 scientific advances of 1999 by the editors of the prestigious journal Science. The experiment was conducted by Deborah Jin, a NIST physicist and adjoint assistant professor of physics at CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø, and graduate student Brain DeMarco.

CORRECTION Time Of CU Wizards Dec. 31 Program

Dec. 20, 1999

Time of CU Wizards Dec. 31 Program A Dec. 16 news release on the next CU Wizards presentation titled "BOOM! The Physics of Sound and Air Pressure," incorrectly stated the show would begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 31. The presentation, which features physics Professor Michael Dubson, will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Dec. 31 in room G1B30 of CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍøÂ’s Duane Physics building. CU News Services regrets the error and any inconvenience it may have created.

Distinguished Professor David Prescott To Deliver Commencement Address

Dec. 16, 1999

When David Prescott stands before the last graduating class of the millennium at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø to deliver his commencement address, he will do so to honor the students. Prescott is a Distinguished Professor in CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍøÂ’s molecular, cellular and developmental biology department who has won numerous awards for his teaching and research. He plans to remind the graduates to take the lessons they have learned at CU with them wherever they go and to savor the achievement their degrees represent.

Local CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Students Participate In Dec. 18 Commencement Ceremony

Dec. 16, 1999

Editor: Enclosed are the names of degree candidates from your area. This list was accurate as of Dec. 10 and is subject to final grade reports. Local students were among the 1,856 students expected to receive degrees Dec. 18 in the final commencement ceremony of the century at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø

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