CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Professor Not Surprised By Popularity Of "Supernatural Thriller" Films

Oct. 20, 1999

This Friday, Nicholas Cage and Martin Scorsese team up in the chilling movie "Bringing out the Dead" about a paramedic who is haunted by the ghosts of people he couldnÂ’t save. The film is just one in a number of so called "supernatural thrillers" that have been spooking the competition at the movie theaters this fall. Besides the fact that Halloween is drawing near, CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Film Studies and English Professor Bruce Kawin believes these movies are making it big because they play on millennium anxiety and tug at peopleÂ’s uncertainties about life after death.

CU Study Of Ice-Age Sediment Cores Hint Climate Change On Earth Could Be Extreme

Oct. 20, 1999

An analysis of sediments from the subtropical Atlantic Ocean deposited during EarthÂ’s last glacial period indicate sudden temperature fluctuations were as large as those seen in the warming at the end of the last ice age, raising concerns about future climate change.

Fraternity To Host Community Haunted House For Area Kids

Oct. 20, 1999

WHO: University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø chapter of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity WHAT: Area kids and families are invited to wear their costumes and come to a community Haunted House, complete with pumpkin carving and free candy. All activities are free and open to the public. WHEN: Friday, Oct. 29, between 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. WHERE: 911 17th St.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Receives Award To Establish Internship Program

Oct. 20, 1999

The University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø — through the Graduate School and the Center for Humanities and the Arts — has received a $10,000 Woodrow Wilson Innovation Award to help establish a new Humanities Internship Program. The award was one of seven given to university departments and programs in the humanities that use creative approaches to encourage doctoral students to consider jobs in the "real world" outside their schools. CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø received one of three awards for $10,000, and four universities received $5,000 awards.

CU Law School's Associate Dean Elected Chairman Of Colorado Legal Services

Oct. 19, 1999

Daniel Vigil, associate dean for student affairs at the University of Colorado School of Law, was elected chairman of the Board of Directors of the newly formed Colorado Legal Services on Oct. 1. "I find it a great honor and a great challenge being elected chairman," said Vigil. "I look forward to providing and improving legal services to those who are unable to afford it."

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Physics Professor Receives $625,000 Packard Fellowship

Oct. 19, 1999

Anton Andreev, a 31-year-old assistant professor of physics at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø, has won a prestigious and highly competitive $625,000 Packard Fellowship. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation cited Andreev and 23 other recipients as among the most promising science and engineering researchers at universities in the United States. Other 1999 recipients included young faculty members from Stanford, Princeton, MIT, Cal Tech and the universities of California, Wisconsin and Chicago.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Professor Creates Model Indicating Movie Success Potential

Oct. 19, 1999

Star Wars, Titanic, Forrest Gump and Jurassic Park — the top-grossing movies of all time. What made these films successful? A CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø business professor says she knows the answer. Ramya Neelamegham, a marketing professor at the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø College of Business, developed a mathematical model that determines which movies will enjoy success at the box office and which will fail.

Oct. 30 CU Wizards Show Explains Scientific Concepts With Halloween Theme

Oct. 19, 1999

The next CU Wizards show "Where Chemistry Meet Physics" on Saturday, Oct. 30, will spook children into learning through a Halloween theme with chemical reactions turning orange and black and self-lighting candles in pumpkins. CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø chemistry and biochemistry Professor David Nesbitt will present the hour-long show at 9:30 a.m. in the Chemistry building, room 140, on the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus. The show is free and open to the public.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Faculty, Staff And Students Team Up To 'Make A Difference' At Habitat For Humanity

Oct. 19, 1999

WHO: Campus volunteers are participating in community service projects as a part of Make A Difference Week, a nationwide movement to get citizens involved in community service. Representatives come from a variety of departments across campus. WHAT: Volunteers will board CU shuttles on campus to go to the Habitat for Humanity site in North Â鶹¹ÙÍø. They will help with building projects throughout the day. WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 20, and Friday, Oct. 22.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Hosts Leading International Conference On Japanese Literary Studies

Oct. 18, 1999

The department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø will host the first public conference on canon formation in Japanese literary studies Nov. 12-14 at the Broker Inn in Â鶹¹ÙÍø. According to Stephen Miller, assistant professor of Japanese language and literature and conference chair, the topic of canon formation has become an increasingly important one in the Western literary tradition, but has remained relatively undiscussed in Japan.

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