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At their March 21 meeting, the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Board of Regents approved a new name for the east wing of the Engineering and Applied Science Building at CU-Colorado Springs in memory of David E. Teets, who died tragically in an accident in December 2001. Teets was a microelectronics engineer with an undergraduate degree from CU-Boulder and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the Colorado Springs campus.

The CU-Boulder Leeds School of Business will host the third annual MBA Net Impact Case Competition on April 6. The event brings together MBA students from across the nation to address business sustainability and social responsibility issues. Participating schools include CU-Boulder, Northwestern, University of North Carolina, UCLA, Vanderbilt, University of Denver, University of Minnesota, Yale, Washington University and Case Western Reserve. Team presentations will be held at 3:30 p.m. The competition is free and open to the public.

Jane Menken, professor of sociology and director of the Institute of Behavioral Science at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder, today received the prestigious title of distinguished professor from the CU Board of Regents. She joins only 18 other CU-Boulder faculty members who currently hold the title of distinguished professor.

The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder Natural Resources Law Center will host a conference on coal-bed methane April 4-5, providing a forum for diverse points of view to address the role of CBM in meeting America's energy challenges. The conference will be at the Comfort Inn conference complex at 401 17th St. in Denver, across the street from the Brown Palace Hotel.