Manhattan Project Historian And CU-Boulder Professor David Hawkins Dies At 88

Feb. 26, 2002

David Hawkins, distinguished professor emeritus of philosophy at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder and the official historian of the Manhattan Project, died Sunday at the age of 88. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 2, in Old Main Chapel on the CU-Boulder campus. "A giant hole has been created in all of our lives by his passing," said James Scarritt, CU-Boulder political science professor.

Student Housing Availability On The Rise At CU-Boulder

Feb. 26, 2002

Editors: ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ are signing up for University Village apartments today through 5 p.m. at the University Club, Garden Room, near the corner of Broadway and Euclid Avenue at 972 Broadway. Additional housing for students at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder is now available and more units are scheduled to be completed in the next two years, resulting in 1,379 new beds, according to Ron Stump, vice chancellor for student affairs.

CU-Boulder Physicists Develop Promising Earthquake Forecasting Method

Feb. 25, 2002

Scientists from the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences accurately forecasted two earthquakes greater than magnitude 5.1 while a paper describing the forecasting method was still in press.

Male-Female Salary Differences Are Shrinking At CU-Boulder

Feb. 25, 2002

Statistically significant differences among salaries of male, female and minority faculty members have disappeared at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder following five years of annual studies of salary inequity, according to Bill Kaempfer, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs. Kaempfer also is a CU-Boulder economics professor. He has undertaken studies of the problem in each of the last five years.

Internationally Known Economist And Gender Crosser To Speak At CU-Boulder March 8

Feb. 25, 2002

Deirdre McCloskey, a well-known economist once known as Donald, will speak at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder on Friday, March 8, at 3:30 p.m. in the Eaton Humanities Building, room 1B50. McCloskey, who is a professor of economics, English and history at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will discuss capitalism, globalization and the middle class during her lecture "Bourgeois Virtue and Globalization." She will be on campus March 7-8 as a guest of the World Affairs Athenaeum. The event is free and open to the public.

Islamic Studies Enrollment Doubles At CU-Boulder

Feb. 24, 2002

Enrollment in a ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder Islamic studies course has doubled, and the religion expert who teaches the class is preparing for even larger classes in future semesters. The combined upper-division and graduate course "Islam in the Modern World" has 31 students enrolled for the spring 2002 semester - twice as many as normal, according to Professor Fred Denny, chair of the CU-Boulder religious studies department and instructor of the class.

Opening Of New Addition To CU's University Memorial Center To Be Celebrated March 7

Feb. 24, 2002

The opening of a 51,000-square-foot addition to the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder's University Memorial Center will be celebrated at a March 7 ceremony featuring live music and food. At 10 a.m., university officials will be joined by an ROTC color guard for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and the unveiling of the north entrance to the addition, located just southwest of the Dalton Trumbo Fountain.

$5 Million Gift From Marsicos Announced At CU Campaign Event Will Support Nobel Winners

Feb. 21, 2002

A $5 million gift from Tom and Cydney Marsico to establish two Marsico Endowed Chairs of Excellence at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ was announced Friday evening, Feb. 22, in Denver before a gathering of campaign donors and volunteers. The event was hosted by the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Foundation. In a pre-recorded announcement, Marsico recounted his excitement at hearing the news that two CU physicists, Eric Cornell and Carl Wieman, had won the Nobel Prize for Physics. Cornell and Wieman will be the first honorees to hold the Marsico Endowed Chairs in Excellence.

CU-Boulder Professors Elected To National Academy Of Engineering

Feb. 21, 2002

Two ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder professors have been elected members of the National Academy of Engineering, joining 11 other faculty from the campus who have been elected since the academy's formation in 1962. Ross B. Corotis, former dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science and professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering, and Fred W. Glover, professor of operations management and operations research in the Leeds School of Business, were among 74 new members of the academy announced Feb. 15.

Stewart Hoover Named Interim Dean Of Journalism At CU-Boulder

Feb. 21, 2002

Professor Stewart Hoover of the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder School of Journalism and Mass Communication has been named interim dean of the school, according to Provost Phil DiStefano. The appointment is pending approval by the CU Board of Regents in March. Dean Del Brinkman announced his resignation earlier this month citing health and family concerns. Brinkman has been dean since January 2001.

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