CU-Boulder MEP And MASP Summer Bridge Programs Offer Closing Events

July 17, 2001

Incoming freshmen participating in the summer bridge programs at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder are wrapping up their studies this week with some showcase events. Summer bridge programs help entering freshmen acquire skills needed for a more effective transition from high school to college. The Minority Arts and Sciences Program has 24 high school graduates enrolled at CU-Boulder participating in its summer bridge program that began June 17 and will end on Friday, July 20.

'Success Institute' To Focus On Energy Issues As High School ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Prepare For Future Careers In Engineering And Technology

July 17, 2001

Editors: Media reporters and photographers wanting to attend the Success Institute can get an agenda by calling Carol Rowe at (303) 492-7426. It runs July 24-28 at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory of CU's College of Engineering and Applied Science. While their friends go swimming or clock in hours at summer jobs, some hard-working 10th and 12th graders from Denver, Boulder and St. Vrain Valley schools will take time out to build solar-powered cars and learn about alternative energy sources at CU-Boulder's fourth annual "Engineering Success Institute."

CU-Boulder Professor Elected President Of Education Association

July 17, 2001

Robert L. Linn, distinguished professor of education at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder, has been named president-elect of the 23,000-member American Educational Research Association (AERA). Linn will begin a one-year term as president in the spring of 2002 following incumbent president Andrew Porter of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

NIH Training Grant Establishes 12 New Fellowships In Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

July 16, 2001

The Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ has received a five-year, $1.4 million training grant from the National Institutes of Health, which will support graduate education and 12 new fellowships in the emerging, interdisciplinary field.

Chemical Engineering Professor Wins National Award For Excellence

July 15, 2001

Christopher Bowman, professor of chemical engineering at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder, has been selected to receive the 2001 Allan P. Colburn Award for Excellence in Publications from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. The award, given to one leading researcher under the age of 36 each year, is the most important and prestigious award in the field of chemical engineering, according to chemical engineering department Chair Rob Davis. A $5,000 prize will be presented with the award at the annual AIChE meeting Nov. 5 in Reno, Nev.

CU-Boulder Joins National Leadership Alliance

July 12, 2001

The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder has become the 29th member of the Leadership Alliance, the premiere coalition of the nation's top research and teaching institutions seeking to increase the numbers of traditionally underrepresented students in graduate study. James H. Wyche, executive director of the Alliance and associate provost at Brown University, will visit the Boulder campus Monday and Tuesday July 16th and 17th. He will meet with CU-Boulder faculty Monday afternoon.

Elementary School Teachers Try Engineering To Integrate Math, Science In Classrooms

July 11, 2001

Elementary school teachers looking for ways to integrate math and science concepts in their classrooms will build pencil rockets and experiment with slingshot-propelled cars at a workshop sponsored by CU-Boulder's Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory July 16 through July 19. The "Kinetics for Kids" workshop introduces engineering to kindergarten through fifth-grade teachers from around Colorado through fun, hands-on activities that teachers can use in their own classrooms with a minimum of expense.

21 Years Of Upward Bound Going Strong At CU-Boulder

July 11, 2001

The Upward Bound program, now in its 21st year of operation at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder, is experiencing its highest attendance ever this year with two summer programs that began June 15th and end July 27th. Hailing from nine states, including California, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Washington, Oregon and North Carolina, 131 students are taking part in the original summer Upward Bound program and the more recently established Math and Science Center, now in its third year.

CU-Boulder's Pre-Collegiate Program Continues To Expand

July 11, 2001

Editors: Construction of the electric/rocket-powered land vehicle is still in progress. Contact Janet DeGrazia, (303) 735-4763, to arrange photos or for information. With two new scholarships and several new partnerships, the Pre-Collegiate Development Programs at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder are continuing to expand their services.

New Great White Shark Study Has Conservation Implications

July 10, 2001

A new study spearheaded by a ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder researcher that indicates male great white sharks roam Earth's oceans much more widely than females has implications for future conservation strategies for the storied and threatened fish.

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