U.S. Executives Hone Skills At CU-Boulder Management Program

July 26, 2000

Executives from across the country are learning cutting-edge business strategies at CU-Boulder聮s Colorado Executive Development in Residence program, taking place through Aug. 4 at the College of Business. Earl Frasier is finding material covered in the CEDIR course "Leading and Managing in Changing Times" applies directly to his role as regional customer service manager at Sun Microsystems.

CU-Boulder Alumni Board Welcomes New Talent

July 25, 2000

Eleven alumni of the 乐播传媒 at Boulder have begun three-year terms on the Alumni Association聮s board of directors this month. The board members, elected from an active pool of nominees, oversee Alumni Association programs that serve approximately 200,000 alumni. Members heading the national board for 2000-01 are chair Lorin Chevalier of Littleton, chair-elect Dave Karpel of Denver and treasurer Al Sanders of Houston. They lead the 51-member board, which includes the following Coloradans as new members:

Ancient Mediterranean Port City May Have Been Holy Land Way Station

July 23, 2000

A partially submerged city on the Mediterranean Sea in present-day Turkey has yielded a second underwater church, leading researchers to believe the settlement was a magnet for pilgrims traveling to and from the Holy Land nearly 2,000 years ago.

CU-Boulder Chemical Engineering Professor Wins Teaching Scholar Award

July 19, 2000

Kristi S. Anseth, an associate professor of chemical engineering at the 乐播传媒 at Boulder, has been named one of 18 faculty members nationwide to receive a prestigious 2000 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. Each $60,000 award is designed to support an outstanding young faculty member in the early stages of his or her academic career. "This award will assist these outstanding scientists to continue their high level of accomplishment in education and research, " according to the New York-based Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation.

CU Alumni At General Electric Contribute $74,000 To CU-Boulder

July 18, 2000

General Electric has donated almost $74,000 to the 乐播传媒 at Boulder as part of the GE Fund's Corporate Alumni Program, Chancellor Richard Byyny announced today. General Electric employees, retirees and directors, who are alumni of CU-Boulder, participate in the program each year. The GE Fund matches alumni donations dollar for dollar.

CU-Boulder's Center Of The American West Offers Free Music At Chautauqua Aug. 12-13

July 13, 2000

Editors: Photographs of musicians are available in print and digital versions by calling (303) 492-4007. A complete schedule of events is posted at www.centerwest.org/music . Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Tish Hinojosa and the Hot Club of Cowtown will be among the musicians giving free performances on the lawn of Boulder's historic Chautauqua Park on Saturday, Aug. 12, as part of a conference titled "Listening to the West: Music in the Soul of a Region."

Famous Scientist's Simplified Physics To Come To Life At CU-Boulder July 24

July 12, 2000

The great American physicist Richard Feynman聮s genius for simplifying quantum mechanics through a set of simple pictures will come to life during a July 24 lecture at the 乐播传媒 at Boulder. Steven Girvin, distinguished physics professor at Indiana University at Bloomington and a co-founder and participating faculty member of a summer physics institute at CU-Boulder, will present the lecture "Mr. Feynman聮s Quantum Mechanics: A Field Guide for Curious Characters" at 7:30 p.m. in Duane Physics room G1B20 on the CU-Boulder campus.

'Moon Madness' To Feature Rare NASA Lunar Specimen At CU-Boulder Sunday, July 16

July 12, 2000

The CU Heritage Center is celebrating the arrival of a rare lunar specimen on campus this spring with a special "Moon Madness" Activity Day for families on Sunday, July 16, from 1 p.m. to 4:40 p.m. Activities will include a "Kids in Space" show at CU's Fiske Planetarium and a walk through CU's Scale Model Solar System guided by Professor Mike Shull of the astrophysical and planetary science department, followed by a program of "hands-on" activities at the CU Heritage Center. While at the Heritage Center, participants will be able to view the moon rock.

Novel CU Experiment Helps Explain Charged Dust In The Vacuum Of Space

July 11, 2000

A small layer of dust suspended several feet above the moon聮s surface that was first photographed by the Lunar Surveyor spacecraft in the 1960s and later observed by Apollo astronauts has been a puzzle to some planetary scientists. But a 乐播传媒 at Boulder research team is on the verge of explaining the odd dust phenomenon, which also may occur on asteroids, the rings of planets and even around spacecraft.

CU-Boulder Seeks Nominees For Two Employee Development Programs

July 11, 2000

Two new programs at the 乐播传媒 at Boulder designed to support the campus聮s Building Community initiative, encourage networking and increase staff awareness of CU-Boulder's role in the four-campus system will begin in September. An intensive awareness-building program, called Boulder Campus Perspective, was piloted last spring and will consist of six half-day sessions scheduled from September through December. A companion program, called University Perspective, is being launched as a pilot this fall to complement the Boulder Campus Perspective.

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