ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½

Adult literacy students in the city of BoulderÂ’s "Learning to Read" program are learning more than reading and writing this spring – theyÂ’re learning to send electronic mail and log onto the Internet as well. A new service-learning project of the linguistics department at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder pairs CU-Boulder undergraduates with adult literacy students, augmenting the assistance provided by their regularly assigned tutors.

The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder will host a series of events during the fourteenth National Science and Technology Week from April 27 to May 2. This yearÂ’s theme is "Polar Connections: Exploring the WorldÂ’s Natural Laboratories." The weekÂ’s purpose is to "engage the American public in the spirit of learning and adventure that is the hallmark of science and engineering." It is a major outreach effort by the National Science Foundation. Public lectures for general audiences will be held April 27 through April 29 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Duane Physics G020.

It wasnÂ’t a marriage made in heaven. And now, after years of bickering, the partnership between the urban and rural West is on the rocks. In a program that is both fun and serious, the Center of the American West at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder will explore the complex relationship between urban and rural interests and cast it in very human terms. "The Urban-Rural Divorce in the American West," will begin at 1 p.m. May 9 at the Boulder Public Library Auditorium, 1000 Canyon Blvd. The event is free and open to the public.

G. Dale Meyer, an internationally renowned business professor at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder, has been selected to receive the Hazel Barnes Prize, the campusÂ’ highest honor for teaching and research. The prize includes an engraved University Medal and cash award of $20,000. Chancellor Richard L. Byyny announced that Meyer, who helped establish CU-BoulderÂ’s highly ranked entrepreneurship program, will be recognized during commencement exercises May 15 in Folsom Stadium.