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Ofelia Miramontes, interim associate vice chancellor for diversity and equity at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder, has been appointed to the position on a permanent basis, according to Phil DiStefano, vice chancellor for academic affairs. The appointment was approved by the Board of Regents on Aug. 3. Her salary will be $101,260.

James Avery, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder, has been named associate dean for academic affairs for the College of Engineering and Applied Science. A CU-Boulder faculty member since 1982, Avery has been one of the leaders of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory and initiative, an innovative, nationally recognized program that led a reform of the engineering curriculum focusing on interdisciplinary, hands-on learning. Avery has served as ITLL technical director since the program was initiated in 1993.

Mary Banks has been appointed director of the CU-Boulder College of Business Career Center by business Dean Steven Manaster. The Board of Regents approved her appointment at its Aug. 3 meeting. "MaryÂ’s extensive experience makes her a great fit with our needs and goals," Manaster said. "Her strong background working with the business community and students made her an outstanding candidate."

A $2.6 million National Science Foundation grant to the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder will allow scores of students from the natural sciences, social sciences and journalism fields to join forces and explore novel solutions to environmental problems.

Arctic temperatures in the late 20th century, which were the warmest in four centuries, have been accompanied by a variety of other environmental changes, according to a review paper published in mid-July by a group of the worldÂ’s leading Arctic researchers.

A ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder professor and several colleagues have identified what is believed to be the youngest massive star cluster yet detected in the Milky Way Galaxy. Known as W49, the cluster appears to contain about 100 type O stars – the hottest and most massive stars in our galaxy -- that are estimated be less than 1 million years old. The cluster also is thought to be peppered with thousands of lower mass, lower luminosity stars.

CU-Boulder engineering Dean Ross Corotis led a national workshop on engineering education reform July 28 in which he detailed the collegeÂ’s successful Integrated Teaching and Learning program and groundbreaking Discovery Learning Initiative for other college educators.

Elease Robbins, interim associate vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of students at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder, has been appointed to the position on a permanent basis, according to Ron Stump, vice chancellor for student affairs. The appointment was approved by the Board of Regents on Aug. 3 and is effective Aug. 4. Robbins has held the position on an interim basis for the past year. The salary is $85,000.

The 5,000 people expected to attend the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at BoulderÂ’s commencement exercises Aug. 12 at 8:30 a.m. in the historic Norlin Quadrangle are strongly urged to plan for an early arrival. Free parking will be available in the Euclid Avenue Autopark, Lot 204 off 18th Street and Broadway, Lot 308 at Regent Drive and Kittredge Loop Road, and in Lot 310 off 18th Street and Wardenburg Drive. Lots 359 and 378, near Folsom Stadium, and the Regent Drive Autopark (Lot 436 on Regent Drive) also are open and free.

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. - The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Board of Regents announced today that Elizabeth "Betsy" Hoffman, 53, has been named the 20th president of the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½. Hoffman, currently Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), will take over CU's top post on Sept. 1.