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Many instructors at the University of Colorado at Boulder are now reaping benefits traditionally unobtainable to them — across the board minimum salaries, a level of job security and retirement benefits — thanks to a new "instructor bill of rights." Known to academics as non tenure-track faculty, instructors and lecturers are often hired by universities to teach large undergraduate courses.

David Aragon, former associate director of CU-Boulder's Minority Engineering Program, has returned to the campus as director of the nationally recognized program, now called Success in Engineering through Excellence and Diversity.

CU-Boulder professor to speak at Cortez Cultural Center on Nov.18 WHO: Linda Cordell, director of CU's Henderson Museum, will speak in Cortez on Nov. 18th. Professor Cordell has been at CU since 1994 and is a faculty member in the anthropology department.

Editors: For photos of the interior of the new Humanities Building prior to the Nov. 15 ceremony, contact Janet Johnson at 303-883-1487. A dedication ceremony for the University of Colorado at BoulderÂ’s new $10.8 million Humanities Building will be held Monday, Nov. 15, at 2 p.m. in the buildingÂ’s auditorium. President John Buechner, Chancellor Richard Byyny and Arts and Sciences Dean Peter Spear will speak at the afternoon dedication ceremony.

Term limit supporters argue that career politicians are out of touch with their constituents, but a CU-Boulder business professor counters that term limits encourage politicians to cast votes that are more extreme. Rather than reflecting the voice of the voters who put them in office, term limits encourage politicians to vote based on their personal ideology. "If politicians know they are only going to be in office for a certain amount of time, they donÂ’t have the incentive to stay in favor with the voters at large," said Finance Professor Eric Hughson.

Editors: This event is open to reporters but not to the general public. Featuring prominent entrepreneurs including Celestial SeasoningsÂ’ founder Mo Siegel and Frontier AirlinesÂ’ president Sam Addoms, a live-from-Boulder national radio broadcast will highlight the regionÂ’s strength in entrepreneurship and emerging ventures. The Nov. 3 broadcast from netLibrary.comÂ’s Boulder facility is part of the Richard Tavener radio show's 100-day tour of 46 entrepreneurially active cities.

The CU-Boulder Heritage Center has extended its hours to increase time available for viewing of the current Glenn Miller exhibit, running through December, and all of the center's other permanent exhibits. The new hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., adding Mondays and Saturdays to the former schedule to accommodate football and other visitors.

Carl Wieman of the University of Colorado at Boulder and Eric Cornell of the National Institute of Standards and Technology have been awarded the 1999 R.W. Wood Prize from the Optical Society of America. The award honors an outstanding discovery, scientific or technological achievement, or invention in the field of optics. Wieman and Cornell were cited "for their creative inventiveness and persistent ingenuity applied to the development of laser techniques for cooling atoms, which led to the first demonstration of Bose-Einstein condensation of an atomic vapor."

Four related studies from the laboratory of Assistant Professor Monika Fleshner of the University of Colorado at Boulder suggest physiological responses to stress from the brain, hormonal system and immune system are moderated by regular exercise.

Navajo star and constellation myths, including the story of the creation of stars, will be explored during a live astronomy show at the Fiske Planetarium on the campus of the University of Colorado at Boulder. John Stocke, a CU-Boulder professor of astrophysical and planetary sciences, will present "Navajo Skies" at Fiske Planetarium on Friday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m.