CU Family Housing Remembers Victims Of Sept. 11 Tragedy

Oct. 10, 2001

Editors: To arrange for photos, please contact Ricki Martinez in the Family Housing office at (303) 492-6384. The Department of Family Housing at CU-Boulder will unveil a mural in remembrance of victims of the Sept. 11 tragedy in New York City on Sunday, Oct. 14, at 6 p.m. at the Athens North Community Room on the CU campus. The Athens North Community Room is at 1855 Athens St.

News4 Anchor/Weatherman Larry Green And CU-Boulder Engineering Professor Team Up For 'ABCs Of Engineering'

Oct. 10, 2001

TEAM UP FOR 'ABCs OF ENGINEERING' The University of Colorado at Boulder and NEWS4 are teaming up for a second consecutive year of science-centered educational programming this fall, bringing engineering concepts to third- through fifth-graders in a weeklong program titled "The ABCs of Engineering." From Oct. 22 through Oct. 26, NEWS4's Larry Green will explore the basics of aerospace, mechanical, civil, chemical and electrical engineering with the help of CU engineering faculty member Janet deGrazia.

CU Professor Janet deGrazia Aims To Boost Interest In Engineering Through Series

Oct. 10, 2001

CU PROFESSOR JANET DeGRAZIA Chemical engineering Professor Janet deGrazia spends summers at CU-Boulder wowing schoolkids and teachers by launching pencil rockets, dissecting rock-climbing cams and showing why bridges collapse to demonstrate Newton's Laws of Motion and other scientific principles.

CU Board Of Regents Approves Williams Village Master Site Plan To Expand Student Housing

Oct. 10, 2001

The Board of Regents of the University of Colorado Thursday approved the Williams Village Master Site Development Plan, providing guidelines for developers to construct apartment-style student housing for 1,900 upper division and graduate students. Initial occupancy is expected on Aug. 1, 2003.

CU Law Alumnus William Hybl To Receive Knous Award Oct. 13

Oct. 9, 2001

The 42nd Annual William Lee Knous Award, which is conferred by the Law Alumni Board of Directors to alumni in recognition of outstanding achievement and sustained service to the law school, will be presented to CU Law Alumnus William J. Hybl on Saturday, Oct. 13. The ceremony will be the highlight of the Back-to-Boulder festivities at the Fleming Law Building.

American News Coverage Of War, Race And Religion Topic Of Town Hall Meeting At CU-Boulder On Oct. 11

Oct. 9, 2001

A town hall meeting on "America at War: Race, Religion and the Media" will be hosted by the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Journalism and Mass Communication on Thursday, Oct. 11, at 5:15 p.m. in Hale Science Building room 270. A panel of local and national experts will evaluate the impact of news coverage in America on race, ethnicity and religion before and after the Sept. 11 national tragedy.

High School Science Buffs To Sample CU-Boulder Science Programs Thursday

Oct. 9, 2001

Editors: Photographers are welcome at the events. Most visual are "Science from CU" at 12:30 p.m., Nubian mummies at 12:30 p.m. and the Bugmobile at 1:40 p.m. The high school students will attend sessions from 8 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Afternoon sessions have from 20 to 60 students in each. 91ÖÆƬ³§ 120 high school students from throughout Colorado will visit the University of Colorado at Boulder on Thursday, Oct. 11, for a day of science presentations ranging from "Cool and Creative Chemistry" to Nubian mummies.

CU-Boulder Lands Clinical Research Center Through National Institutes Of Health Grant

Oct. 9, 2001

Note to Editors: A public dedication ceremony is set for 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 17 and the open house and clinical research demonstrations are from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the south wing of the third floor of the Wardenburg Health Center on campus. The National Institutes of Health has awarded the University of Colorado at Boulder a multi-year, multi-million dollar grant to establish and maintain a General Clinical Research Center for teaching and conducting clinical research studies on humans.

Bose-Einstein Condensate: A New Form Of Matter

Oct. 8, 2001

Distinguished Professor Carl E. Wieman of the University of Colorado department of physics at Boulder and Senior Scientist Eric A. Cornell of the National Institute of Standards and Technology led a team of physicists that created the world's first Bose-Einstein condensate -- a new form of matter -- on June 5, 1995.

Wieman And Cornell Win 2001 Nobel Prize In Physics

Oct. 8, 2001

Distinguished Professor Carl E. Wieman of the University of Colorado at Boulder and Senior Scientist Eric A. Cornell of the National Institute of Standards and Technology today received the 2001 Nobel Prize in physics. The prize also was awarded to Wolfgang Ketterle of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Wieman said he heard about the award from his brother at about 4 a.m. "I have an unlisted number, as does Eric, and so my brother saw it on the Internet and called me up and that's how I found out.

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