CU-Boulder Seeks To Highlight Social Norms Of Alcohol Use

April 18, 2001

Seven out of 10 college students overestimate the amount of alcohol consumed by their peers, according to a recent study by Education Development Center Inc., one of the world's leading nonprofit education and health organizations. Students incorrectly perceive that their peers consume a mean of 9.01 alcoholic drinks per week when they actually consume 4.73 drinks, according to the study. The study also found that students believe their peers consume a mean of 6.54 drinks when they party, while the actual number of drinks consumed is 3.35.

Boulder Mayor To Present Seminar On Sustainability And Cities

April 18, 2001

William Toor, mayor of Boulder and director of the CU Environmental Center, will present the next seminar in the university's Earth Systems Engineering Initiative on Wednesday, April 25. "Sustainability and Cities" will be presented from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Coors Events/Conference Center, room 4. The seminar, which is free and open to the public, will address the steps that cities can take to reduce emission of greenhouse gases and to create more sustainable buildings. The seminar will focus on the experience in Boulder and on current policy debates.

Lecture On Alcohol In Boulder Presented At CU On May 2

April 18, 2001

The University of Colorado Friends of the Libraries will present a lecture on "A Century of Alcohol in Boulder" on Wednesday, May 2, at 7 p.m. in room 150 of the Eaton Humanities Building on the CU-Boulder campus. The talk will be given by Bob Maust, a research associate at CU-Boulder and project director of the A Matter of Degree program, which addresses drinking problems on campus. In his work, Maust collaborates with the Harvard School of Public Health and the American Medical Association to research and reduce alcohol abuse among university students.

Memorial April 21 For CU-Boulder Student Neil Owen

April 17, 2001

Editors: Ryan Neil Owen's roommate, Kody Busch, is willing to answer questions related to the upcoming memorial and can be reached at (303) 442-0234. A memorial service for Ryan "Neil" Owen, of Lake Charles, La., a University of Colorado at Boulder student who died unexpectedly April 3, is being held Saturday, April 21, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Eaton Humanities Building room 150. Owen, 23, who was known as Neil to friends and family, was a senior at CU-Boulder majoring in film studies. He was born on Dec. 31, 1977 in Landsthul, Germany.

IMPART Fellowships Awarded To Eight CU-Boulder Faculty

April 17, 2001

Eight faculty members have received awards from the Implementation of Multicultural Perspectives and Approaches in Research and Teaching program at the University of Colorado at Boulder for 2001, according to Ofelia Miramontes, associate vice chancellor of diversity and equity. The goal of the IMPART program is to further develop a campus environment that supports and encourages gender, ethnic and cultural diversity in approaches to scholarly work and teaching.

CU Student Experiments To Ride Balloon 17 Miles Above Colorado Plains

April 17, 2001

Four tiny University of Colorado at Boulder experiments will be lofted by a large helium balloon from Windsor, Colo., to a height of about 17 miles before drifting back to earth on the eastern plains via parachute on Saturday, April 21.

CU-Boulder History Professor Wins Prestigious Book Award

April 16, 2001

Susan Johnson, an assistant professor of history at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has won a 2001 Bancroft Prize - one of the most prestigious honors a scholarly work of American history can receive - for her first book "Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush." The Bancroft Prize, established at Columbia University in 1948, is awarded annually to authors of works in the categories of American History and Diplomacy.

Fiske Planetarium Presents "Seven Wonders"

April 16, 2001

Calendar Item Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado at Boulder will tour the seven wonders of the ancient world during "Seven Wonders" on Friday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. at the planetarium. Burt Lancaster will guide the pre-recorded tour that also will take the audience on a search for the seven wonders of the solar system and universe.

CU Wizard Uses Dry Ice And Exploding Balloons To Show Chemistry In Action

April 16, 2001

The booms and bangs of chemical reactions will sound on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus on Saturday, April 28, when CU Wizard Tarek Sammakia presents his show about chemical reactions and pressure change at 9:30 a.m. in Cristol Chemistry room 140.

Miniature Unmanned Planes Descend On Arctic For Research

April 16, 2001

Three tiny unmanned airplanes equipped with sophisticated instruments are buzzing over the Arctic sea ice near Barrow, Alaska, providing University of Colorado at Boulder researchers with new atmospheric and environmental data.

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