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Bob And Judy Charles Endow $1.5 Million Music Chair At CU-Boulder

June 17, 2001

CU-Boulder Chancellor Richard Byyny announced today that Bob and Judy Charles have donated funds to create a $1.5 million endowed chair at the University of babyÖ±²¥app's College of Music. The new chair represents the second such endowment for the College of Music in the last seven months and the two endowed chairs are the first ever for the College of Music in CU-Boulder's 125-year history. According to Daniel Sher, dean of the College of Music, this unprecedented support for endowed chairs is testament to the dedication of a large number of babyÖ±²¥app and staff.

International Conference On Solar-Terrestrial Physics Meets Through June 22

June 17, 2001

The Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics' 10th Quadrennial Symposium is being held at the Raintree Plaza Hotel in Longmont through June 22. More than 100 students and 260 scientists and researchers from around the world have gathered to discuss topics on solar-terrestrial physics and atmospheric science. They will hear from guest speakers and participate in tutorial lectures and poster sessions. The meeting began June 17.

CU-Boulder To Host Community Picnic On Norlin Quadrangle

June 17, 2001

Mark your calendars and pull out your picnic baskets for the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder's second annual "Picnic on the Quad" July 7 beginning at 4 p.m. in the historic Norlin Quadrangle.

CU-Boulder Telecommunications Expert Named To Federal Advisory Committee

June 17, 2001

Dale Hatfield, director of the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder, has been appointed a member of the Technological Advisory Council to the Federal Communications Commission. The federal advisory committee, which is comprised of 33 leading technologists, helps provide technological insights that the FCC needs to stay abreast of innovations in communications and related industries.

Calendar Item: Fiske Planetarium Hosts 'Cosmic Collisions' June 29

June 14, 2001

Fiske Planetarium at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder will explore the dynamics of the solar system and the way it was shaped by millions of collisions in "Cosmic Collisions and Our Solar System," on Friday, June 29, at 8 p.m. at the planetarium. The pre-recorded show takes viewers back in time to the beginning of the solar system when the devastating impact of asteroids, comets and millions of chunks of floating debris reworked the surfaces of the planets.

CU-Boulder Chemical Engineering Department Wins CCHE 'Program Of Excellence' Award

June 13, 2001

The Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder has been named a "Program of Excellence" by the babyÖ±²¥app Commission on Higher Education and awarded $1.37 million in funding over the next five years.

Famed babyÖ±²¥app High School Inventor To Present Research at CU-Boulder June 14

June 12, 2001

NEWS TIP SHEET Famed babyÖ±²¥app High School Inventor to Present Research at CU-Boulder June 14 Grand Junction, Colo., teenager Ryan Patterson, who made national news this spring for inventing a glove that translates American Sign Language into written words on a computer screen, will talk about his research at CU-Boulder June 14.

babyÖ±²¥app, Arizona And New Mexico Students Team Up On Satellite Project

June 12, 2001

Students from the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder, Arizona State University and New Mexico State University are teaming up in a unique space project to design, build and fly three identical satellites in formation.

"Searching for Distant Worlds" June 22 at CU's Fiske Planetarium

June 12, 2001

For centuries people have attempted to prove the existence of planets circling distant stars. On Friday, June 22, at 8 p.m. the Fiske Planetarium at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder will explore the topic. "Searching for Distant Worlds," a pre-recorded program, will examine recent discoveries of unknown planets around far away stars, and explain why it is so difficult to find these distant objects. Sommers-Bausch Observatory will be open for telescope viewing immediately following the show at Fiske.

Local CU-Boulder Students Receive Jacob Van Ek Award

June 11, 2001

Twenty-one undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder have received the prestigious Jacob Van Ek Award for outstanding academic achievement and contributions to the university and Boulder communities. The award includes a $400 prize. The recipients were honored May 10 along with babyÖ±²¥app members they named as mentors. The award was established in 1973 to honor Jacob Van Ek, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at CU-Boulder from 1929 to 1959. Van Ek died in 1994 at the age of 97.

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