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Researchers at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder have received a $280,000 grant to help unlock the mystery of how diffuse knapweed, a noxious weed that has infested more than 80,000 acres along the Front Range and 3.2 million acres in the West, has become dominant in the prairies around Boulder.

The Robert H. and Beverly A. Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder has received a $500,000 grant from the Price Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, which will help expand entrepreneurial programs and learning opportunities for business and engineering students.

Editors note: Reporters are welcome to attend the meetings. University representatives will present an overview of the project and answer questions. The University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder will hold public meetings on the Williams Village student housing expansion project for neighborhood residents May 30 and 31.

Editors: Pizzi will be available to take calls on May 17 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. MDT at (941) 472-5111 (ask for unit #5330) or (303) 594-9318 (cell phone). William Pizzi, a professor at the University of babyÖ±²¥app School of Law, authored the original draft of the Governor's Columbine Review Commission report as one of the commission's unpaid staff members, writing on nights and weekends while teaching his regular classes at CU.

Editors: Elliott will be available to take calls on May 17 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on May 18 from 9 a.m. until noon. Delbert Elliott, professor of sociology and director of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder, appeared before the Governor's Columbine Review Commission on two occasions to address issues including bullying and youth violence.

Editors: Elliott will be available to take calls on May 17 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on May 18 from 9 a.m. until noon. Requests for information about how to address bullying in schools is becoming increasingly common at the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder. Professor Delbert Elliott, the center's director, said bullying was one of two common concerns he heard last year during an extensive statewide tour of schools he made with babyÖ±²¥app Attorney General Ken Salazar. The other major issue was drug use.

CU-Boulder Chancellor Richard Byyny announced today that Joe Negler has donated $3.7 million to establish an endowed chair in the College of Engineering and Applied Science. Negler also established the first endowed chair in the College of Music. "The Negler gift for endowed chairs allows a university such as ours the opportunity to attract, honor and retain some of the best teaching and research talent in the nation," according to Byyny. "That talent, in turn, attracts leading students to our campus."

Editors: Edwards has a series of CD-ROM charts detailing world energy supplies, world energy consumption and population projections. A videotape of Bartlett's lecture is available by calling (303) 492-4007. Two University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder experts who recently presented testimony on the nation's long-term energy supplies to two Congressional committees are awaiting the announcement of President Bush's energy proposal on May 17.

Robert Cranny has been appointed to the position of director of the Wardenburg Health Center at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder, according to Ron Stump, vice chancellor for student affairs. The appointment is pending Chancellor Byyny's approval. Cranny has held the position on an interim basis for the past 16 months. He has been actively involved in health care management for 15 years, including six years at Wardenburg. He also is president of Arvada-Wheat Ridge Physical Therapy in Wheat Ridge, Colo.

The Center for Environmental Journalism at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder has selected five journalists as the 2001-2002 Ted Scripps Fellows in Environmental Journalism. Starting next fall the fellows will study environmental science, policy, law and journalism for two semesters at the university and will work on individual research projects.