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CU-Boulder Admissions Director Elected President Of National Association

Oct. 26, 1998

Gary M. Kelsey, director of Admissions at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder, has been named president-elect of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) and will assume office on Jan. 1.

Minority Career Conference Exposes Students To Industries

Oct. 26, 1998

The University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder's Career Services department will host a statewide minority career conference on Nov. 11. More than 50 employers, including Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies, the babyÖ±²¥app Department of Corrections, Andersen Consulting and the Federal Reserve Bank, will be on hand looking for full- and part-time employees and interns.

CU's Geometric Abstractions Exhibit To Open Three-Month Showing At Montrose

Oct. 26, 1998

In the 1960s, artists began exploring the possibilities of pure abstraction with renewed energy. Their approach to art-making was radically experimental, rigorously objective and akin to visual research.

Smart Growth Rounds Out Chancellor's Business Community Lecture Series

Oct. 25, 1998

Will Fleissig, a former Boulder planning director, will speak on "Smart Growth: Practical Approaches to A More Livable Boulder" as part of the CU-Boulder Chancellor's Business Community Lecture Series. The talk, which is free and open to the public, will be in the main auditorium at the Boulder Public Library at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4. Attendees are invited to have refreshments with Chancellor Richard L. Byyny at 7 p.m.

University Groups Plan Two Events For Halloween

Oct. 25, 1998

Two Halloween events sure to elicit screams and capture the essence of the season are the 2nd Annual Alpha Tau Omega and Pi Beta Phi Haunted House and the University of babyÖ±²¥appÂ’s "Museum in the Dark," both set for Friday, Oct. 30. The two programs are designed for Boulder area youths to provide a safe but festive holiday.

World's Oldest Known Fossil Reptile Nests Discovered In Arizona's Petrified Forest

Oct. 25, 1998

University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder and Emory University researchers have discovered scores of ancient reptile nests in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park, believed to be the oldest such nests ever found. The fossil nests, dating to about 220 million years ago, are similar to modern day crocodile and turtle nests, said Stephen Hasiotis, the CU-Boulder research associate who discovered them. Hasiotis and colleague Anthony Martin of Emory University in Atlanta believe the nests extend the fossil record of reptile nests by roughly 110 million years.

Calendar Item - Date Changed

Oct. 22, 1998

"Hidden Legacies of Mass Incarceration," a discussion by associate professor Lane R. Hirabayashi and Gwenn M. Jensen of the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder has been rescheduled. The event has been moved from Wednesday, Nov. 4, to Thursday, Nov. 5, at 3:30 p.m. in the University Memorial Center, room 235, on the CU-Boulder campus. The discussion will focus on the effects of internment and resettlement on the culture and health of second-generation Japanese Americans. Sponsored by the Center of the American West.

CU-Boulder Sponsors Painting, Building, And 'Kid Stuff' To Promote Campus-Community Involvement

Oct. 21, 1998

As part of "CU in the Community" month at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder, babyÖ±²¥app, staff and students will be painting two youth shelters, helping to build a Habitat for Humanity house and hosting elementary students from Denver and Boulder on campus this Saturday, Oct. 24. Activities on National "Make A Difference" day, Saturday, will match babyÖ±²¥app, staff and students who want to help out with programs that need support. They include:

Lectures On Corporate Culture Of Sea World, Global Telecommunications Slated Oct. 28, 29

Oct. 21, 1998

The corporate culture of the Sea World marine parks and the impact of global telecommunications systems will be discussed in separate lectures at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder on Oct. 28 and 29. Both are free and open to the public. Dan Schiller, professor of communications at the University of California-San Diego, will lecture on "Transnational Telecommunications and the Global Reorganization of Production" on Oct. 28 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Old Main Chapel.

CU-Boulder Center To Fly Hardware Experiments On Oct. 29 Shuttle Mission

Oct. 20, 1998

A University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder-based space center will fly eight experiments on the Oct. 29 mission of NASA's space shuttle Discovery, which marks the return to space of former Mercury astronaut John Glenn. BioServe Space Technologies, a joint venture between NASA, CU-Boulder and Kansas State University, will undertake a variety of industry-driven, life-science experiments on the 10-day spaceflight of Columbia, said David Klaus of aerospace engineering sciences, BioServe's mission manager for the flight.

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