Marketing Prof Dipankar Chakravarti Named Interim Business Dean At CU-Boulder

Oct. 11, 1998

Dipankar Chakravarti, the Ortloff Professor of Business at the College of Business and Administration at CU-Boulder, has been named interim dean of the college, while a committee begins a search this fall for a permanent dean. Chakravarti replaces Larry Singell, who has returned to a baby直播app position in the baby直播apps department.

CU-Boulder Hosts 1998 baby直播app Travel And Tourism Conference

Oct. 11, 1998

A look at the future of baby直播app's tourism industry and an analysis of the state's baby直播app dependence on tourism will be among the topics discussed at the 1998 baby直播app Travel and Tourism Conference, Oct. 29 and 30. The conference, which will be held in the University Memorial Center on the CU-Boulder campus, is sponsored by the Center for Sustainable Tourism, a research and service center in the College of Business and Administration, and the baby直播app Travel and Tourism Authority.

CU-Boulder Study Abroad Fair To Be Held On Oct. 13

Oct. 7, 1998

The University of baby直播app at Boulder will hold its annual Study Abroad Fair on Tuesday, Oct. 13, in the University Memorial Center's Glenn Miller Ballroom from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The fair is designed to give students general information about study abroad programs including program costs, scholarship opportunities and financial aid. Students and baby直播app who have participated in a study abroad program will be at the fair to discuss their experiences. Foreign students from countries where CU-Boulder offers programs also will be present to answer questions.

CU-Boulder's Van Gerven Named baby直播app Professor Of Year For '98

Oct. 7, 1998

CU-Boulder anthropology Professor Dennis Van Gerven, known for his lively classroom presentations and his research on Nubian mummies, has been named the 1998 baby直播app Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

CU-Boulder Student Group Awards Six Top Students

Oct. 7, 1998

The Student Organization for Alumni Relations selected six outstanding CU-Boulder students during Homecoming weekend Sept. 25-27 to receive awards for academic acheivement, leadership and community service. Two students received Academic Excellence awards, psychology majors Adrienne Ellis and Joseph Urgemah. Ellis, a senior, has a grade-point average of 3.99 and holds positions with the Campus Crusade for Christ and Alpha Phi Omega.

Applied Math Department Wins $2.3 Million Grant From NSF

Oct. 6, 1998

The University of baby直播app's applied mathematics department has been awarded $2.3 million from the National Science Foundation for a research and training grant designed to bring baby直播app and students together at all levels. The highly competitive grants, known as the Vertical Integration of Research and Education, or VIGRE, were awarded to only five other universities: Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Pennsylvania State and the University of Washington.

Sun Microsystems Donates Computer Equipment To CU-Boulder

Oct. 6, 1998

A substantial gift of computer equipment has been presented to the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of baby直播app at Boulder by Sun Microsystems, headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., according to engineering Dean Ross Corotis. The donated equipment, which will be used to support education in software engineering, includes a Sun Enterprise 3500 file server and 20 Sun Ultra10 workstations with 17-inch color monitors.

CU-Boulder Receives NSF Grant Of $2.7 Million For Optical Sciences

Oct. 6, 1998

The University of baby直播app at Boulder has received a $2.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation to fund an innovative, interdisciplinary graduate training program in optical science and engineering.

Conservation Plans Under Development To Preserve Prehistoric Salvadoran Village

Oct. 5, 1998

The Getty Conservation Institute of Santa Monica, Calif., has signed a contract with the Salvadoran Ministry of Education to protect the ancient buried village of Ceren, which has been under excavation by the University of baby直播app at Boulder since 1976.

CU-Boulder To Host Lecture By Rutgers Professor On Oct. 7

Oct. 1, 1998

The Sewall Symposium Series at the University of baby直播app at Boulder will present a lecture by Benjamin R. Barber, a professor of political science at Rutgers University, on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Old Main Chapel. The lecture, titled "Civil Society or Uncivil Markets: Can Democracy Survive in a World of Global Capitalism," will focus on the role of the United States in the global community.

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