CU-Boulder Chemistry Professor Wins Teaching Fellowship

Feb. 24, 1999

The University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder Sewall Residential Academic Program has selected professor Margaret Asirvatham of the chemistry department as its 1999 Sewall Teaching Fellow. The Teaching Fellowship will provide Asirvatham with monetary support to teach a course titled, "The Art and Science of Chemistry," to Sewall students next fall and spring semesters. She also will receive a stipend of $1,500.

CU-Boulder Students To Test Micro-Satellite Aboard Reduced Gravity NASA Aircraft

Feb. 24, 1999

A team of four undergraduate engineering students at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder will test a satellite using micro-electromechanical systems, or MEMS, technology aboard NASA's KC-135 aircraft in March as part of the Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program.

Princeton Professor To Give Lecture At CU-Boulder March 1

Feb. 24, 1999

The Sewall Residential Academic Program at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder will host a lecture titled "Racial and Ethnic Coalitions in the 21st Century" on Monday, March 1. The lecture is free and open to the public and will be in Old Main Chapel at 7:30 p.m.

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Feb. 22, 1999

"Imagining and Remembering the West: Regional Identity and the Ghosts of Western Future and Past," a lecture by David Wrobel, associate professor of history at Widener University, will be held Thursday, March 4, at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder. The talk will be from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in room 235 of the University Memorial Center. The lecture is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Center of the American West, where Wrobel is a visiting fellow. For information call 303-492-4879.

"Seven Summits Of The Solar System" Topic Of CU-Boulder Program March 4

Feb. 22, 1999

Two of the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder's most distinguished alumni will give talks and a slide show on the seven highest mountains in the solar system March 4. The speakers, world renowned mountain climber Glenn Porzak and space scientist Joe Romig, will discuss the challenges of venturing to the summits of the solar system's highest peaks. The mountains range in height from 29,028-foot Mount Everest in the Himalayas to 75,000-foot Olympus Mons on Mars.

CU's Foreign Language Tech Center Offers Web Visits To Distant Nations

Feb. 22, 1999

The ALTEC Language Lab at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder has begun developing foreign language lessons that about 2,500 students will be able to access via the World Wide Web in the fall 1999 semester, enhancing coursework in six foreign languages.

CU's Foreign Language Tech Center Offers Web Visits To Distant Nations

Feb. 22, 1999

The ALTEC Language Lab at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder has begun developing foreign language lessons that about 2,500 students will be able to access via the World Wide Web in the fall 1999 semester, enhancing coursework in six foreign languages.

CU-Boulder Faculty Member Receives Friend Of Foreign Languages Award

Feb. 22, 1999

Kuan Yi Rose Chang, director of the Anderson Language Technology Center (ALTEC) at CU-Boulder and an adjunct babyÖ±²¥app member in East Asian languages and civilizations, will receive the Friend of Foreign Languages Award Feb. 25 from the babyÖ±²¥app Congress of Foreign Language Teachers. The award is one of six that will be presented to foreign language babyÖ±²¥app and schoolteachers by CCFLT at its annual awards luncheon at the Adam's Mark Hotel, 1550 Court Place, in Denver.

CU-Boulder Journalism School Hosts Ralph L. Crosman Lecture

Feb. 22, 1999

The School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder will present the annual Ralph L. Crosman Lecture on Monday, March 1, at 5:30 p.m. in Old Main Chapel. James E. O'Shea, deputy managing editor for news at the Chicago Tribune, is the guest speaker. The lecture is titled, "The Journalistic Boomerang: Reporters Face New Intimidation Tactics after the Food Lion Case."

CU-Boulder College Of Business Announces Dean Search Finalists

Feb. 21, 1999

Five finalists have been named for the position of dean of the College of Business and Administration at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder, according to Phil DiStefano, vice chancellor for academic affairs. The finalists for the position are Michael Ginzberg, Case Western University; Randolph Beatty, Southern Methodist University; Robert Hansen, Dartmouth College; Steven Manaster, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; and James Henry, Michigan State University.

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