CU-Boulder Issues Action Plan Response To Blue Ribbon Commission

May 2, 2006

An action plan from the University of Colorado at Boulder pledging increased scholarship awards, diversity training for students and top administrators and more support for the highly successful Pre-Collegiate Development Program has been forwarded to the Blue Ribbon Commission and CU President Hank Brown.

CU-Boulder Recreation Center Employee Receives National Award

May 1, 2006

John Meyer, associate director for programs at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Student Recreation Center, has been awarded the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association's Honor Award. The award is the association's highest honor and recognizes outstanding professional achievements, as well as service to the association.

CU-Boulder Professor, Student Honored By EPA For Work On Acid Mine Drainage

May 1, 2006

Joseph Ryan, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and former graduate student Alice Wood were honored for their roles in helping to clean up acid mine drainage in northwestern Boulder County. The two are members of the Lefthand Watershed Revitalization Team, which was awarded the Environmental Protection Agency's 2006 National Notable Achievement Award last month in Washington, D.C. The team of local, state and federal stakeholders was led by Kathryn Hernandez of EPA Region 8.

CU-Boulder To Hold Spring Commencement On May 12

May 1, 2006

Richard S. Fuld Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Lehman Brothers and a University of Colorado at Boulder alumnus, will give the commencement address during CU-Boulder's spring commencement on Friday, May 12. The ceremony, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 8:30 a.m. in Folsom Stadium, where 5,610 degrees will be conferred. Guests are urged to be in their seats at the stadium well before 8:15 a.m.

CU-Boulder Source on Immigration Reform Rallies

April 30, 2006

NEWS TIP SHEET Michael Kanner, a University of Colorado at Boulder political science instructor, can discuss the political tactics and rhetoric involved in the immigration reform rallies and debates going on in Washington, D.C., and around the state. Kanner specializes in political parties and pressure groups, the American political system and political symbolism.

CU-Boulder Announces 2006 Equity And Excellence Awards

April 30, 2006

The Office of Diversity and Equity at the University of Colorado at Boulder has awarded 2006 Equity and Excellence Awards to eight faculty, staff and students.

National Jazz Awards Given To CU-Boulder Band, Trumpeter

April 30, 2006

A jazz big band at the University of Colorado at Boulder and its lead trumpeter have won Down Beat magazine student music awards, widely considered to be the most prestigious national recognition for jazz students.

Strong Job Recruiting At CU-Boulder In Line With National Trend For New Grads

April 30, 2006

Recruiting is up for graduating students at the University of Colorado at Boulder, who can expect more job options than in recent years due to growth in almost every kind of industry, according to campus experts. The technical, financial, retail and service industries are leading the way for new hires in 2006 at CU-Boulder, according to Lisa Severy, director of CU-Boulder's Career Services office.

CU-Boulder Education Professor Wins National Early Career Award

April 27, 2006

Associate Professor Kevin Welner of the University of Colorado at Boulder's School of Education has been awarded the 2006 Early Career Award from the American Educational Research Association. The 25,000-member organization honored Welner for his research on education policy. The award recognizes "a scholar's distinguished portfolio of cumulative education research within the first decade after receiving a doctoral degree."

Flow Visualization Photography Exhibit Held At CU-Boulder May 4 Through May 5

April 27, 2006

"Extraordinary art from ordinary fluids" is the way Jean Hertzberg describes the first assignment to 20 students in her interdisciplinary course, "Flow Visualization: The Physics & Art of Fluid Flow," at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Â鶹ÒùÔº in the class photographed such things as cream dropping into hot tea, smoke generated by blowing out candles, and a gasoline-diesel mixture burning on top of water, among other physical phenomena.

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