CU-Boulder Issues Alert On Mumps, Recommends Two-Dose Vaccination

April 20, 2006

Â鶹ÒùÔº, faculty and staff at the University of Colorado at Boulder need to be aware of the growing threat of mumps infection that has spread rapidly in some Midwestern states, including Iowa where state health officials have declared an epidemic. Iowa has had 975 cases of mumps since the end of January 2006, compared to five cases annually in recent years, the biggest outbreak of mumps in the past 17 years. People in the 18- to 25-year age group have been particularly hard hit, causing concern on college campuses.

CU-Boulder Planetarium And Observatory To Host Astronomy Day Events April 29

April 19, 2006

Telescope demonstrations, sunspot viewing and the unveiling of several new hands-on exhibits are among the highlights of Astronomy Day, a family-oriented event to be held on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus on Saturday, April 29.

CU-Boulder Vice Chancellor Accepts LAC Recommendations

April 19, 2006

MEDIA ADVISORY The University of Colorado at Boulder has accepted the chief recommendations of the Licensing Advisory Committee, which has expressed qualified support for the Designated Supplier Program proposed by the national United Â鶹ÒùÔº Against Sweatshop Apparel and campaigned for on the Boulder campus by students and others aligned with the Coalition Against Sweatshop Apparel (CASA).

CU-Boulder Graduate Is First Alum To Win Gates Scholarship For Study At Cambridge University

April 19, 2006

Note to Editors: Alejandro Ramirez is currently working at Columbia University in New York City. Please contact the News Services Office for contact information. University of Colorado at Boulder alumnus Alejandro Ramirez this spring became the first CU-Boulder graduate to win the Gates Cambridge Scholarship for study in the United Kingdom, funded by Microsoft founder Bill Gates.

CU-Boulder's Fiske Planetarium To Hold Saturn Celebration April 27-28

April 19, 2006

Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado at Boulder will host four evening talks on April 27-28 to celebrate CU-Boulder's role in the successful and ongoing Cassini spacecraft mission to Saturn. Researchers involved in the Cassini mission will give talks each evening at 7 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. in the planetarium.

Two CU-Boulder Faculty To Be Inducted Into National Academy Of Sciences

April 19, 2006

Two women faculty members from the University of Colorado at Boulder will be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences on Saturday, April 22, in a ceremony in Washington, D.C. University of Colorado Museum Director and anthropology Professor Linda Cordell and Deborah Jin, a fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and an associate adjoint professor in CU-Boulder's physics department, will be honored at the ceremony in the NAS Great Hall. The public induction ceremony will be followed by a reception.

CU-Boulder Licensing Advisory Committee Issues Recommendation

April 18, 2006

MEDIA ADVISORY The Licensing Advisory Committee of the University of Colorado at Boulder has forwarded a recommendation of "qualified support" for a proposal on a Designated Suppliers Program, which is being promoted by a national student organization including the group's CU-Boulder chapter. The recommendation was submitted on April 18 by Professor William Wei, chair of CU-Boulder's Licensing Advisory Committee, to Vice Chancellor for Administration Paul Tabolt. A copy of the recommendation letter is included below and attached.

Evolution Lectures Slated For CU-Boulder April 25

April 18, 2006

Two nationally prominent scientists will participate in a free public program April 25 at the University of Colorado at Boulder on the fossil and biological evidence for evolution titled "Fossils and Genes: Exploring the Evolution of Life."

Japanese-American Author, Internment Camp Survivor To Speak At CU-Boulder April 20

April 17, 2006

Author Mary Matsuda-Gruenewald will discuss her experiences in a World War II internment camp and the lingering impacts the camps have had on the Japanese-American community during a talk at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

SpaceShipOne Designer Among Distinguished Engineering Alumni Honored By CU-Boulder

April 16, 2006

The University of Colorado at Boulder will honor four distinguished engineering alumni at the 41st annual Engineering Awards Banquet on April 21. The recipients include the chief aerodynamicist for SpaceShipOne, which won the $10 million Ansari X-Prize, an expert in marine structures who helped to design the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge, a CU-Boulder faculty member in chemical engineering and a professor of computer science at the University of Tokyo. Dean Robert H. Davis will present the 2006 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Awards to the following alumni:

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