Candle Fires Pose Danger To CU-Boulder Â鶹ÒùÔº, Officials Say

Jan. 16, 2006

As the typically colder spring semester begins, fire officials urge University of Colorado at Boulder students to take extra care to avoid dangerous and costly candle fires. "Boulder Fire responded to two fires in December involving candles in rental housing units," said Sherry Kenyon, fire safety coordinator for Boulder Fire Rescue. "Tenants were displaced, property was lost and most people did not have renter's insurance -- a very low-cost way to insure your own property."

Muscles And Movement Explained At Jan. 21 CU Wizards Show

Jan. 12, 2006

The way lizards and people run will be part of the CU Wizards show titled "Muscles and Movement" presented Jan. 21 by the dean of the University of Colorado at Boulder College of Arts and Sciences. Todd Gleeson, dean and professor of integrative physiology, and veterinarian Dana Ruehlman, an instructor of integrative physiology at CU-Boulder, will present the show at 9:30 a.m. in the Cristol Chemistry and Biochemistry Building, room 140. It is free and open to the public.

CU-Boulder History Professor's Book Inspires PBS Series Ending Jan. 25

Jan. 11, 2006

A University of Colorado at Boulder history professor's award-winning book about the French and Indian War is the foundation of a new series airing nationally on the Public Broadcasting Service starting Jan. 18. CU-Boulder Professor Fred Anderson also served as an adviser to the PBS program and wrote a "companion book" for the production titled "The War That Made America."

Grogginess, Disorientation On Awakening More Debilitating Than Sleep Deprivation, According To New CU-Boulder Study

Jan. 10, 2006

A new University of Colorado at Boulder study shows that people who awaken after eight hours of sound sleep have more impaired thinking and memory skills than they do after being deprived of sleep for more than 24 hours.

CU-Boulder Report Calls For Cleanup Of West's Toxic Abandoned Mines

Jan. 10, 2006

Alerting Westerners to the importance of and widespread support for cleaning up abandoned hardrock mines and their legacy of toxic pollution in Western waterways is the main goal of a new report from the University of Colorado at Boulder's Center of the American West.

CU-Boulder Physics Professor Al Bartlett To Give Classic Talk On Population Jan. 21

Jan. 9, 2006

Professor Emeritus Albert Bartlett of the University of Colorado at Boulder physics department will give his classic lecture on "Arithmetic, Population and Energy: Sustainability 101" on Saturday, Jan. 21. His talk, part of the physics department's monthly Saturday Physics Series, will begin at 2 p.m. in Duane Physics room G1B30 on the CU-Boulder campus.

CU-Boulder Science Outreach Program For Colorado Kids Bids Farewell To Founding Director

Jan. 8, 2006

Science Discovery founding director Carol McLaren Schott will retire this month, 22 years after she began developing the University of Colorado at Boulder's tremendously successful statewide science outreach program for children ages 4 to 16. McLaren Schott joined the staff of the fledgling CU-Boulder science program for kids in 1983, when it offered a series of summer classes based at Fiske Planetarium. As she passes leadership of the program to incoming director Jeffrey Kidder, Science Discovery now serves more than 30,000 students and 1,500 teachers.

CU Film Studies Professor Examines Trafficking In New Film

Jan. 5, 2006

A new film by a University of Colorado at Boulder professor designed to raise awareness of child exploitation in the global sex trade, will be shown in a sneak preview on Jan. 13 at Boulder's Dairy Center for the Arts.

CU's Fiske Planetarium To Host Jan. 11 Event To Unveil Hubble Image, Discuss Upcoming Launch

Jan. 4, 2006

The University of Colorado at Boulder's Fiske Planetarium will host a free public event Wednesday, Jan. 11, at 2 p.m. to unveil a new image of the Orion Nebula taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, and discuss the upcoming mission to Pluto. The event will include CU-Boulder professors John Bally and Fran Bagenal and planetarium astronomers. Bally is with the CU Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy and has used the Hubble Space Telescope to make observations of the Orion Nebula and other regions where stars are forming.

Donald Hodel, Former Interior Secretary, To Speak At CU-Boulder Jan. 19

Jan. 4, 2006

Donald Hodel, who held two cabinet posts in the Reagan administration including secretary of the interior, will speak at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Jan. 19. Hodel will speak at 6 p.m. in the Eaton Humanities Building, room 150, in a conversation with CU-Boulder professors Patricia Limerick, of history and environmental studies, and Charles Wilkinson, distinguished professor of law. The talk is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception.

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