Indian Ocean Earthquake Data Suggests Disaster Warnings Too Conservative, Says CU Seismologist

May 17, 2005

Note to Editors: Contents embargoed until 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 19. The December earthquake and tsunami that killed approximately 300,000 people in the Indian Ocean region was so powerful that no point on Earth went undisturbed, pointing to the need for more active warnings about the consequences of future events, according to University of Colorado at Boulder seismologist Roger Bilham.

Pressroom for Odyssey of the Mind World Finals at CU-Boulder's Coors Events/Conference Center

May 17, 2005

MEDIA ADVISORY Reporters planning to cover the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus Saturday, May 21, through Tuesday, May 24, should pick up press badges from the pressroom in the Coors Events/Conference Center, room 2. The pressroom will be open Saturday through Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and will provide reporters with competition information and badges allowing reporters into closed events, including the Opening Ceremonies and the Awards Ceremonies. Highlights of World Finals events follow:

Local CU-Boulder Â鶹ÒùÔº Receive Jacob Van Ek Award

May 15, 2005

Editors: Please note students from your community. Eighteen undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder have received the prestigious Jacob Van Ek Award for outstanding academic achievement and contributions to the university and Boulder communities. The recipients were honored May 5 along with faculty members they named as mentors. The award was established in 1973 to honor Jacob Van Ek, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at CU-Boulder from 1929 to 1959. Van Ek died in 1994 at the age of 97.

Four CU-Boulder Faculty Win Fulbright Awards For International Projects

May 15, 2005

Chile, Azerbaijan and Germany are among the destinations where four new faculty Fulbright Scholars and Fellows from the University of Colorado at Boulder will teach and conduct research in 2005 and 2006. Professor Thomas Riis, Associate Professor Jeff Frykholm and instructors Anne Bliss and Doug Cosper have been named Fulbright winners from CU-Boulder. The faculty grants are announced at different times through the year and a complete list of CU-Boulder faculty Fulbrights will become available in the fall.

CU Biology Professor Honored For Community Service Work

May 15, 2005

University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Marc Bekoff has been named winner of the Bank One Colorado Corporation 2004 Faculty Community Service Award for exceptional humanitarian and civic service. A professor in CU-Boulder's ecology and evolutionary biology department, Bekoff is well known in the scientific world for his studies of animal behavior, animal cognition and behavioral ecology. He is recognized in the Boulder community and beyond for outreach and service to both children and adults on environmental issues, including animal awareness and animal rights.

For Some Grads, Commencement Signifies Beginning Of Job Search

May 11, 2005

With their degrees in hand and commencement over, some newly minted college graduates are missing something -- a job. Not being gainfully employed shortly after graduation is not unusual, but also shouldn't be taken lightly, according to Lisa Severy, director of Career Services at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Bose-Einstein Condensate Turns 10: Creation In Colorado Laboratory Gave Birth To New Field, Discoveries

May 11, 2005

Albert Einstein predicted it in 1924 but it wasn't until 1995 that scientists in a Boulder, Colo., laboratory were able to chill atoms to almost absolute zero and create a strange new form of matter called Bose-Einstein condensate. Now approaching its 10th anniversary, the discovery launched a new field of atomic physics that has spawned about 4,000 scientific papers and a treasure-trove of scientific discoveries. The original apparatus that made the Boulder discovery is now at the Smithsonian Institution.

Human Subjects Head To Bed To Advance CU Space Research

May 10, 2005

A group of Colorado men went to bed in the name of science recently as part of a University of Colorado at Boulder study probing ways to stem muscle degeneration in both weightless astronauts and earthbound people.

CU-Boulder Center For Environmental Journalism Names 2005-06 Scripps Fellows

May 10, 2005

Five journalists have been selected as 2005-06 Ted Scripps Fellows in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The fellowships are hosted by the Center for Environmental Journalism and funded through a grant from the Scripps Howard Foundation. The nine-month program offers mid-career journalists an opportunity to deepen their understanding of environmental issues and policy through coursework, seminars and field trips in the region. Following are the new Ted Scripps Fellows:

Odyssey Of The Mind World Finals Coming To CU-Boulder May 21-24

May 10, 2005

About 13,000 students and adults from around the world will converge on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus to attend the 26th annual Odyssey of the Mind World Finals May 21-24. Participants will come from throughout the United States and about 20 other countries including China, Germany, Poland and Kazakhstan. The majority of attendees will stay on the CU-Boulder campus and in local hotels.

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