CU-Boulder Chancellor Decides Campus Will Join Group To Monitor Apparel Factories

April 27, 2005

The University of Colorado at Boulder will join the Worker Rights Consortium, a national group that monitors workplace conditions in apparel factories in developing nations, according to an announcement today by Interim Chancellor Phil DiStefano. The announcement was delivered by Vice Chancellor Paul Tabolt to students engaged in a demonstration outside the chancellor's office since early today. A letter from Tabolt also was provided to the Board of Regents, informing them of the campus's decision.

CU Researchers Awarded $5 Million To Help Military Predict Training Success

April 27, 2005

Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have been awarded a $5 million grant over five years to help optimize the training of American soldiers. The project's goal is to create a computer model that will be able to tell the military how effective different training methods will be on numerous tasks ranging from language translation to tank gunnery.

Jazz Musicians At CU-Boulder Win Two Down Beat Magazine Awards

April 25, 2005

Note to Editors: Contents embargoed until Monday, May 2, the release date of the June issue of Down Beat magazine. Two prestigious Down Beat magazine student music awards have been given to musicians in the University of Colorado at Boulder College of Music's Jazz Studies program, bringing the program's four-year total to 11 awards, more than any other school in the region.

Graduating CU-Boulder Student To Spend Time Doing Tsunami Relief

April 24, 2005

When Amber Hoffman graduates on May 6 from the University of Colorado at Boulder, she will have a little more than a week to finish preparing for a trip to Thailand to help victims of December's tsunami. Hoffman, 21, will leave May 14 to fly to Phuket, Thailand, where she will spend a week doing relief work. The trip has been in the works for a couple of months, but the time for action has nearly arrived.

CU-Boulder To Hold Spring Commencement On May 6

April 24, 2005

Ceal Barry, former head coach of the University of Colorado at Boulder women's basketball team, will give the commencement address on Friday, May 6, during the CU-Boulder spring commencement ceremony. The ceremony, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 8:30 a.m. in Folsom Stadium, where 5,464 degrees will be conferred. For the first time since the spring commencement ceremony was moved to the stadium in 1992, the graduating students will be seated on the field rather than in the stands.

Former White House Science Adviser John Gibbons To Speak At CU April 28

April 21, 2005

John Gibbons, White House science adviser to former President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1998, will speak at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Thursday, April 28.

CU-Boulder to Mark 15th Anniversary of Hubble Launch on April 25

April 21, 2005

MEDIA BRIEFING ADVISORY The University of Colorado at Boulder will host a media briefing at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 25, featuring new images from the Hubble Space Telescope as part of a worldwide tribute to the 15th anniversary of the orbiting telescope's launch.

CU-Boulder Faculty Assembly Honors Excellent Teaching, Research, Service

April 21, 2005

The Boulder Faculty Assembly at the University of Colorado at Boulder has honored 11 recipients of its BFA Excellence Award for 2004-05. The $3,000 award is given annually for excellence in three categories: teaching, service, and research, scholarly and creative work. Up to four recipients are recognized in each category.

New JAMA Study Confirms CU Law Professor's Controversial Thesis On Dieting And Obesity

April 20, 2005

A major new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association confirms the contrarian thesis of a book by University of Colorado School of Law Professor Paul Campos titled "The Diet Myth: Why America's Obsession with Weight is Hazardous to Your Health."

Yellowstone Discovery Bodes Well For Detecting Evidence Of Life on Mars, Says CU-Boulder Study

April 19, 2005

University of Colorado at Boulder researchers say a bizarre group of microbes found living inside rocks in an inhospitable geothermal environment at Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park could provide tantalizing clues about ancient life on Earth and help steer the hunt for evidence of life on Mars.

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