Leonid Meteors To Provide A Show For Colorado Skies In November

Nov. 5, 2002

When the Leonid meteor shower peaks at about 3 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19, Colorado skywatchers may be in for a great show, according to Doug Duncan of the University of Colorado at Boulder's Fiske Planetarium. The Leonid meteors are part of the debris trail from the comet Tempel-Tuttle in its 33-year orbit around the sun. Each November the Earth passes through this patchy stream of space dust and sand that makes up the debris trail.

Ceremony, Plaque To Honor CU-Boulder's WWII Navy Language School Participants

Nov. 5, 2002

A plaque honoring the U.S. Navy's Japanese/Oriental Language School, located at the University of Colorado at Boulder during World War II, will be unveiled on Veteran's Day at the campus' University Memorial Center. Language school graduates and instructors will join CU-Boulder's Navy ROTC team for the ceremony on Monday at 10:30 a.m. in the UMC's newly converted Veterans Lounge.

CU-Boulder Death Penalty Expert Edits Journal On Wrongful Convictions Of The Innocent

Nov. 4, 2002

The release of innocent people from death row and the increasing use of DNA testing are the two biggest reasons behind Americans' growing concern over erroneous convictions, according to a prominent University of Colorado at Boulder criminologist.

CU Wizards 'Go With The Flow' At Nov. 16 Show For Kids

Nov. 4, 2002

Using a hairdryer to suspend balls, nitrogen to create a delicious dessert and combining common household fluids to make "elephant snot" are only a few of the activities that will be explored during the next CU Wizards show "Go With the Flow" on Saturday, Nov. 16, at 9:30 a.m. in the Cristol Chemistry and Biochemistry Building, room 140.

CU-Boulder's Spring 2003 Final Exam Schedule Is Corrected By Registrar

Oct. 30, 2002

Before making any travel plans for the end of the spring 2003 semester, the Office of the Registrar at the University of Colorado at Boulder is encouraging students to take one more look at the final exam schedule because the first schedule released in early October was incorrect.

Flu, Meningitis Shots Urged For CU-Boulder Â鶹ÒùÔº At Nov. 7 Clinic On Campus

Oct. 30, 2002

Robert Cranny, director of the Wardenburg Health Service at the University of Colorado at Boulder, wants all CU-Boulder students who live in residence halls to get vaccinated for meningitis at a special daylong campus clinic on Nov. 7. Cranny's recommendation is in line with many health officials who support the shots for college-age adults, especially those who live in residence halls.

CU-Boulder Journalism Senior Alex Stone Wins National Radio Investigative Reporting Awards

Oct. 29, 2002

Alex Stone, a senior majoring in broadcast news at CU-Boulder's School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has received a national award for investigative reporting from the Radio-Television News Directors Association. He also received an award from ABC for Radio National Individual Reporter of the Year, placing as first runner-up.

Skiers, Snowboarders To Get Smoother Ride Thanks To CU-Boulder Student Inventors

Oct. 29, 2002

Skiers and snowboarders may soon have a smoother ride through halfpipes and snow terrain parks thanks to two grant-winning University of Colorado at Boulder student inventors. David Kubicka and Kegan Paisley's "Halfpipe Helper" is a specially designed rakelike tool intended to make it easier for workers to create and maintain halfpipes, jumps and other ski area terrain features. The National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance awarded the students $6,600 for development of the tool.

Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson And Brother To Lecture In Boulder, Denver Nov. 11-12

Oct. 29, 2002

Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson and his brother Peter, a University of Wyoming professor, will give talks in Boulder and Denver Nov. 11-12 as distinguished lecturers of the CU-Boulder Center of the American West. "High Plains Politics: A Dialogue with the Simpson Brothers of Wyoming," will be presented from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 11 in the Boulder Public Library Auditorium, 11th Street and Arapahoe Avenue, and from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Nov. 12 at the Denver Public Library, 10 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, in the lower level B2 conference room.

Increasing Nitrogen In Earth's Soils May Signal Global Changes, Say Researchers

Oct. 29, 2002

The rapid increase of nitrogen falling from the sky as a result of fossil-fuel combustion and crop fertilization, combined with carbon stored in Earth's soils, could change the rate of the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, rising into the atmosphere, according to a new study.

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