CU-Boulder Hosts 60th Reunion Of U.S. Navy Japanese/Oriental Language School June 7

May 29, 2002

Alumni of the U.S. Navy Japanese/Oriental Language School will reunite at the University of Colorado at Boulder 60 years to the month after the Japanese Language School was moved to Boulder in 1942. Attendees will be welcomed at a luncheon on Friday, June 7, where a color guard will present the flag. The flag will be retired at the conclusion of the reunion Sunday, June 9. A plaque honoring the instructors and graduates of the school will be dedicated in the University Memorial Center at 4:30 p.m. on June 7. The dedication is free and open to the public.

CU-Boulder Collaboration Will Test Use Of Imaging To Find Expansive Soils

May 29, 2002

Editors: Trenching will begin this morning on state land at the northeast corner of Rampart Range Road and Village Circle East, adjacent to the Roxborough Village East development. Field activities begin Thursday and continue for an estimated two weeks.

Peggy Tucker Joins UMC Administration At CU-Boulder

May 29, 2002

The University Memorial Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder has announced the addition of Peggy L. Tucker to its business division as a senior accountant. Tucker will oversee purchasing and accounts payable and receivable and will supervise three staff members. She will report to Business Manager Mary E. Covell. Tucker has worked in accounting positions at CU-Boulder since 1986 and is an expert in purchasing. She graduated from CU-Boulder with a degree in psychology in 1985.

CU-Boulder Marketing Professor Named Head Of National Society

May 29, 2002

University of Colorado at Boulder marketing Professor Paul Herr has been elected president of the Society for Consumer Psychology. The society, a division of the American Psychological Association, is the premier organization for academics engaged in the study of marketing and consumer psychology. Membership is comprised of marketing practitioners and research scholars from top universities. He was named president-elect of the organization in 2001.

CU Parents Association Hosts Summer Orientation Dinners For Parents Of New Â鶹ÒùÔº

May 28, 2002

The CU Parents Association at the University of Colorado at Boulder will host a series of orientation dinners for parents of incoming students in June and July at the University Club. The dinners coincide with orientation sessions for new freshmen and transfer students and will provide opportunities for new CU-Boulder parents to become acquainted with the association's board members, the Office of Parent Relations and staff from student affairs programs and services.

Anonymous Gift Boosts CU-Boulder Music Library's CD Collection By 12 Percent

May 28, 2002

An anonymous donor has contributed 1,500 classical compact discs to the University of Colorado at Boulder's Music Library, increasing the library's CD collection by more than 12 percent. The CDs are primarily piano music and will make the library's holdings of recorded classical piano music one of the most complete in the country. The gift will be known as the Ian Gindes Collection, in honor of a former student of the donor.

CU-Boulder Forms ATLAS Partnership With New Orleans' Dillard University

May 28, 2002

Chancellor Richard Byyny of the University of Colorado at Boulder and President Michael Lomax of Dillard University in New Orleans have announced that the two schools are forging a new educational technology partnership in conjunction with CU-Boulder's ATLAS initiative. The two institutions each bring significant strengths and aspirations to the project, according to Bobby Schnabel, associate vice chancellor for academic and campus technology and the faculty director for ATLAS, the Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society.

CU-Boulder Offers Summer Tobacco Cessation Programs

May 27, 2002

Two summer sessions of The Boulder Campus Smoking Cessation Program, the only tobacco cessation program in Boulder County, will be offered at the University of Colorado at Boulder beginning June 6 and June 10. "The classes we offer have a higher success rate than most other tobacco cessation programs," said Margaret Resch, director of the Employee Wellness Program at CU-Boulder.

CU Anthropology Â鶹ÒùÔº Off To Field Schools In Utah, New Mexico

May 27, 2002

Editors: Photo scans of the two sites are available by calling (303) 492-3114. Two groups of students from the University of Colorado at Boulder are now in Utah and New Mexico studying ancient Pueblo ruins as part of a larger effort to understand the fate of the Four Corners Anasazi people after A.D. 1100.

Ozone Losses May Be Speeding Up At Higher Latitudes, According To Study

May 27, 2002

New findings by University of Colorado at Boulder researchers indicate ozone losses due to the breakdown of chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, occur much faster than previously believed at higher latitudes roughly 10 miles above Earth.

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