Opening Of New Addition To CU's University Memorial Center To Be Celebrated March 7

Feb. 24, 2002

The opening of a 51,000-square-foot addition to the University of Colorado at Boulder's University Memorial Center will be celebrated at a March 7 ceremony featuring live music and food. At 10 a.m., university officials will be joined by an ROTC color guard for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and the unveiling of the north entrance to the addition, located just southwest of the Dalton Trumbo Fountain.

$5 Million Gift From Marsicos Announced At CU Campaign Event Will Support Nobel Winners

Feb. 21, 2002

A $5 million gift from Tom and Cydney Marsico to establish two Marsico Endowed Chairs of Excellence at the University of Colorado was announced Friday evening, Feb. 22, in Denver before a gathering of campaign donors and volunteers. The event was hosted by the University of Colorado Foundation. In a pre-recorded announcement, Marsico recounted his excitement at hearing the news that two CU physicists, Eric Cornell and Carl Wieman, had won the Nobel Prize for Physics. Cornell and Wieman will be the first honorees to hold the Marsico Endowed Chairs in Excellence.

CU-Boulder Professors Elected To National Academy Of Engineering

Feb. 21, 2002

Two University of Colorado at Boulder professors have been elected members of the National Academy of Engineering, joining 11 other faculty from the campus who have been elected since the academy's formation in 1962. Ross B. Corotis, former dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science and professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering, and Fred W. Glover, professor of operations management and operations research in the Leeds School of Business, were among 74 new members of the academy announced Feb. 15.

Stewart Hoover Named Interim Dean Of Journalism At CU-Boulder

Feb. 21, 2002

Professor Stewart Hoover of the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Journalism and Mass Communication has been named interim dean of the school, according to Provost Phil DiStefano. The appointment is pending approval by the CU Board of Regents in March. Dean Del Brinkman announced his resignation earlier this month citing health and family concerns. Brinkman has been dean since January 2001.

Flying Words Project, Influenced By Deaf And Beat Generation Poetry, Comes To CU-Boulder March 8

Feb. 20, 2002

The Flying Words Project, a contemporary poetry ensemble that promotes American Sign Language literature, will perform at CU-Boulder's Charlotte York Irey Theater on Friday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m. The performance in the University Theatre building is free and open to the public. A reception with the artists will follow.

Five CU-Boulder Space Instruments Completed For November Launch

Feb. 20, 2002

Note to Editors: LASP will hold an open house at its East Campus facility Friday, Feb. 22, at 3 p.m. on Colorado Avenue east of 30th Street featuring scientists, students and instruments involved in SORCE. Five space instruments developed and built at the University of Colorado at Boulder are being shipped to a spacecraft manufacturing plant in Dulles, Va., next week in preparation for a November 2002 launch to measure solar radiation.

CIRES Hosts Regional Ocean Sciences Bowl

Feb. 19, 2002

Twenty-two student teams from 13 local high schools will gather on the University of Colorado's Boulder campus Saturday, Feb. 23, to compete in the fourth regional competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl. Covering biology, chemistry, geology, ocean physics, navigation, geography and related history and literature, the contest is designed to stimulate interest among high school students in ocean sciences.

Phi Delta Theta Fraternity Hosts Hill Cleanup Feb. 24

Feb. 19, 2002

CU Fraternity Phi Delta Theta is kicking off an effort to foster greater partnership and harmony with the Boulder Hill community on Feb. 24 at noon with a fraternity-sponsored Hill Cleanup. A long-time favorite activity of the fraternity and Hill residents, the cleanup is aimed at creating a cleaner neighborhood and happier residents. People who want to participate in the cleanup should meet at noon at the Phi Delta Theta house at 1111 College Ave.

Journalism Professor Polly McLean Presents Project On Boulder County's Black Women Feb. 22 At CU-Boulder

Feb. 19, 2002

Professor Polly McLean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder will co-host a reception to launch a student produced book "A Legacy of Missing Pieces: The Voices of Black Women of Boulder County" on Friday, Feb. 22. The reception is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Center for British Studies, Norlin Library, fifth floor.

CU's Deming Center For Entrepreneurship Appoints Four New Members To Advisory Board

Feb. 19, 2002

The CU-Boulder Deming Center for Entrepreneurship has appointed four new members to its advisory board. The accomplished business leaders are Arlyn Dozeman, Robert Gill, Michael Leeds and Peter Van Genderen. Dozeman is a partner in Ernst & Young's Colorado Technology Group. He has more than 25 years experience serving a wide variety of clients in assurance, tax and consulting capacities and has worked with a large number of emerging fast-growth companies. He received his bachelor's degree from Calvin College and his MBA from Western Michigan University.

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