Ball Aerospace Partners With CU-Boulder College Of Engineering To Present Inaugural 'Connections Gallery' Exhibit

Feb. 19, 2002

Note to Editors: The media are invited to preview the Connections Gallery's inaugural exhibit, "Imaging the Invisible," at a special media showing on Friday, March 1, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. The gallery is located in the main lobby of the Engineering Center at Colorado Avenue and Regent Drive, on the CU-Boulder campus. For more information contact Carol Rowe at (303) 492-7426.

CU-Boulder To Host Odyssey Of The Mind World Finals May 22-25

Feb. 18, 2002

Thousands of students from around the world will converge on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus May 22-25 to compete in the 23rd annual Odyssey of the Mind World Finals. About 700 teams will participate in the event, which challenges students to come up with the most creative, original and imaginative ways to solve a selection of problems.

Noted Paleoclimatologist To Discuss Role Of Earth's Orbit On Climate Change

Feb. 18, 2002

Michael Bender, a Princeton University professor of geosciences and a fellow of the American Geophysical Union, will present a new method of dating ice cores at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Friday, Feb. 22. Bender will speak at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, room 338. The talk is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.

Fiske Planetarium To Explore Traditional Navajo Views Of The Sky

Feb. 18, 2002

Navajo star and constellation myths, including the story of the creation of stars, will be explored during live astronomy shows at Fiske Planetarium in March on the campus of the University of Colorado at Boulder. John Stocke, a CU-Boulder professor of astrophysical and planetary sciences, will present "Navajo Skies" at Fiske Planetarium on Friday, March 1, and Tuesday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m.

CU-Boulder Â鶹ÒùÔº Win $25,000 In Grants To Market Inventions

Feb. 17, 2002

Two teams of CU-Boulder students have been awarded a total of more than $25,000 to develop and take their inventions to market under a grant program sponsored by the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance.

Alien Life Forms More Likely To Be Found Outside Solar System, Says Colorado Prof

Feb. 17, 2002

The chance of detecting life outside our own solar system probably is greater than discovering it on neighboring planets and moons like Mars or Europa, a moon of Jupiter, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder professor.

CU Visiting Artist Program Hosts Painter Eugenio Dittborn On Feb. 26

Feb. 17, 2002

Painter Eugenio Dittborn will discuss the process of his painting Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Colorado at Boulder in Sibell Wolle Fine Arts Building room N141. The presentation is titled "The 16th History of the Human Face (to Besiege)" and is free and open to the public. Dittborn's talk is part of the Fine Arts department's Visiting Artist Program.

Future Of High-Tech Startups Is Focus Of Feb. 25 CU Law School Conference

Feb. 17, 2002

After the collapse of the dot.com business sector last year, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists have been forced to regroup and come up with new ways to survive. Survival and other business strategies will be discussed on Feb. 25 at the 2nd annual "Future of High-Tech Startups" conference, to be hosted by the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Law's Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program.

Afro-Brazilian Folk Art Capoeira Angola Presented By Grandmaster Joao Grande At Free CU-Boulder Workshop

Feb. 17, 2002

Capoeira Angola grandmaster Joao Grande will host a free weekend workshop on the Afro-Brazilian folk art March 1-3 at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Capoeira Angola is an art form that combines martial arts with dance, music and ritual. Grande will lead a series of classes followed by a March 3 performance in Old Main Chapel from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Classes will be held in Carlson Gymnasium room 1B12. On March 1 a class will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and on March 2 classes will be from 10 a.m. to noon and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Hinduism Scholar To Share New Findings In CU Lecture Hosted By Religious Studies Dept.

Feb. 17, 2002

An accomplished expert on Hinduism and comparative religion will reveal new findings and theories Feb. 26 at a free public lecture to be presented at CU-Boulder by the religious studies department. John Stratton Hawley, chair of the religion department at Columbia University's Barnard College and Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Religion, will discuss the meanings of summer vacation retreats and camp programs among various religious communities in America. The talk will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Eaton Humanities Building, room 250, and a reception will follow.

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