Best Night To View Perseid Meteor Shower Aug. 12

July 27, 2000

The Perseid meteor shower, one of the best celestial treats of the year, will be visible in night skies throughout Colorado in early August. The meteors will decorate the night sky Aug. 10 聳 14, peaking on Aug. 12 when as many as 50 meteors per hour could be visible, according to experts at the Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Services For CU Librarian Leo Cabell Jr. Scheduled Aug. 7 At Old Main Chapel

July 27, 2000

The University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries will celebrate the life of Leo Walter Cabell Jr., retired associate director of the University Libraries and assistant professor emeritus on Monday, Aug. 7, at 3 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel on the Boulder campus. The service is open to the public and marks the one-year anniversary of his death. Memories, anecdotes and photos submitted no later than Thursday, Aug. 3, will be compiled for a memory book. Items may be sent to the Norlin Library Dean's Office, N210C, Campus Box 184, Boulder, CO 80309-0184.

CU-Boulder Canebearer Tradition Revived For Summer Commencement

July 27, 2000

Editors: For more information about events involving the Canebearer and Outstanding Senior Woman reunion, contact Nancy Miller or Kay Oltmans at the CU Heritage Center at (303) 492-6329. Canebearers and Outstanding Senior Women from past University of Colorado at Boulder graduating classes will gather during the university summer commencement for a reunion.

U.S. Executives Hone Skills At CU-Boulder Management Program

July 26, 2000

Executives from across the country are learning cutting-edge business strategies at CU-Boulder聮s Colorado Executive Development in Residence program, taking place through Aug. 4 at the College of Business. Earl Frasier is finding material covered in the CEDIR course "Leading and Managing in Changing Times" applies directly to his role as regional customer service manager at Sun Microsystems.

CU-Boulder Alumni Board Welcomes New Talent

July 25, 2000

Eleven alumni of the University of Colorado at Boulder have begun three-year terms on the Alumni Association聮s board of directors this month. The board members, elected from an active pool of nominees, oversee Alumni Association programs that serve approximately 200,000 alumni. Members heading the national board for 2000-01 are chair Lorin Chevalier of Littleton, chair-elect Dave Karpel of Denver and treasurer Al Sanders of Houston. They lead the 51-member board, which includes the following Coloradans as new members:

Ancient Mediterranean Port City May Have Been Holy Land Way Station

July 23, 2000

A partially submerged city on the Mediterranean Sea in present-day Turkey has yielded a second underwater church, leading researchers to believe the settlement was a magnet for pilgrims traveling to and from the Holy Land nearly 2,000 years ago.

CU-Boulder Chemical Engineering Professor Wins Teaching Scholar Award

July 19, 2000

Kristi S. Anseth, an associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been named one of 18 faculty members nationwide to receive a prestigious 2000 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. Each $60,000 award is designed to support an outstanding young faculty member in the early stages of his or her academic career. "This award will assist these outstanding scientists to continue their high level of accomplishment in education and research, " according to the New York-based Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation.

CU Alumni At General Electric Contribute $74,000 To CU-Boulder

July 18, 2000

General Electric has donated almost $74,000 to the University of Colorado at Boulder as part of the GE Fund's Corporate Alumni Program, Chancellor Richard Byyny announced today. General Electric employees, retirees and directors, who are alumni of CU-Boulder, participate in the program each year. The GE Fund matches alumni donations dollar for dollar.

CU-Boulder's Center Of The American West Offers Free Music At Chautauqua Aug. 12-13

July 13, 2000

Editors: Photographs of musicians are available in print and digital versions by calling (303) 492-4007. A complete schedule of events is posted at www.centerwest.org/music . Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Tish Hinojosa and the Hot Club of Cowtown will be among the musicians giving free performances on the lawn of Boulder's historic Chautauqua Park on Saturday, Aug. 12, as part of a conference titled "Listening to the West: Music in the Soul of a Region."

Famous Scientist's Simplified Physics To Come To Life At CU-Boulder July 24

July 12, 2000

The great American physicist Richard Feynman聮s genius for simplifying quantum mechanics through a set of simple pictures will come to life during a July 24 lecture at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Steven Girvin, distinguished physics professor at Indiana University at Bloomington and a co-founder and participating faculty member of a summer physics institute at CU-Boulder, will present the lecture "Mr. Feynman聮s Quantum Mechanics: A Field Guide for Curious Characters" at 7:30 p.m. in Duane Physics room G1B20 on the CU-Boulder campus.

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