CU-Boulder Professor Creates Model Indicating Movie Success Potential

Oct. 19, 1999

Star Wars, Titanic, Forrest Gump and Jurassic Park — the top-grossing movies of all time. What made these films successful? A CU-Boulder business professor says she knows the answer. Ramya Neelamegham, a marketing professor at the CU-Boulder College of Business, developed a mathematical model that determines which movies will enjoy success at the box office and which will fail.

Oct. 30 CU Wizards Show Explains Scientific Concepts With Halloween Theme

Oct. 19, 1999

The next CU Wizards show "Where Chemistry Meet Physics" on Saturday, Oct. 30, will spook children into learning through a Halloween theme with chemical reactions turning orange and black and self-lighting candles in pumpkins. CU-Boulder chemistry and biochemistry Professor David Nesbitt will present the hour-long show at 9:30 a.m. in the Chemistry building, room 140, on the CU-Boulder campus. The show is free and open to the public.

CU-Boulder Faculty, Staff And Â鶹ÒùÔº Team Up To 'Make A Difference' At Habitat For Humanity

Oct. 19, 1999

WHO: Campus volunteers are participating in community service projects as a part of Make A Difference Week, a nationwide movement to get citizens involved in community service. Representatives come from a variety of departments across campus. WHAT: Volunteers will board CU shuttles on campus to go to the Habitat for Humanity site in North Boulder. They will help with building projects throughout the day. WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 20, and Friday, Oct. 22.

CU-Boulder Hosts Leading International Conference On Japanese Literary Studies

Oct. 18, 1999

The department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Colorado at Boulder will host the first public conference on canon formation in Japanese literary studies Nov. 12-14 at the Broker Inn in Boulder. According to Stephen Miller, assistant professor of Japanese language and literature and conference chair, the topic of canon formation has become an increasingly important one in the Western literary tradition, but has remained relatively undiscussed in Japan.

Health And Wellness Fair Set Oct. 26 For CU-Boulder Â鶹ÒùÔº, Faculty, Staff

Oct. 18, 1999

Editors: Photographers are welcome to attend and photograph activities at the wellness fair. A campus health and wellness fair for students, faculty and staff will be held in the east section of the Glenn Miller Ballroom at the University Memorial Center, University of Colorado at Boulder, on Tuesday, Oct. 26, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The fair brings both on- and off-campus organizations with health and wellness programs together in one location. The fair is free of charge except for flu shots.

New K-12 Teachers Get In-Class Help In CU-Boulder Partnership Program

Oct. 18, 1999

A University of Colorado at Boulder program that pairs newly licensed teachers with master teachers in local school districts has proven highly successful in attracting and retaining excellent teachers. At a time when the nation is facing a projected teacher shortage, retention is becoming increasingly important. Two million new teachers will be needed over the next decade, according to government estimates.

Rocky Flats Controversy Topic Of Upcoming Lecture At CU-Boulder

Oct. 17, 1999

Len Ackland, associate professor of journalism at the University of Colorado at Boulder, will explore the controversial history of the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant in an upcoming lecture, " As Rocky Flats Made Nuclear Bombs, Where Were the Media and Citizens?"

CU-Boulder Study Examines Parent-Child Interaction During Visits To A Museum

Oct. 17, 1999

Monitoring the way parents and children discuss displays during visits to museums illustrates how parents can help their kids learn about science in informal ways, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder study. Professor Steven Guberman of the School of Education led a study that placed transmitting microphones on children and parents as they visited the Denver Museum of Natural History. The 35 volunteer family groups were monitored as they went through the Prehistoric Journey exhibit.

Indian Classical Music Festival At CU-Boulder Features Performances And Music Workshop, Demonstration

Oct. 17, 1999

The CU-Boulder South Asian Â鶹ÒùÔº Association is holding the Indian Classical Music Festival on the Boulder campus from Oct. 23 to Oct. 26 as part of South Asian Awareness Month. Internationally renowned sarod player, Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta, will be accompanied by Pandit Nayan Ghosh on the tabla in a concert on Saturday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Math Auditorium, room 100.

Service For CU-Boulder Business Student To Be Saturday, Oct. 16, In Denver

Oct. 13, 1999

Services for Ryan James Harrison of Boulder, who died on Monday, Oct. 11, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 1820 Broadway, in Denver. Harrison, 20, a junior business major at the University of Colorado at Boulder, was born in Los Angeles on June 12, 1979. He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, was employed by Merrill Lynch and was attending CU-Denver this fall while living in Boulder.

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