Bank One And The College Of Business Reward Innovative Business Plans

Dec. 10, 1997

CU-Boulder MBA students who designed a business plan to fund emerging companies in the healthcare industry won first place in the Bank One Business Plan Competition last night on the Boulder campus. The competition was the culmination of a class taught by Juan Rodriguez, professor of electrical and computer engineering and chairman of Ecrix Corp., Steve Lawrence, professor in the College of Business, and instructor Mike Befeler, a principal and founder of Storage Systems Marketing Inc. Rodriguez is a co-founder of both Storage Technology Corp. and Exabyte Corp.

New Jupiter Findings: Oxygen At Callisto's Surface, Sulfur Dioxide Sources At 10

Dec. 9, 1997

New data from a University of Colorado at Boulder instrument on board the Galileo spacecraft now at Jupiter indicates one of its four large moons, Callisto, has oxygen on its surface and another, Io, continues to emit hot volcanic gases.

Former Chancellor Park Contributes $100,000 To CU-Boulder

Dec. 9, 1997

Former CU-Boulder Chancellor Roderic Park and his wife, Cathy, have contributed $100,000 to create renovated space on campus for the University of Colorado Museum, current Chancellor Richard L. Byyny, reported today. Park served as chancellor from August 1994 through January 1997. Dr. Byyny said the former Geology Building would be the new site for the museum聮s collections of natural history and anthropology. The Laboratory of Plant Systematics and Evolution will bear the names of Roderic and Catherine Park.

"Blueprints" For Violence Prevention Presented By University Of Colorado

Dec. 9, 1997

Communities seeking to reduce juvenile violence have a new and practical alternative to building more prisons, according to the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado at Boulder. "After reviewing over 400 violence prevention programs, we have identified 10 programs that meet the highest scientific standards for demonstrating that they can successfully prevent or reduce levels of violence," said Delbert Elliott, a national authority on juvenile delinquency and a CU-Boulder sociology professor.

CU-Boulder Schools, Colleges Schedule Commencement Events

Dec. 8, 1997

Special recognition ceremonies will be sponsored by several University of Colorado at Boulder schools and colleges in addition to the university-wide commencement ceremony on Dec. 20 at 9:30 a.m. in the Coors Events/Conference Center. Following is a schedule of special events to be held by the schools and colleges, which also are open to the public: 聲Architecture and Planning - Recognition ceremony for architecture and planning graduates, Dec. 19, 3 p.m., Hale 270. A reception at the Koenig Alumni Center will follow.

December '97 CU Graduate Recalls Early CU History Through Lineage

Dec. 8, 1997

When 29-year-old Frances Whiteley of Boulder receives her bachelor聮s degree at the University of Colorado聮s winter commencement Dec. 20, she聮ll be continuing a tradition in her family that dates back to the earliest years of the university. Frances聮 great-uncle Richard Henry Whiteley, Jr., was a member of CU聮s first graduating class, the Class of 1882, which had six graduates. Four years later, in 1886, her great-aunt Helen Florence 聯Ella聰 Tyler, became the first woman to graduate from CU.

CU-Boulder To Confer 1,961 Degrees At Winter Commencement Dec. 20

Dec. 8, 1997

Some 1,937 students, including 24 who earned double degrees, will receive diplomas in winter commencement exercises Saturday, Dec. 20, at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Of the 1,961 degrees to be awarded, 1,350 will be bachelor聮s degrees, 440 will be master聮s degrees, 160 will be doctoral degrees and 11 will be law degrees. The ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Coors Events/Conference Center. The ceremony kicks off with a procession of graduates, faculty and administrators led by Jim Williams, dean of libraries, as commencement marshal.

CU Student Satellite Set For Shipment To California, January Launch

Dec. 7, 1997

A CU-Boulder built satellite known as the Student Nitric Oxide Explorer has been approved for shipment by NASA officials to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for a Jan. 19 launch.

Sun And Jupiter Trap Earth In Ongoing Particle Bombardment

Dec. 7, 1997

New findings by a University of Colorado at Boulder research team indicate Earth is alternately peppered by extremely high-energy electrons from the two giants of our solar system, the sun and Jupiter.

CU-Boulder Names Finalists For Facilities Management Director

Dec. 1, 1997

Three finalists for director of Facilities Management at the University of Colorado at Boulder are scheduled to visit the campus for interviews this month. The finalists are James Demarest, executive director of the Facility Management Department at Illinois State University; James Ellis, director of land planning and infrastructure management for Jefferson County; and Elizabeth Lander Medlin, associate vice president of the Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers and former assistant director of the Department of Physical Plant at the University of Maryland.

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