CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Deming Entrepreneurship Center Names New Assistant Director

July 18, 2001

Patricia Graff, a former project manager at Leopard Communications in ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, has been named assistant director of the Robert H. and Beverly A. Deming Center for Entrepreneurship, a joint program of the colleges of business and engineering at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ. Her appointment was effective July 16.

Early Evolution Of The Universe Topic Of Live Show At Fiske Planetarium

July 18, 2001

Recent discoveries about the universe and its evolution will be the topic of "The Big Bang," a live show at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's Fiske Planetarium on Friday, Aug. 3, at 8 p.m. CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Professor Andrew Hamilton will take the planetarium audience on a trip back in time to learn about the "big bang" and how the Milky Way and its stars were formed. The term big bang refers to the theory that the universe began at a single point in space and has been expanding ever since.

Form Of Matter Discovered In 1995 Shows Ability To Collapse, Explode

July 17, 2001

A group of Colorado physicists who made worldwide news in 1995 by creating a new form of matter called Bose-Einstein condensate have developed a new "flavor" of the matter that has been delivering surprise after surprise in the laboratory.

CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ MEP And MASP Summer Bridge Programs Offer Closing Events

July 17, 2001

Incoming freshmen participating in the summer bridge programs at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ are wrapping up their studies this week with some showcase events. Summer bridge programs help entering freshmen acquire skills needed for a more effective transition from high school to college. The Minority Arts and Sciences Program has 24 high school graduates enrolled at CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ participating in its summer bridge program that began June 17 and will end on Friday, July 20.

'Success Institute' To Focus On Energy Issues As High School Students Prepare For Future Careers In Engineering And Technology

July 17, 2001

Editors: Media reporters and photographers wanting to attend the Success Institute can get an agenda by calling Carol Rowe at (303) 492-7426. It runs July 24-28 at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory of CU's College of Engineering and Applied Science. While their friends go swimming or clock in hours at summer jobs, some hard-working 10th and 12th graders from Denver, ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ and St. Vrain Valley schools will take time out to build solar-powered cars and learn about alternative energy sources at CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's fourth annual "Engineering Success Institute."

CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Professor Elected President Of Education Association

July 17, 2001

Robert L. Linn, distinguished professor of education at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, has been named president-elect of the 23,000-member American Educational Research Association (AERA). Linn will begin a one-year term as president in the spring of 2002 following incumbent president Andrew Porter of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

NIH Training Grant Establishes 12 New Fellowships In Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

July 16, 2001

The Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology at the University of Colorado has received a five-year, $1.4 million training grant from the National Institutes of Health, which will support graduate education and 12 new fellowships in the emerging, interdisciplinary field.

Chemical Engineering Professor Wins National Award For Excellence

July 15, 2001

Christopher Bowman, professor of chemical engineering at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, has been selected to receive the 2001 Allan P. Colburn Award for Excellence in Publications from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. The award, given to one leading researcher under the age of 36 each year, is the most important and prestigious award in the field of chemical engineering, according to chemical engineering department Chair Rob Davis. A $5,000 prize will be presented with the award at the annual AIChE meeting Nov. 5 in Reno, Nev.

CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Joins National Leadership Alliance

July 12, 2001

The University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ has become the 29th member of the Leadership Alliance, the premiere coalition of the nation's top research and teaching institutions seeking to increase the numbers of traditionally underrepresented students in graduate study. James H. Wyche, executive director of the Alliance and associate provost at Brown University, will visit the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ campus Monday and Tuesday July 16th and 17th. He will meet with CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ faculty Monday afternoon.

Elementary School Teachers Try Engineering To Integrate Math, Science In Classrooms

July 11, 2001

Elementary school teachers looking for ways to integrate math and science concepts in their classrooms will build pencil rockets and experiment with slingshot-propelled cars at a workshop sponsored by CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory July 16 through July 19. The "Kinetics for Kids" workshop introduces engineering to kindergarten through fifth-grade teachers from around Colorado through fun, hands-on activities that teachers can use in their own classrooms with a minimum of expense.

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