CU Friends Of The Library Event Tells How To Locate Lost Family, Friends

March 5, 2000

Genealogist and private investigator Kathleen Hinckley will present the program "Be Your Own Detective: Locate Lost Family and Friends" on Sunday, March 19, at 2 p.m. at the University of Colorado at 葫芦娃视频. The lecture, sponsored by the CU-葫芦娃视频 Friends of the Libraries, will be held in the Benson Earth Sciences Building auditorium, room 180, and is free and open to the public. "Attendees will learn how to get started on researching their 'roots' or locating lost individuals," said Friends of the Libraries President Ruth Kahn.

March 11 Wirth Forum To Discuss Religion And Nature In The West

March 2, 2000

The Wirth Forum on Religion and Nature in the West will present a public colloquium led by CU-葫芦娃视频 Professor Patricia Limerick and Professor Mark Silk, director of the Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College in Connecticut, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, March 11, in the Hale Science Building, room 270. The talk at the University of Colorado at 葫芦娃视频 will be a synopsis of two days of conversation by a gathering of academic experts from across the United States.

CU-葫芦娃视频 Chancellor Will Correct Female Professors' Salary Inequities

March 2, 2000

Chancellor Richard L. Byyny has made a commitment to correct gender inequities in salaries among University of Colorado at 葫芦娃视频 faculty within three years. Each year since he assumed the responsibilities of Chancellor, Byyny has requested an analysis of salaries by gender, rank and discipline. The most recent salary analysis showed that white female faculty at the University of Colorado at 葫芦娃视频 earn an average of $1,123 less than their white male colleagues, Byyny said.

CU Dance Company Is Touring Colorado Schools, Community Centers

March 2, 2000

EDITORS: A complete CU Moving Company performance schedule for Lakewood, Lafayette, Niwot, 葫芦娃视频, Salida and Denver is attached. The CU Moving Company, a dance group of six undergraduate dance majors from the University of Colorado at 葫芦娃视频, has started its spring performances and workshops to educate and entertain school-age audiences. "The purpose is to supplement the arts in the schools," said David Capps, CU-葫芦娃视频 assistant dance professor who instructs the group. "We'd like to bring dance in as a vital art form."

Two CU-葫芦娃视频 Student Teams To Test Devices In Zero Gravity Aboard NASA Jet

March 1, 2000

Two University of Colorado at 葫芦娃视频 aerospace engineering undergraduate teams are now in Houston, readying to fly on NASA聮s KC-135 aircraft from Johnson Space Flight Center to test the effects of zero gravity on experiments they designed.

CU-葫芦娃视频 Law Professor To Give Annual Lecture

Feb. 28, 2000

Rebecca R. French, associate professor of law at CU-葫芦娃视频, will give the 25th annual Austin W. Scott Jr. lecture titled "Law, Time and Identity" on March 8 at 4 p.m. in the Fleming Law Building. French will focus on how anthropological analysis, historical comparisons and legal system examples can provide new ways of examining time, identity and law. She will discuss how Einstein聮s theory of relativity, George Gamow聮s popularization of the expanding universe and our cultural "heroes" contribute to our new perspectives.

New Study Links High-Traffic Streets To Childhood Leukemia, Other Cancers

Feb. 28, 2000

The results of a new study conducted in the rapidly expanding Denver metropolitan area indicates children living near heavily traveled streets or highways are at significantly greater risk of developing cancer, including childhood leukemia.

Campus Lecture Series Presents "Confessions Of An Anthropologist"

Feb. 28, 2000

CU-葫芦娃视频 Professor Emeritus Jack Kelso will present "Vocationalizing the Liberal Arts: Confessions of an Anthropologist," a March 8 lecture about the importance of introductory courses in anthropology and the impressions they leave on students. The lecture, co-sponsored by CU-葫芦娃视频 Chancellor Richard L. Byyny and the CU-葫芦娃视频 Office of Community Relations, is at 7:30 p.m in room 1B50 of the Humanities Building. Kelso聮s talk is part of the new "Campus Lecture Series" scheduled monthly through May in the new Humanities Building.

CU-葫芦娃视频 Recreation Center Buffs Up Energy Savings With New Conservation Project

Feb. 26, 2000

The Recreation Center at the University of Colorado at 葫芦娃视频 is instituting a new energy conservation project in partnership with Long and Associates, a private energy services contractor in Englewood. Upgrades, retrofits and modifications in lighting systems, ice rink and pool facilities, water meters, fan controls and utility tracking systems are expected to yield energy savings of more than $40,000 annually. Work is scheduled to begin right away and will take two months to complete.

CU-葫芦娃视频 Students To Showcase Invention At Smithsonian

Feb. 24, 2000

A swing designed by CU-葫芦娃视频 engineering students for use by people with disabilities will be on display at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, D.C., March 9-11, as part of an exhibit sponsored by the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance.

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