Technological Innovation Expert To Present Seminar At CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ

April 13, 1999

Zion Bar-El, founder of Michigan-based Ideation International, will present a seminar on TRIZ, a systematic methodology for developing product or service improvements, at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ. The seminar, which is free and open to the public, will be at 1 p.m., April 23, in the Eaton Conference Room at the College of Engineering and Applied Science. The conference room is located on the first floor of the Engineering Center, at the corner of Regent Drive and Colorado Avenue.

Nobel Prize Winner Tom Cech To Give April 24 CU Wizards Show

April 12, 1999

Tom Cech, Nobel laureate and professor of chemistry and biochemistry at CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, will present the next installment of the CU Wizards Series on campus on Saturday, April 24, at 9:30 a.m. in the Chemistry building, room 140. The free presentation, titled "Chemical Reactions, Forward and Backward," is recommended for children in grades five through nine. Reservations are not required.

East Asian Languages Chair Announces Department Name Change

April 12, 1999

The department of East Asian languages and literatures has changed its name to the department of East Asian languages and civilizations, according to Laurel Rasplica Rodd, department chair. The department's mission is the teaching of language and culture, as well as a scholarly focus on texts, broadly defined. "While the designation of 'literature' was accurate, if listeners understood literature to mean texts of any sort, it was very easy to misinterpret it and believe that the department only treated "belles lettres" (such as poetry and fiction)," Rasplica Rodd said.

CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Graduate Student Association Hosts National Grad Student Conference On Subversion And Reaction In Japan, China

April 12, 1999

The East Asian Graduate Association will host the second annual EAGA conference on April 15 and 16 at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ. The title of the conference is "On the Edge: Subversion and Reaction." "The purpose of the conference is to provide a formal, public forum for young researchers nationwide to freely present their research on China or Japan and be reviewed by professional scholars and their peers," said Benjamin Tompkins, a conference coordinator.

CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Scientist To Give Talk Mars On April 23

April 11, 1999

Steve Lee, planetary scientist at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), will give a lecture on Friday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the CU Cortez Center. Lee's talk, titled "New Views of Mars," is the third in a series that CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ is offering this spring in Cortez. His presentation will give an overview of how earlier telescopic and spacecraft observations have been used to explore Mars.

Affirmative Action At CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ To Be Discussed April 22-23

April 11, 1999

An all-day "Community Forum on Affirmative Action" will be held at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ on Friday, April 23, in the University Memorial Center. The conference will feature panel discussions by CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ students, faculty and staff on topics including affirmative action research, policy formation, law and morality and the impact of affirmative action on CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ. All events will be held in the UMC from 8:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public. The conference is organized by the diversity council of the CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ sociology department.

Hard Drive Cafe To Offer Weekend Entertainment On CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Campus

April 11, 1999

Now that CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ students have discovered the Hard Drive Cafe in the Kittredge Commons complex for weeknight study breaks, Web surfing, socializing and espresso, its staff is trying to draw bigger crowds on the weekend. The six-month-old coffee and computer hangout has received high marks since it opened on Halloween last year. Students are taking advantage of the cafe's pool table, 19 televisions, a wide assortment of coffees, juices, pastries and appetizers, and eight Imac computers for surfing the World Wide Web.

Cable Television Pioneer Makes Half-Million Dollar Gift To CU Law Scholarship Fund

April 11, 1999

Cable television pioneer Bill Daniels is donating $500,000 to the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ School of Law to establish a scholarship endowment fund. Income from the fund will be used to assist law students who demonstrate a financial need and who have a "commitment to public service." Daniels made the gift in the name of Gene Nichol, CU law professor and former dean of the law school, whom Daniels has long admired.

Professor Keith Basso To Lecture

April 11, 1999

Keith Basso, professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico, will give a lecture titled "Apache Landscapes and the Oldest Man in Show Low," on Monday, April 26th. The talk will be at 5 p.m. in Old Main Chapel on the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ campus. Basso plans to address how and why people form attachments to places. He also will compare the sense of place of American Indians with those of other residents of a nearby community in central Arizona. The talk is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Center of the American West.

Oyate Student Group To Host Pow-Wow On April 17 And 18

April 8, 1999

More than 2,000 American Indians and First Nation Peoples from tribes in the United States and Canada will rendezvous at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ on April 17 and 18 for the third annual "Red Nations Cultural Unity Celebration Contest Pow-Wow." Pow-wow events will be held in the Coors/Events Conference Center.

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