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A team of researchers in ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, Colo., has generated a new and flexible approach to working with laser light in the world of ultrafast science by successfully combining extremely short pulses of light generated by two independent lasers into a single pulse of light.

Former residence hall advisers and housing staff members at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ are invited to a first-ever reunion of those groups during the Oct. 12-13 Back to ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Weekend on campus. CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's Housing Department is trying to locate all former Resident Advisers, or RAs, and housing staff to include them in the events. The Housing Department, in conjunction with the Alumni Association, is hosting the Resident Adviser Roundup reunion.

Local students will be among the 1,076 students who receive degrees Aug. 11 during summer commencement at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ. The summer ceremony, which is much smaller than the spring and winter ceremonies, is the only one held outside on the lawn of the historic Norlin Quadrangle in the heart of the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ campus.

Nominations are being sought for an employee development program at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ designed to increase understanding of CU's four-campus system. Nominations for the nine-month University Perspective program must be received in the nominee's respective vice chancellor office, the chancellor's office or the system administration office by Aug. 17.

Carlos Garcia, director of the University Memorial Center, has announced the appointment of Mary E. Covell as business manager of the UMC. A certified public accountant, Covell oversees all budgeting and financial operations for the UMC administration. She also is managing six staff members in accounting. Jack O'Neill, former business manager, had returned from retirement to fill the post on a temporary basis before Covell was hired this summer.

The University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ has joined 20 companies, cities, universities and the United States Environmental Protection Agency in founding a partnership to boost the market for renewable energy sources. The Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program highlighted by the founding partners' pledges to switch to "green power" for a portion of their electricity needs within the next year.

With about 4,000 people expected to attend the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ summer commencement exercises Aug. 11 at 8:30 a.m. in the historic Norlin Quadrangle, attendees should plan to arrive early. Free parking will be available in the Euclid Avenue Autopark, lot 204 off 18th Street and Broadway, lot 310 off 18th Street and Wardenburg Drive, and in lot 308 at Regent Drive and Kittredge Loop Road. Lots 359 and 378, near Folsom Stadium, and the Regent Drive Autopark also are open and free.

Researchers at JILA, an internationally renowned research and teaching institute operated jointly by the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ and the National Institute of Standards of Technology, have won federal funding expected to total $15 million over the next five years. The competitive National Science Foundation grant is the nation's largest in the field of atomic, molecular, optical and plasma physics. It will be shared by 18 JILA faculty and will support more than 25 graduate students each year, said CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Distinguished Professor Carl Wieman of physics.

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A group of 24 teachers from across the United States will wrap up a four-week institute funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities on "Perceiving the American West" on Friday, Aug. 3, at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ. The middle and high school teachers spent the past month learning about the American West through lectures, discussions and field trips. Several CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ professors were involved in the program.