CU Selected To Build Instruments, Control Cloud-Monitoring NASA Satellite From Boulder Campus

July 2, 2002

Note to Editors: The noctilucent cloud image was taken by Pekka Parvianen from Kustavi, Finland. The University of Colorado at Boulder has been selected by NASA to build two of the four instruments for a satellite that will probe the shiny, silvery-blue polar mesospheric clouds that form about 50 miles above Earth's polar regions each summer.

CU-Boulder Helps Foster Computer Reuse With July 10 Pueblo Workshop

July 2, 2002

The Colorado Materials Exchange, or COMEx, will kick off a statewide series of workshops on Wednesday, July 10, from 10 a.m. to noon at Pueblo Community College in the Fortune Ballroom. Operated by the University of Colorado at Boulder, COMEx posts an online bulletin board for exchanging computers and electronics between businesses that have a surplus of equipment and community groups in Colorado that can use it.

CU-Boulder Professor Selected As Scientist On Astrophysics Spacecraft Mission Team

July 2, 2002

University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Michael Shull has been selected to be a co-investigator on a NASA space mission to map the cosmic web of hot gas that spans the universe. The spacecraft, known as the Spectroscopy and Photometry of the Intergalactic Medium's Diffuse Radiation, or SPIDR, is one of two "Small Explorer" satellite missions announced yesterday by NASA. The second was AIM, a satellite that will look at polar mesospheric clouds. CU-Boulder will design and build two of the four instruments and control the AIM satellite from campus.

Four Top Executives Join Leeds School Of Business Real Estate Advisory Council

July 1, 2002

Four prominent real estate professionals have joined the University of Colorado Real Estate Council, or CUREC, a part of the Leeds School of BusinessÂ’s Real Estate Center. The new members are Edward N. Barad, Peter W. Grosshuesch, Chester T. "Chetter" Latcham and Kimra Perkins. CUREC consists of members from diverse disciplines in the real estate industry. Members play a key role in helping students supplement their education with professional experience.

Bush Announces Presidential Awards: CU-Boulder Leads Nation With Four

July 1, 2002

Note to Editors: Photos of the researchers are available on request by calling Jeannine Malmsbury in the CU-Boulder news office at (303) 492-3115. President George W. Bush officially announced the 60 recipients of the 2001 Presidential Early Career Awards June 26, including four researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder, which led the nation in winners.

Shakespeare Gets Roasted In Festival Production At CU-Boulder

June 30, 2002

Editors: Photos, bios and show notes are available on the festival press Web site, http://www.theatre.colorado.edu/csfmedia02 The long tradition of lampooning William Shakespeare continues with "Shakespeare In Briefs!" starting July 6 at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus.

Stabilizing Atmospheric Carbon Is Topic Of July 10 CU-Boulder Talk

June 30, 2002

Chris Green, professor of economics from McGill University of Montreal, to speak on "Stabilizing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: What Will it Take?" on Wednesday, July 10, at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Green's talk will begin at 3 p.m. in the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences auditorium, room 338. The event is free and open to the public, and is sponsored by CIRES' Center for Science and Technology Policy Research.

Medieval Manuscript Exhibit On Display At CU-Boulder; Opening Reception On July 21

June 26, 2002

"Medieval Treasures: Books and Manuscripts from the 9th to the 15th Centuries" is now on display in the Norlin Library Special Collections department at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The exhibit features classical and popular works in addition to medieval service books. Other highlights include two complete 13th century Parisian Bibles, examples of fragments and decorated borders, an English private letter and the work of two 15th century Florentine scribes.

Scientific American Honors CU's Physics 2000 Web Site

June 26, 2002

The University of Colorado at Boulder's Physics 2000 Web site has been honored by Scientific American magazine with a 2002 Sci-Tech Web Award for physics. Scientific American editors selected five Web sites in each of 10 scientific categories to receive the awards. The winning sites are posted on the Scientific American Web site at www.sciam.com .

CU-Boulder Study Abroad Program Awards Summer 2002 Scholarships

June 26, 2002

The Study Abroad Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder has awarded more than $152,000 in scholarships and grants to students enrolled in study abroad programs in summer 2002. The aid comes from the program's auxiliary accounts, alumni donations, the Colorado Commission on Higher Education Diversity Fund, foundation donations, the Council on International Exchange, Denmark International Study, the Boettcher Foundation and the Freeman Foundation.

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