Stewart Hoover Named Interim Dean Of Journalism At CU-Boulder

Feb. 21, 2002

Professor Stewart Hoover of the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Journalism and Mass Communication has been named interim dean of the school, according to Provost Phil DiStefano. The appointment is pending approval by the CU Board of Regents in March. Dean Del Brinkman announced his resignation earlier this month citing health and family concerns. Brinkman has been dean since January 2001.

Flying Words Project, Influenced By Deaf And Beat Generation Poetry, Comes To CU-Boulder March 8

Feb. 20, 2002

The Flying Words Project, a contemporary poetry ensemble that promotes American Sign Language literature, will perform at CU-Boulder's Charlotte York Irey Theater on Friday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m. The performance in the University Theatre building is free and open to the public. A reception with the artists will follow.

Five CU-Boulder Space Instruments Completed For November Launch

Feb. 20, 2002

Note to Editors: LASP will hold an open house at its East Campus facility Friday, Feb. 22, at 3 p.m. on Colorado Avenue east of 30th Street featuring scientists, students and instruments involved in SORCE. Five space instruments developed and built at the University of Colorado at Boulder are being shipped to a spacecraft manufacturing plant in Dulles, Va., next week in preparation for a November 2002 launch to measure solar radiation.

CIRES Hosts Regional Ocean Sciences Bowl

Feb. 19, 2002

Twenty-two student teams from 13 local high schools will gather on the University of Colorado's Boulder campus Saturday, Feb. 23, to compete in the fourth regional competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl. Covering biology, chemistry, geology, ocean physics, navigation, geography and related history and literature, the contest is designed to stimulate interest among high school students in ocean sciences.

Phi Delta Theta Fraternity Hosts Hill Cleanup Feb. 24

Feb. 19, 2002

CU Fraternity Phi Delta Theta is kicking off an effort to foster greater partnership and harmony with the Boulder Hill community on Feb. 24 at noon with a fraternity-sponsored Hill Cleanup. A long-time favorite activity of the fraternity and Hill residents, the cleanup is aimed at creating a cleaner neighborhood and happier residents. People who want to participate in the cleanup should meet at noon at the Phi Delta Theta house at 1111 College Ave.

Journalism Professor Polly McLean Presents Project On Boulder County's Black Women Feb. 22 At CU-Boulder

Feb. 19, 2002

Professor Polly McLean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder will co-host a reception to launch a student produced book "A Legacy of Missing Pieces: The Voices of Black Women of Boulder County" on Friday, Feb. 22. The reception is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Center for British Studies, Norlin Library, fifth floor.

CU's Deming Center For Entrepreneurship Appoints Four New Members To Advisory Board

Feb. 19, 2002

The CU-Boulder Deming Center for Entrepreneurship has appointed four new members to its advisory board. The accomplished business leaders are Arlyn Dozeman, Robert Gill, Michael Leeds and Peter Van Genderen. Dozeman is a partner in Ernst & Young's Colorado Technology Group. He has more than 25 years experience serving a wide variety of clients in assurance, tax and consulting capacities and has worked with a large number of emerging fast-growth companies. He received his bachelor's degree from Calvin College and his MBA from Western Michigan University.

Ball Aerospace Partners With CU-Boulder College Of Engineering To Present Inaugural 'Connections Gallery' Exhibit

Feb. 19, 2002

Note to Editors: The media are invited to preview the Connections Gallery's inaugural exhibit, "Imaging the Invisible," at a special media showing on Friday, March 1, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. The gallery is located in the main lobby of the Engineering Center at Colorado Avenue and Regent Drive, on the CU-Boulder campus. For more information contact Carol Rowe at (303) 492-7426.

CU-Boulder To Host Odyssey Of The Mind World Finals May 22-25

Feb. 18, 2002

Thousands of students from around the world will converge on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus May 22-25 to compete in the 23rd annual Odyssey of the Mind World Finals. About 700 teams will participate in the event, which challenges students to come up with the most creative, original and imaginative ways to solve a selection of problems.

Noted Paleoclimatologist To Discuss Role Of Earth's Orbit On Climate Change

Feb. 18, 2002

Michael Bender, a Princeton University professor of geosciences and a fellow of the American Geophysical Union, will present a new method of dating ice cores at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Friday, Feb. 22. Bender will speak at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, room 338. The talk is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.

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