Statewide History Day Competition Attracts 700 Students To CU-Boulder

April 17, 2000

About 700 middle and high school students from throughout the state will gather at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Saturday, April 29, to compete in the 19th annual Colorado History Day. Among the dignitaries presenting awards to the students for their winning dramatic performances, video documentaries, exhibits and other entries will be U.S. Representatives Tom Tancredo and Mark Udall. Colorado History Day will run from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. in several campus locations, primarily in the University Memorial Center and the Hellems Arts and Sciences Building.

Colorado Engineer Magazine Wins Six Awards At National Conference

April 17, 2000

So you thought engineers couldn聮t communicate? Colorado Engineer Magazine, a publication by CU-Boulder engineering students since 1904, continued a long tradition of excellence, winning six awards, including three first-place awards, at the national 2000 Engineering College Magazines Associated annual conference. The conference was held April 6-8 in Berkeley, Calif.

CU Wizards Presents 'Fireflies, M&M's And A Few Gratuitous Explosions'

April 17, 2000

Be sure to bring an extra pair of clean underwear to the April 29 CU Wizards show because CU-Boulder chemistry professors Tarek Sammakia and Gordon Yee may be asking to use them in one of their demonstrations. The Wizards will be burning underwear, firing potatoes from cannons, igniting hydrogen soap bubbles and much more to demonstrate mechanical, heat and light energy release at the show titled, "Fireflies, M&M's and a Few Gratuitous Explosions."

CU-Boulder Establishes Campus Restorative Justice Program

April 16, 2000

The University of Colorado at Boulder is the first university in the nation experimenting with an innovative campus program offering students who get in trouble a chance to fess up and face the consequences of their acts to avoid going through the usual university judicial system. Formed using principles of Restorative Justice, an increasingly popular method used as an alternative to judicial processes, CU-Boulder聮s program centers around "group conferences," which bring offenders together with those they have harmed.

CU-Boulder Student Participates In Restorative Justice Program

April 16, 2000

Editors: Paul, a CU-Boulder student, is available to talk about his experience with the university聮s restorative justice program, on the condition that his last name be omitted. The evening started out with a few friends hanging out in a residence hall room. Later that night, however, after a disagreement with some other students left a couple of windows broken, one of the friends ended up in jail.

Inner-City Poetry Program Holds Events At CU-Boulder April 18 & 21

April 16, 2000

A University of Colorado at Boulder program that teaches literacy and leadership to seventh and eighth grade Denver students through the use of poetry, called CU in the House, will hold two events on the Boulder campus April 18 and April 21. On April 18, nationally recognized poet and educator Haki Madhubuti will lecture on "Education and the Poetic Spirit" from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel. The lecture is free and open to the public.

CU-Boulder College Of Engineering Honors Stephen Bechtel

April 13, 2000

Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr., chairman emeritus of Bechtel Group Inc., was honored as an Engineer of Distinction by the University of Colorado at Boulder聮s College of Engineering and Applied Science at the 35th annual Engineering Awards Banquet on April 14. The award, established in 1997 and presented by Ross B. Corotis, dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science, recognizes his lifetime achievements in the engineering profession.

CU-Boulder Undergraduates To Present Research Findings

April 13, 2000

CU-Boulder undergraduates in the fields of psychology, biology and kinesiology will present research findings on Wednesday, April 26, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the University Memorial Center's Glenn Miller Ballroom. Refreshments will be provided at the fifth annual Undergraduate Research Day, which is free and open to the public.

CU-Boulder Honors Distinguished Engineers At Awards Banquet

April 13, 2000

Five alumni and the dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder were honored with Distinguished Engineering Alumni Awards at the 35th annual Engineering Awards Banquet on April 14.

CU-Boulder Announces Building Community Recognition Awards

April 12, 2000

Five outstanding members of the CU-Boulder campus, including students, faculty and staff, have been selected to receive the spring semester Building Community Recognition Awards. The awards, sponsored by the Building Community Committee, are given to campus members who show exceptional involvement, commitment and dedication to making the Boulder campus a more welcoming community. The honorees are:

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