CU-Boulder Law Program To Host Telecommunications Forum

April 3, 2000

In the near future, consumers are expected to benefit from a "one-stop shopping" concept created by competition among telecommunications companies working to meet requirements of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. This change will be one of the main topics discussed at the University of Colorado School of Law forum titled "Telecommunications After Bell Entry: Towards a New Regulatory Regime and One Stop Shopping," to be held April 13 starting at 3:15 p.m. in the Fleming Law Building on the Boulder campus.

CU-Boulder Faculty Assembly Hosts April 6 Public Forum On Ethics Of Apparel Licensing

April 3, 2000

The Boulder Faculty Assembly and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs are sponsoring a public forum on a proposed code of conduct for CU-licensed apparel manufacturers on April 6. Sessions will be held from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. in the Dalton Trumbo Fountain Court of the University Memorial Center and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the UMC Grill. Last month the BFA executive committee approved a resolution from its student affairs committee to endorse a set of human rights principles with which CU licensees should comply.

Campus Lecture Series Continues April 12 With Focus On "Bad Books"

April 2, 2000

CU-Boulder professor Emeritus Reg Saner will present "Adam's Navel: The Politics and Poetics of Belief" on Wednesday, April 12, as part of the new "Campus Lecture Series" scheduled through May. The presentation, at 7:30 p.m. in the Humanities Building, room 250, will review episodes from ancient times to the present in which religion and science have been at odds.

CU GLBT Arts Festival 2000 Celebrates Art Activism

April 2, 2000

Throughout April, a number of prominent national lesbian, gay and bisexual artists of color will be featured as part of "Art Activism of a Queer Color: The Third Annual CU-Boulder Queer Arts Festival."

CU-Boulder's Maust Appointed As Associate To HEC Alcohol, Drug Prevention Program

April 2, 2000

Robert Maust, director of the University of Colorado at Boulder alcohol awareness program "A Matter of Degree," has been named an Associate of the Alcohol and other Drug Prevention program of The Higher Education Center. The Higher Education Center is a program of the U.S. Department of Education.

'Team Technology Rooms' Installed In Three CU-Boulder Libraries

April 2, 2000

Three library buildings at the University of Colorado at Boulder are now equipped with "Team Technology Rooms" where students can use electronic equipment and computer software to prepare class presentations and projects. The CU-Boulder Libraries teamed up with Information Technology Services on campus to convert nine group study rooms in Norlin Library, the William M. White Business Library and the L.H. Gemill Engineering Library into Team Technology Rooms.

New Observations Of Sun's Interior Shed Light On Magnetic Field Activity

March 29, 2000

Scientists have detected changes in the rotation rates of violent, charged gases some 130,000 miles beneath the sun聮s surface, a finding that may help them better understand the physical dynamics of the 11-year solar cycle that affects Earth.

Six CU-Boulder Graduate Programs Cited Among Nation's Best In Magazine

March 29, 2000

Six graduate programs at the University of Colorado at Boulder were cited for excellence in a limited number of disciplines ranked by U.S. News and World Report magazine in March 2000. In specialty programs, CU聮s Program of Environmental Law was ranked in a tie for 5th place with Tulane University, up from 7th in 1999. Overall, CU聮s Law School was ranked 45th in the nation out of 179 law schools, the same as its 1999 ranking by U.S. News and World Report.

'Living Shakespeare' Presentations, Discussion Of 2000 CSF Season Set For Boulder Senior Center

March 28, 2000

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival's Living Shakespeare outreach program will visit Boulder's East Senior Center, 5660 Sioux Dr., to present a four-session class previewing the shows of the upcoming 2000 CSF season.

CU-Boulder Conference April 7-8 Addresses Asian Human Rights Issues

March 28, 2000

Editors: A complete schedule of the conference is attached. The Center for Asian Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder is hosting a conference April 7-8 focusing on human rights issues in Asia. Films, panel presentations and discussions will be held from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday and 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday in the Humanities Building, room 150.

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