March 18 Greeley Event Looks At Difficulties Between Urban, Rural West

March 8, 2000

It's the city girl facing the country boy in "The Urban-Rural Divorce," a March 18 program in Greeley exploring the complex relationship between the urban and rural West. The Center of the American West at the University of Colorado at Boulder is presenting the fun and creative program, casting the many difficult issues facing the urban and rural West in human terms. The three-hour mock divorce hearing will begin at 1 p.m. at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 1800 21st St. The event is free and open to the public.

CU-Boulder Hosts Japanese Speech Contest

March 7, 2000

The Japanese Speech Contest, a program that has received rave reviews throughout Colorado and publicity from as far as Yamagata, Japan, will be held in conjunction with Japan Day 2000 at the University of Colorado at Boulder on March 18 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Humanities Building room 150. One of the highlights of the speech contest is an opening talk delivered by the honorable consul general of Japan, Makoto Mizutani.

Susan Faludi To Visit CU-Boulder Campus As World Affairs Athenaeum Visitor

March 7, 2000

Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Susan Faludi will visit the University of Colorado at Boulder campus March 14-15 as a guest of the new "World Affairs Athenaeum" program. The Athenaeum, launched in February, is an extension of the annual World Affairs Conference designed to create a more intimate setting for visitors and students to meet and discuss world affairs and new ideas.

University Of Virginia Law Professor To Give Coen Lecture On March 14

March 7, 2000

Lillian R. BeVier, the Doherty Charitable Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, will deliver the 43rd annual John R. Coen Lecture on March 14 in the Lindsey Memorial Courtroom at the CU-Boulder School of Law. The lecture titled "When I Speak, Does the State Act?" will begin at 4 p.m. and will focus on First Amendment and freedom of speech issues.

CU-Boulder Salmon Study Spawns New Insight Into Human Brain Aging

March 7, 2000

A University of Colorado at Boulder study of landlocked salmon indicates they possess a genetically programmed "aging clock" timed by reproduction, which may provide insight into human aging and Alzheimer聮s disease.

High School Students Of Japanese To Attend Japan Day 2000 At CU-Boulder

March 7, 2000

Editors: Photographers are welcome to attend this event including the demonstrations on Aikido martial arts and origami and performances of the shakuhachi flute and traditional dance. About 100 Colorado high school students taking Japanese courses, their teachers, and students and faculty of the CU-Boulder East Asian languages and civilizations department will gather on March 18 for Japan Day 2000.

CU Friends Of The Library Event Tells How To Locate Lost Family, Friends

March 5, 2000

Genealogist and private investigator Kathleen Hinckley will present the program "Be Your Own Detective: Locate Lost Family and Friends" on Sunday, March 19, at 2 p.m. at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The lecture, sponsored by the CU-Boulder Friends of the Libraries, will be held in the Benson Earth Sciences Building auditorium, room 180, and is free and open to the public. "Attendees will learn how to get started on researching their 'roots' or locating lost individuals," said Friends of the Libraries President Ruth Kahn.

March 11 Wirth Forum To Discuss Religion And Nature In The West

March 2, 2000

The Wirth Forum on Religion and Nature in the West will present a public colloquium led by CU-Boulder Professor Patricia Limerick and Professor Mark Silk, director of the Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College in Connecticut, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, March 11, in the Hale Science Building, room 270. The talk at the University of Colorado at Boulder will be a synopsis of two days of conversation by a gathering of academic experts from across the United States.

CU-Boulder Chancellor Will Correct Female Professors' Salary Inequities

March 2, 2000

Chancellor Richard L. Byyny has made a commitment to correct gender inequities in salaries among University of Colorado at Boulder faculty within three years. Each year since he assumed the responsibilities of Chancellor, Byyny has requested an analysis of salaries by gender, rank and discipline. The most recent salary analysis showed that white female faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder earn an average of $1,123 less than their white male colleagues, Byyny said.

CU Dance Company Is Touring Colorado Schools, Community Centers

March 2, 2000

EDITORS: A complete CU Moving Company performance schedule for Lakewood, Lafayette, Niwot, Boulder, Salida and Denver is attached. The CU Moving Company, a dance group of six undergraduate dance majors from the University of Colorado at Boulder, has started its spring performances and workshops to educate and entertain school-age audiences. "The purpose is to supplement the arts in the schools," said David Capps, CU-Boulder assistant dance professor who instructs the group. "We'd like to bring dance in as a vital art form."

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