CU-Boulder Physics Professor Wins 2000 MacArthur Fellowship

June 12, 2000

Margaret Murnane, a professor of physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is the winner of a $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship sometimes known as the "genius grant." She is the fourth CU-Boulder faculty member to receive the prestigious award from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation of Chicago. Murnane was one of 25 recipients of this year's awards.

Expanded Success Institute Helps Rural And Minority Students Prepare For Engineering Careers

June 12, 2000

Nearly 100 underrepresented rural and minority high school students from Denver, Boulder and St. Vrain Valley schools will get the chance to be engineering students at CU-Boulder June 21-24 through an expansion of the popular Success Institute.

CU-Boulder Researcher Awarded Prestigious Cancer Research Award

June 11, 2000

A University of Colorado at Boulder researcher has been awarded a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship from The Cancer Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation of New York.

Minority High School Students Attend CU Business College For A Week

June 11, 2000

High school students from throughout Colorado will participate in CU-BoulderÂ’s Business Leadership Program June 11-17, sponsored by the College of Business and local corporations. The free program offers 30 outstanding minority students the opportunity to get a head start on their college careers.

Katy Garmany To Give Final Live Talk At Fiske Planetarium

June 8, 2000

Katy Garmany will present her final live astronomy show at Fiske Planetarium June 16 ending a nine-year stay as director of the planetarium and Sommers-Bausch Observatory at the University of Colorado at Boulder and 26 years on campus. In July, Garmany will begin a new position at Columbia UniversityÂ’s Biosphere 2 astronomy program in Tucson, Ariz., where she will be one of three full-time faculty teaching a variety of astronomy courses and supervising observation projects for a class of about 25 students.

CU Parents Association Hosts Summer Orientation Barbeques For Parents Of New Students

June 7, 2000

The CU Parents Association at the University of Colorado at Boulder will host a series of orientation barbecues for parents of incoming students in June and July at the University Club. The barbecues coincide with orientation sessions for new freshmen and transfer students and provide opportunities for new CU-Boulder parents to become acquainted with the associationÂ’s board members, the office of parent relations and staff from student affairs programs and services. The sessions also provide a time to meet and greet parents from around the world.

College Of Engineering Pilots Middle School Honors Institute

June 6, 2000

ItÂ’s a good idea that just got better. The College of Engineering and Applied Science at CU-Boulder is expanding its popular High School Honors Institute to reach middle school students interested in careers in math and science. The college is collaborating with the St. Vrain Valley School District on a pilot program that will bring 24 seventh and eighth grade students to the campus for a two-day residential program, June 15-16. Organizers hope to be able to open the program to other school districts for participation in future years.

Kids To Fall Into 'Black Holes' At June 17 CU Wizards Show

June 5, 2000

Ever wonder what it would feel like to be sucked into a black hole? Selected children will have the chance to fall into an artificial black hole, build a man that stretches to many times his normal size and participate in other activities at the Saturday, June 17, CU Wizards show on "Black Holes." Associate Professor Andrew Hamilton of the astrophysical and planetary sciences department will demonstrate the concepts of black holes in CU-Boulder's Fiske Planetarium at 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

CU-Boulder Entrepreneurship Center For Music Takes Off

June 5, 2000

Succeeding as a performer in the music industry takes more than technical skills sharpened and finely tuned at traditional music schools like the College of Music at the University of Colorado at Boulder. It takes entrepreneurship.

Ecstasy Can Lead To A Dance With Death

June 5, 2000

The popularity of Ecstasy (MDMA) with our nationÂ’s youth has health officials on the alert. It is becoming the staple of the ever-popular rave scene -- parties where teens and young adults "rave all night" because of the stimulating effects of the drug. "Ecstasy is a stimulant. It gives people a lot of energy so they can dance all night," said Judy Taub, a counselor in CU-BoulderÂ’s Substance Abuse Program at Wardenburg Health Center.

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