Continuing Education Offers Credit Courses On Chicano Studies and Sociology of Aging

March 4, 1997

Registration is under way for Session II spring credit courses in the Division of Continuing Education at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder. Monday and Wednesday night classes begin on March 17 and end May 7. Tuesday and Thursday night classes begin March 18 and end May 8. The cost for ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ residents is $90 per credit hour. Non-residents pay $170 per credit hour, and non-resident tuition rises for courses totaling four or more credit hours. Most Session II courses are three or four credit hours.

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Offers Desserts and Wine With Local Mystery Writers

March 3, 1997

The University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder Friends of the Libraries will present an evening of desserts and wines with a panel of local mystery writers at 7:30 p.m. March 14 in the Fleming Law Building on campus. Proceeds from the event will benefit the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder libraries. Authors featured at the benefit will include Christine Jorgensen, Leslie OÂ’Kane, and Ann Ripley.

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Students Receive Study Abroad Scholarships

March 3, 1997

Twenty-four students at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder have received scholarships to study this spring in countries around the globe. The students choose from among 100 programs in 55 countries offered by ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-BoulderÂ’s Study Abroad program and receive course credit for their overseas studies. Following are the names of Study Abroad scholarship recipients, their hometowns, award amounts, locations, study abroad semesters and academic majors. COLORADO

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Professor Named Cultural Consultant To Nicaraguan President

March 2, 1997

NicaraguaÂ’s newly elected president, Arnoldo Aleman Lacayo, has appointed University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder Associate Professor Frederick Lange to be an adviser to the Nicaraguan Institute of Culture. Lange, curator of anthropology at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Museum, is in Managua this semester, and next summer will conduct archaeological excavations with about 10 ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder students.

Five ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Graduate Programs cited Among Nation's Best In Magazine

Feb. 27, 1997

Five programs at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder were cited for excellence in a ranking of the nation's best graduate schools released this week by U.S. News and World Report. The law and education graduate programs at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder made significant gains in 1997. The overall ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ School of Law ranking jumped from 39th to 30th, while the School of Education climbed from 25th to 19th. Also ranked in 1997 were ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder graduate programs in engineering, music and environmental law.

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Physics Professor named Sloan Research Fellow

Feb. 27, 1997

Leo Radzihovsky, an assistant professor of physics at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder, is the winner of a prestigious 1997 Sloan Research Fellowship. Sloan fellowships are given to recognize and support young scientists' research projects during their early careers. The fellowship includes a $35,000 award.

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Physics Professor Named Sloan Research Fellow

Feb. 27, 1997

Leo Radzihovsky, an assistant professor of physics at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder, is the winner of a prestigious 1997 Sloan Research Fellowship. Sloan fellowships are given to recognize and support young scientists' research projects during their early careers. The fellowship includes a $35,000 award.

CEO of "Most Innovative" Company to Give Free Lecture at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder

Feb. 25, 1997

Kenneth L. Lay, chairman and chief executive officer of Enron, rated the most innovative company in the nation by a Fortune magazine survey, will give a public lecture at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder on March 11. An early proponent of deregulating U.S. utilities, Lay was at the forefront of many changes now sweeping the industry. Deregulation of the nation's electricity companies is being discussed in Congress and in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ and several other states.

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Museum To Host Symposium On Herbs In Modern Health Care

Feb. 19, 1997

NOTE: Reporters are welcome to schedule phone interviews with speakers before the symposium by calling Lauren Schwartz at (303) 492-3396. ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ MUSEUM TO HOST SYMPOSIUM "Herbs in Modern Health Care" will be the subject of a one-day symposium with noted speakers in the health care and medical professions on Saturday, March 15, at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Museum in Boulder.

Unique Kinetic Sculpture To Be Erected At New Engineering Facility

Feb. 19, 1997

A unique, wind-driven kinetic sculpture will be erected outside ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder1s new Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory at the College of Engineering and Applied Science on Friday, Feb. 21, weather permitting.

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