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NEWS TIP SHEET New INSTAAR Computational and Imaging Facility to be Dedicated Oct. 1 CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research will dedicate a powerful new $1.2 million computational and imaging facility on Monday, Oct. 1, that will help researchers and students study marine geophysics, ice sheet changes and natural disaster mitigation.

Kay Miller, an associate professor in CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's fine arts department, has received a $10,000 award from the Creative Capital Foundation, a national nonprofit organization that supports artists pursuing innovative approaches to form and content. Miller's work, titled "Kiss of the Wild," will include five new paintings that depict the relationship between the human and spiritual worlds. "Kiss of the Wild" will draw upon indiginous people's understandings of and approaches to contemporary social and environmental issues.

University of Colorado Associate Professor Herbert Covert has been awarded a Fulbright grant by the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to conduct research in Vietnam. Covert, of CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's anthropology department, will conduct paleontological field research with colleagues from the Geologic Museum of the Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam in Hanoi. He also will study primate conservation and ecology with colleagues at the Endangered Primate Rescue Center of Cuc Phuong National Park.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will host an international Workshop on Earth Systems Engineering, Oct. 3-6, aimed at promoting the integration of green design, renewable energies and other sustainability concepts in engineering education, research and practice. Two free, public events will be held as part of the conference, including an evening lecture by Amory B. Lovins, chief executive officer of the non-profit Rocky Mountain Institute in Snowmass, Colo., which will kick off the workshop.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will hold a public meeting on the Williams Village student housing expansion project on Oct. 4 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Stearns Central, room 178, at the Williams Village complex. According to Derrick Watson, project coordinator for the department of Housing, the purpose of the meeting is to provide residents with an update on the status of the project, including master site planning sketches, preliminary design guidelines and the development schedule.

The Cultural Unity Center at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ has been awarded the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute's Collegiate Leadership Award. The award will be presented at the institute's annual conference in Chicago on Sept. 28. Approximately 1,500 present and future leaders are expected to attend.

Several top University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ science professors will once again bring the fascinating world of science to young minds as the 2001-2002 CU Wizards program kicks off on Saturday, Sept. 29. The season opens with CU-Â鶹ӰԺ chemistry and biochemistry Professor David Nesbitt's "Chemistry in the Kitchen." The free hour-long show will begin at 9:30 a.m. in Cristol Chemistry and Biochemistry room 140. During the show Nesbitt will explore several topics including fermentation, how high altitude affects cooking and how cheese and ice cream are made.

Seeking to promote unity in a time of tragedy, the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ's Undergraduate Academy will sponsor a unity and remembrance walk at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 25, to mark the two-week anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America. The event will convene with a brief program on the steps of Norlin Library on the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ quadrangle. Participants will then make a short loop through campus, taking about an hour to complete the walk.

Professor Susan Kent of the history and women's studies departments has been named interim associate vice chancellor for faculty affairs at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. The appointment was announced by Provost Phil DiStefano and is pending approval by Chancellor Richard Byyny. Kent replaces Todd Gleeson, who was recently named interim dean of CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's College of Arts and Sciences.

More than a dozen University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ faculty members will participate in a "Teach-in on the International Crisis" on Monday, Sept. 24, to discuss the recent terrorist attacks in New York and Washington D.C. The teach-in will be held from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the University Memorial Center's Forum Room on the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ campus, and is free and open to the public.