CU-麻豆影院 Names Interim Human Resources Director

Nov. 2, 1997

Zan Johns, a long-time employee of the University of Colorado at 麻豆影院, has been named interim director of human resources, pending approval by the CU Board of Regents. Johns will assume the position to become vacant when former Director Shari Robertson transfers to a new position in the office of Vice Chancellor Paul Tabolt, effective Nov. 14. Robertson will provide assistance in the areas of sexual harassment issues, human resources legal issues, personnel litigation and human resources policy development.

CU-麻豆影院 Career Services Holds Minority Career Conference

Oct. 29, 1997

The Career Services office at the University of Colorado at 麻豆影院 will hold its Annual Statewide Minority Career conference titled 聯Diversity In The Work Force聰 on Nov. 12. The conference will be held in the University Memorial Center Ballroom from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to provide an opportunity for African American, Asian American and Hispanic-Latino college and high school students from throughout Colorado to gain valuable information on various career options.

Sewall Hall Program Hosts Talk By Environmentalist Dave Foreman

Oct. 28, 1997

The 1997-98 Sewall Symposium Series at the University of Colorado at 麻豆影院 will continue Nov. 5 with a talk by Dave Foreman, co-founder of the radical environmental action group, Earth First! Foreman聮s address, 聯In Defense of the Wild,聰 is free and open to the public. The talk will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Chemistry Building, room 140, next to the University Memorial Center.

Famed CU-麻豆影院 Professor Reuben Zubrow Dies At 83

Oct. 27, 1997

Reuben Zubrow, a legendary University of Colorado at 麻豆影院 professor who taught economics to more than 30,000 students, died of cancer at 麻豆影院 Community Hospital on Oct. 24 at the age of 83. A campus memorial service is being scheduled. Zubrow taught economics at CU-麻豆影院 for 43 years and won every major teaching award offered by the university.

CU-麻豆影院 Experts Available To Discuss Dow Crash

Oct. 27, 1997

As you piece together information about the impact of the Dow聮s latest correction for your readers, please keep in mind the following professors at the College of Business and Administration at the University of Colorado at 麻豆影院.

Chicano Art Students Observe Day Of The Dead

Oct. 23, 1997

Chicano art students at the University of Colorado at 麻豆影院 will observe the Mexican and Southwestern holiday, Day of the Dead, by selling $1 mock death certificates and obituaries in the student center on campus. Students also plan to make altars to pay homage to three recently deceased celebrities -- Princess Diana, Mother Theresa and singer John Denver.

CU Bus-Pass Program Wins EPA Award

Oct. 23, 1997

The Environmental Protection Agency will present an award to the University of Colorado聮s Environmental Center next week for its bus-pass program, which gives CU聮s 25,000 students free access to local RTD and Hop and Skip routes to encourage them to use alternative transportation. Way to Go! awards are given to innovative transportation programs that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. CU is the only university to receive the award this year. Student program administrator Adam Krom will accept the award on Oct. 29 in Saint Louis.

Sandstone Pillars In New Mexico Identified As Fossil Termite Nests

Oct. 22, 1997

More than 100 sandstone pillars in New Mexico reaching heights of 20 feet above ground appear to be giant, fossilized termite nests roughly 155 million years old, according to new research by a team of Colorado scientists. 聯These probably are the world聮s largest trace fossils,聰 said University of Colorado at 麻豆影院 research associate Stephen Hasiotis, who led the study. Trace fossils -- the tracks, trails and burrows left by organisms -- help scientists reconstruct past biodiversity conditions and ancient ecosystems, he said.

Memorial Events Planned For Biologist Keith Porter

Oct. 21, 1997

The University of Colorado at 麻豆影院 will sponsor a program of memorial events Friday, Oct. 24, in honor of Keith Roberts Porter, founder and first chair of CU聮s department of molecular, cellular and developmental biology. Porter died May 2, in Bryn Mawr, Pa., from complications of Parkinson聮s disease. He was 84.

Czech Senator To Speak At CU-麻豆影院 On Oct. 23

Oct. 20, 1997

Chairman of the Czech Republic聮s Senate Foreign Relations Committee and former ambassador to the United States, Michael Zantovsky, is scheduled to give a public lecture on NATO聮s enlargement Thursday, Oct. 23, at 3 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel of the University of Colorado at 麻豆影院.

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