CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Chancellor Announces Finalists For Vice Chancellor Position

June 5, 1997

Two finalists have been selected for the position of vice chancellor for administration at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ to fill the post currently held by Interim Vice Chancellor Peter Barden. Chancellor Richard L. Byyny named the two finalists on Friday. Both candidates, John Bernhard and Paul Tabolt, hold administrative positions in the CU system.

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Chancellor Announces Diversity, Technology Changes

June 5, 1997

Two finalists have been selected for the position of vice chancellor for administration at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ to fill the post currently held by Interim Vice Chancellor Peter Barden. Chancellor Richard L. Byyny named the two finalists on Friday. Both candidates, John Bernhard and Paul Tabolt, hold administrative positions in the CU system.

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Astronomers To Share Wonder, Knowledge In Star Talks

June 4, 1997

University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ astronomers will share current scientific knowledge and discuss the lore of the heavens in summer star talks in Fiske Planetarium. The live presentations, suitable for adults and children over age 8, will feature talks by CU-Â鶹ӰԺ astronomers who will provide illustrations using the star projector and other equipment in the star theater. Each presentation will include time for questions from the audience.

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Researcher Wins International Physics Award

June 3, 1997

John B. Davies, a physics researcher at University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ, has won his eighth award in an international theoretical physics competition sponsored by the Gravity Research Foundation of Wellesley Hills, Mass. Davies received an honorable mention for his paper titled "Regge Calculus of the Fundamental Particles." It is the eighth award Davies has received in the annual essay competition since joining CU-Â鶹ӰԺ in 1980.

CU Wizard Show June 21 To Feature Night Skies

June 2, 1997

Questions about which stars can be seen in June and why June 21 is the first day of summer will be answered in the seasonÂ’s final CU Wizard show, to be presented June 21 by astronomer Catharine Garmany at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. The free public presentation of the popular science show geared to youngsters in grades 5 though 8 will be Saturday at 10 a.m. in Fiske Planetarium. The planetarium is on Regent Drive near Kittredge Loop Drive.

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Responds To Title IX Complaint

June 2, 1997

Officials at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ said that a Title IX complaint announced yesterday with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) against the university should be immediately dismissed. “We believe CU should not be named in this complaint,” said Chancellor Richard L. Byyny. “We have an existing agreement with the Office of Civil Rights defining CUÂ’s obligations under Title IX in its athletic program. The agreement, completed in 1994, includes the provision of financial aid to female student athletes.”

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Athletics Department Presents 1997-98 Budget Request

June 1, 1997

University budgetary support for the Athletics Department at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will be reduced by about 5 percent this year, according to a budget request summary presented Monday, June 2, by athletics Director Dick Tharp. The 1997-98 athletics budget is part of the overall Â鶹ӰԺ campus budget request to be presented by Chancellor Richard L. Byyny at the CU Board of Regents budget and planning retreat June 3-4 in Estes Park.

Japanese Video Crew To Document Day At CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Children's Center

June 1, 1997

A Japanese video production crew will be filming June 10 at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Family Housing ChildrenÂ’s Center for a popular TV show to be broadcast throughout Japan. The crew will film childrenÂ’s activities from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for a segment of a 15-minute show shown twice a day, six days a week to Japanese children, called “Eigo de Asobo” (“LetÂ’s Play in English”). It is the only bilingual (English/Japanese) childrenÂ’s program in Japan.

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Crime Rates Continue Downward Trend

May 28, 1997

Serious crime at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ has continued a six-year downward trend through 1996, according to a statistical report released today by the CU Department of Public Safety. Part I crimes, defined as the most serious by nature of crime or frequency, are down 18.4 percent over the previous year on campus, and are down 24.5 percent from 1991. Crimes included in the Part I category are homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, simple assault, burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

Businesses Open Doors To CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Entrepreneurship Students

May 28, 1997

This summer, 44 students from the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Center for Entrepreneurship – a joint program of the colleges of business and engineering – will work for some of the areaÂ’s most innovative companies.

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