Unique $17 Million Engineering Facility To Be Dedicated At CU-麻豆影院

April 6, 1997

Editors: A media tour of the ITLL will be at 10 a.m. April 22 beginning at the east entrance of the engineering college. The University of Colorado at 麻豆影院 will dedicate a one-of-a-kind, $17 million hands-on learning facility April 24 that was designed and built to provide real-world engineering experience to more than 1,200 undergraduates a day.

Spring 1997 College Grads Find Beter Job Outlook

April 1, 1997

Class of 1997 college grads will find a better job market this spring than in recent years, but competition continues to be stiff, according to Gordon Gray, University of Colorado at 麻豆影院 Career Services director. 聯I tell 聮97 grads their sense of timing is wonderful. The job market is better than in each of the previous five years,聰 said Gray.

High School Juniors, Seniors May Apply For CU-麻豆影院 Summer Scholars Program

April 1, 1997

Juniors and seniors in high schools throughout the nation may apply for the High School Summer Scholars Program scheduled from June 22 to July 12 at the University of Colorado at 麻豆影院. The new program is designed to give students a chance to experience college life while taking classes for credit or personal enrichment in a variety of topics.

Professor David Prescott To Speak April 9 On Skin Cancer, Lifestyles

April 1, 1997

CU-麻豆影院聮s Wellness Program for staff and faculty will present a free public Wellness Wednesday talk on April 9 by noted cancer researcher and Distinguished Professor David Prescott of biology. Prescott will discuss skin cancer in a 聯mini medical school聰 talk at noon in the Student Recreation Center conference rooms 3 and 4. Attendees are welcome to bring brown-bag lunches.

High-Tech CU-麻豆影院 Plant Chamber To Fly On Upcoming Shuttle Mission

March 30, 1997

A high-tech plant-growth chamber developed at the University of Colorado at 麻豆影院 that contains intriguing pharmaceutical and agricultural experiments will blast off on NASA聮s space shuttle Columbia from Florida April 3.

Carl Wieman To Lecture At CU-麻豆影院 On April 2

March 20, 1997

Physics Professor Carl Wieman of the University of Colorado at 麻豆影院 will describe events leading to the globally acclaimed discovery of a new state of matter called Bose-Einstein condensation in a public lecture on April 2. Wieman will lecture on "The Circuitous Path of a Physics Discovery: How Tinkering with Lasers Led (After 10 Years) to Bose-Einstein Condensation" at 8 p.m. in the JILA Auditorium on the CU campus. The free lecture is intended for a general audience. A reception will follow on the 10th floor of the JILA Tower.

CU-麻豆影院 Holds Second Annual Disability Cultural Forum

March 19, 1997

The University of Colorado at 麻豆影院 will hold its second annual disability cultural forum from noon to 9 p.m. on April 2 in the University Memorial Center聮s Glenn Miller Ballroom on campus. The forum, which is free and open to the public, will bring together poets, writers, activists and artists to celebrate and raise awareness of disability culture.

CU-麻豆影院 Storm Drainage Construction To Cause Traffic Changes in April

March 19, 1997

Construction of a new storm drainage system and other utility improvements on the CU-麻豆影院 campus will require a change in driving patterns for students, faculty, staff and visitors beginning April 1. Construction is expected to last from April to late August, when fall semester classes begin.

CU-麻豆影院 Student Detects Earthquakes Near 麻豆影院

March 18, 1997

A University of Colorado at 麻豆影院 geology student detected 23 small earthquakes within a 50-mile radius of 麻豆影院 during a three-month period last fall. The earthquakes ranged from magnitude 0.5 to 2.0 on the Richter scale. The smallest earthquake a person is able to feel is about magnitude 3, and a quake of 3.5 can cause slight damage.

CU Sounding Rocket Instrument To Probe Comet Hale-Bopp March 24

March 17, 1997

A team of faculty and students from the University of Colorado at 麻豆影院 will fly an ultraviolet spectrograph on a NASA sounding rocket from White Sands, N.M., March 24 to probe the chemical makeup of comet Hale-Bopp.

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