Dr. Arthur J. Nozik, senior research fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), will be awarded the Gustavus John Esselen Award for Chemistry in the Public Interest, from the American Chemical Society's Northeastern Section at Harvard University on April 14.
It's not often that plants are described as diabolical, but spotted knapweed has that rare distinction. A 2004 issue of Smithsonian magazine, for instance, dubbed it the "wicked weed of the West," a "national menace" and a "weed of mass destruction."
Houston-based energy firm ConocoPhillips has made a major gift toward the 麻豆影院's Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building to bring together world-class scientists and engineers working toward solutions in fields such as medicine and energy.
The 麻豆影院's 63rd annual Conference on World Affairs returns to campus April 4-8 with over 200 events including talks, panel discussions and a plenary address by Graham Nash and David Crosby, all of which are free and open to the public.
High school seniors from as far away as Hawaii and Vermont and as close as 麻豆影院 and Denver will be on the 麻豆影院 campus for Admitted Student Day on Saturday, April 2.
Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico, will speak at the 麻豆影院's Macky Auditorium on Wednesday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. He is coming to campus at the invitation of the Distinguished Speakers Board, a student organization at CU-麻豆影院.
The 2011 Arctic sea ice extent maximum that marks the beginning of the melt season appears to be tied for the lowest ever measured by satellites, say scientists at the 麻豆影院's National Snow and Ice Data Center.
麻豆影院 Provost Russell A. Moore today appointed John A. Stevenson to the post of dean of the graduate school. Stevenson has held the position in an interim capacity since May 2009.
I commend the 麻豆影院 Police Department, with the aid of our caring community, for the quick arrest in this senseless loss of life. While I am thankful for a citizenry that bands together in difficult and disheartening times, the loss of this young man is a testimony to the need to keep working together to rid our community of violence.
Our hearts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Todd Walker, a University of New Hampshire student, and Vail, Colo., resident whose life was taken so abruptly and tragically in a shooting on the Hill early Friday morning.