State-Of-The-Art Classrooms Are Enhancing Instruction At CU-Â鶹ӰԺ

Nov. 29, 2000

Someday the typical classroom may look a lot like two new ones in CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s Eaton Humanities Building, with rows of computers all linked to each other and the dayÂ’s coursework displayed on several large projection screens. The classrooms, one equipped with 18 Macintosh G4 computers and one with 23 Dell Pentium IIIÂ’s, have state-of-the-art equipment throughout and an interactive network design linking the instructor and students as never before. The high-tech equipment has created strong demand among faculty who are finding new ways to use computers in the classroom.

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Business Professor Elected To Honor Society Board Of Governors

Nov. 29, 2000

John Lymberopoulos, a professor of international business and finance at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ, has been elected to the board of governors of Beta Gamma Sigma. As a member of the board, Lymberopoulos will help govern more than 440,000 Beta Gamma Sigma members worldwide. His term will run through June 2004.

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ To Donate Buffalo Hugs To Dental Aid, People's Clinic In Â鶹ӰԺ

Nov. 29, 2000

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ students will deliver 50 Buffalo Hugs pillows to children at Dental Aid and the San Juan/Broadway PeopleÂ’s Clinic in Â鶹ӰԺ on Wednesday, Dec. 6, continuing a program begun this fall to comfort young patients during visits to the dentist or doctor. Deliveries of 25 Buffalo Hugs each to the Dental Aid Â鶹ӰԺ Clinic, 4155 Darley Avenue, Suite C, and the San Juan/Broadway PeopleÂ’s Clinic, 3100 34th St., will be at 9:30 a.m. at Dental Aid and at 10:15 a.m. at the PeopleÂ’s Clinic.

Internationally Known Expert On Middle East To Visit CU-Â鶹ӰԺ

Nov. 28, 2000

Judith Kipper, an internationally known expert on issues in the Middle East including Arab-Israeli relations and the peace process, will visit the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ campus Dec. 5 and Dec. 6 as a guest of the World Affairs Athenaeum program. Kipper will talk about "Threats and Challenges: Assessing U.S. Interests in the Middle East" during a public forum Tuesday, Dec. 5, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Eaton Humanities Building, room 150.

Professor To Speak Dec. 13 On New X-Ray Telescopes For Imaging Black Holes

Nov. 28, 2000

University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Professor Webster Cash will continue the Fall 2000 ChancellorÂ’s Community Lecture Series on Wednesday, Dec. 13, with a presentation on "Cosmic Journeys: Visiting Stars and Black Holes with the Telescopes of the Future." A professor in the department of astrophysical and planetary sciences, Cash will talk about the next generations of X-ray telescopes in space, which will be able to provide extremely high resolutions of distant stellar objects. The talk is at 7 p.m. in the chapel at The Academy, 970 Aurora Ave., in Â鶹ӰԺ.

Presentation Of National Medal Of Science To CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Professor Gilbert White To Be Carried Live On Webcast And Satellite Feed Dec. 1

Nov. 28, 2000

Presentation of the National Medal of Science to Distinguished Professor Emeritus Gilbert F. White of the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will be carried live by webcast and satellite feed beginning at 5:30 p.m. MST on Friday, Dec. 1. White and the other laureates will meet with President Clinton Friday morning for individual and group pictures by the official presidential photographer. The photos will be posted Friday afternoon at http://www.ostp.gov .

Rep. Udall, Forest Management Experts To Discuss Wildfire Management At CU

Nov. 27, 2000

Although the smoke has cleared from the forest fires that ravaged the West last summer, including the foothills of ColoradoÂ’s Jefferson and Larimer counties, debate over the effectiveness of current wildfire management practices continues. Rep. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and a host of forest management experts will discuss questions surrounding those practices at noon this Thursday, Nov. 30, at a special "Hot Topics" luncheon program in Denver sponsored by the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Natural Resources Law Center.

New Videotape Helps Parents Detect Stuttering In Preschool-Age Children

Nov. 27, 2000

By Mary Ann Lopez CU-Â鶹ӰԺ News Services Writer Parents eagerly anticipate the moment when their children start to talk. It is exciting when a child begins saying their first words and making sentences. But for some parents it is a time of anxiety, because their child struggles to get the words out.

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Annual Economic Forecast Scheduled Dec. 11 At The Brown Palace

Nov. 27, 2000

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will present its 36th annual Colorado Business Economic Outlook Forum at 1:15 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 11. The 2001 economic forecast, held in the grand ballroom of Denver's Brown Palace Hotel, is free and open to the public.

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Fraternity Members Deliver Blankets Nov. 29 To Homeless

Nov. 27, 2000

CONTACTS: Jeanne McDonald (303) 492-0318 Jodi Kopke (303) 572-4182 WHAT: More than 40 blankets are being donated to the Â鶹ӰԺ Shelter for the Homeless. CU-Â鶹ӰԺ faculty, staff and students donated the blankets as part of CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s Winter Warmth Drive through the month of November. WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 29, at 10 a.m. WHO: CU-Â鶹ӰԺ students will deliver the blankets to the Â鶹ӰԺ Shelter for the Homeless. Students are all members of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. WHERE: Â鶹ӰԺ Shelter for the Homeless

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