Â鶹ӰԺ

The 1999 Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award has been granted to five undergraduate students around the nation, including CU-Â鶹ӰԺ student David Kolstad, for outstanding community service efforts. Every year Campus Compact, a national service-learning organization, gives the $1,500 award to five students who attend Campus Compact member institutions. The award money supports the student's continued efforts to address societal needs by funding a service program designed or chosen by that student.

The CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Summer Theatre Caravan will present a free public performance of the romantic comedy, "It Had To Be You," Aug. 27-28 in the Old Main Chapel on the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ campus. The performances begin at 7 p.m. both evenings. "It Had To Be You" features the story of Theda Blau, a would-be actress, would-be playwright, would-be sex symbol and health food nut who seeks love and success in New York. Joining her is Vito Pignoli, a highly successful and emotionally unavailable TV director and producer on whom Theda sets her sights.

A photo exhibition featuring Colorado's Hispanic lawmakers opens at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ on Aug. 24. The presentation, "Shaping the Law of the Land: Hispanos in the Colorado Legislature 1845-1995," will be held in the University Memorial Center Fine Arts Gallery Annex. "The goal of the exhibit is to educate different communities about Hispanic contributions to the State of Colorado," said Ofelia Miramontes, interim associate vice chancellor for diversity and equity at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ.

Five CU-Â鶹ӰԺ students have received scholarship awards from the Center for Educational and Career Transitions at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ for the fall 1999 semester. The $600 scholarship is awarded to three categories of students, including undergraduate women, graduate women and any student 30 years or older, male or female. To receive the undergraduate and graduate scholarship awards, students must maintain a 3.5 grade-point average. Applicants for the "student over 30" award must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.0.

James Goodrich, an assistant professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ, was one of 20 biomedical researchers nationwide to be named 1999 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences. Granted by the Pew Charitable Trusts of Philadelphia to a select group of promising young biomedical researchers, the awards each carry a four-year, $200,00 grant.

NAMED 4th ROSENBAUM PROFESSOR OF LAW CU-Â鶹ӰԺ law Professor J. Dennis Hynes has been named a Nicholas Rosenbaum Professor of Law by Law School Dean Harold Bruff. The appointment was effective July 1. A reception is planned for Oct. 6 to honor the Rosenbaum professors. Professor Hynes teaches contracts and law concerning agencies, partnerships, and limited liability companies and has written extensively on those subjects. His casebook "Agency, Partnership, and the LLC" is now in its fifth edition.

The Integrated Teaching and Learning Program in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ has been awarded a three-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to start a Graduate Teaching Fellows program in K-12 classrooms throughout the Â鶹ӰԺ Valley School District. The program will place 10 graduate-level engineering students each year in local schools to help teachers integrate hands-on learning activities in math, physical science and technology classes. Two undergraduate engineering students also will be involved.

A CU-Â鶹ӰԺ researcher is developing an interactive computer program for Alaskan middle school students to interest them in science and show them that natural sciences donÂ’t necessarily conflict with traditional American Indian views of nature.

Faculty experts at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will address worldwide issues in a symposium titled "U.S. Interests and Values in the Era of Globalization," on Aug. 26, 7 p.m., in Chemistry 140. According to Carol Lynch, associate vice chancellor for research and dean of the graduate school, the symposium's topics are timely and important.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ was tied for 31st in the annual rankings of the nationÂ’s top public four-year institutions in U.S. News & World ReportÂ’s 1999 Best Colleges issue. The nationÂ’s top public university in the latest U.S. News rankings was the University of California-Berkeley, followed by the University of Virginia. The University of California-Los Angeles and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor tied for third, while the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was fifth.