CU-Boulder Selected By Prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship Foundation

Aug. 5, 1999

The University of Colorado at Boulder is one of just 15 institutions nationwide chosen to take part in a new program of postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities. The two-year fellowships, each worth a minimum of $30,000 per year, were recently announced by the Princeton-based Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. CU-Boulder shares the honor of hosting the fellowships with such institutions as Harvard, Yale, the University of California, Berkeley, Northwestern University and New York University.

Gore's Announcement To Release Arctic Reconnaisance Data To Benefit CU-Boulder

Aug. 5, 1999

Vice President Al Gore announced this week the declassification of 59 reconnaissance images of the Arctic Ocean for use by scientists studying climate change, including teams from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Washington.

Geology Professor Paul Weimer Receives Benson Endowed Chair

Aug. 4, 1999

University of Colorado at Boulder geological sciences Associate Professor Paul Weimer has been named the Bruce D. Benson Endowed Chair of Petroleum Geology, pending approval by the CU Board of Regents Aug. 5. Weimer, a petroleum geologist, has played a key role in mapping underwater sites in the northwest Gulf of Mexico in partnership with several private oil companies in recent years. He specializes in seismic and sequence stratigraphy and basin analysis and their applications to petroleum exploration and development.

Zan Johns Named Permanent Director Of CU-Boulder Human Resources

Aug. 4, 1999

Zan Johns, a long-time employee of the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been named director of human resources, pending approval by the Board of Regents at their Aug. 5 meeting. The appointment will be effective Aug. 6. Johns has been interim director since November 1997, when former Director Shari Robertson transferred to a new position to lead the Office of Sexual Harassment Policy.

CU Board Of Regents Will Review Compromise On Grandview Terrace Development

Aug. 3, 1999

The University of Colorado Board of Regents will be presented Thursday, Aug. 5, with a Grandview Terrace development plan that reflects a compromise reached between Historic Boulder and the Boulder campus with participation and involvement by the City of Boulder. Grandview Terrace is a transitional area between the city and the main campus of the university, north of University Avenue and east of Broadway.

CU Awarded $1 Million For Cell Research From W. M. Keck Foundation Of Los Angeles

Aug. 3, 1999

The W.M. Keck Foundation of Los Angeles has awarded the University of Colorado at Boulder $1 million to bridge the gap between molecular and cellular structures, a project expected to lead to significant advances in biomedicine.

Chancellor's Community Lecture Series Features CU Natural Resources Scholars

Aug. 2, 1999

Charles Wilkinson, a distinguished CU-Boulder professor of law who is recognized as a champion of the American West through his decades of writing and legal work, will be the first featured speaker in a CU-Boulder lecture series hosted at The Academy beginning Wednesday, Sept. 8. This fall, the series will highlight faculty from CU-Boulder聮s Center of the American West (including its co-founders Wilkinson and Patricia Limerick) and the Natural Resources Law Center. All talks will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel at The Academy, located at 970 Aurora Ave. in Boulder.

Environmental Policy Scholarship Awarded To Two CU-Boulder Students

Aug. 1, 1999

The prestigious Morris K. Udall Scholarship has been awarded to two undergraduate students at the University of Colorado at Boulder for their commitment to pursuing careers in environmental public policy, health care or native American tribal public policies. Jamie Hunt, 22, and Seth Peacock, 27, are two of the 75 Udall Scholars nationwide who will receive $5,000 to cover costs of tuition, fees, books and room and board for the 1999-2000 academic year.

Manhattan Project Historian To Speak At CU-Boulder August Commencement

July 29, 1999

David Hawkins, distinguished professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder, will deliver the main address at CU聮s commencement ceremony on Aug. 7. Hawkins retired in 1982 after a 35-year teaching career at CU-Boulder during which he won numerous prestigious honors and awards. A year before his retirement he received a $300,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation, the so-called "genius grant," the first awarded to a CU faculty member.

CU Residence Hall Sets Up Research Community For Undergraduates

July 29, 1999

The University of Colorado at Boulder聮s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program and the Residential Academic Program in Baker Hall are teaming up this fall to facilitate undergraduate participation in faculty research.

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