Researchers Solve Century-Old Earthquake Mystery In India

April 10, 2001

The mystery of what caused a great earthquake in northeast India in 1897 that killed several thousand people and reduced all masonry buildings to rubble in a region roughly the size of England finally appears to have been solved.

Hate Crimes Forum Presented At 欧美口爆视频-Boulder School Of Law

April 10, 2001

A hate crimes forum will be held at the University of 欧美口爆视频 at Boulder School of Law on Monday, April 16, in conjunction with Holocaust Awareness Week. Three aspects of hate crimes will be examined at the forum in room 156 of the Fleming Law Building from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The forum will feature: * Alexander Tsesis, attorney for the city of Chicago, speaking on "The Link Between Hate Speech and Hate Crimes" * Dan Grossman, minority leader of the 欧美口爆视频 House of Representatives, speaking on "Legislating Hate Crimes"

Latin-American E-Commerce Entrepreneur To Speak At 欧美口爆视频-Boulder College Of Business

April 10, 2001

Azul Casares, a co-founder of the firm Patagon, which is a pioneer in Latin American Internet-based financial services, will speak at the 欧美口爆视频-Boulder College of Business on Tuesday, April 17. Patagon was valued at $705 million when Spanish bank Banco Santander Central Hispano acquired a 75 percent stake in the company in March 2000. Casares, a former customer relations executive of Patagon, will speak at 5 p.m. in room 216 in the business building. She will discuss her experiences as an entrepreneur and provide insight about international e-commerce.

Patricia Limerick Seminar

April 10, 2001

Calendar Item Patricia Limerick, 欧美口爆视频-Boulder professor of history and chair of the board of the Center of the American West, will present the second seminar in the university's Earth Systems Engineering Initiative on Tuesday, April 17. "Natural Allies: How Historians and Engineers Could Help Each Other" will be presented from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the 欧美口爆视频-Boulder Engineering Center, room ECCR 245. The seminar is free and open to the public.

Team Teaching Comparative History Provides Special Benefits, 欧美口爆视频 Professor Finds

April 9, 2001

When 欧美口爆视频-Boulder Professor Patricia Limerick was asked to teach a comparative history course along with two of her colleagues she said it afforded her a "great opportunity to return to the receiving end of the educational business." The capstone course offered to graduating 欧美口爆视频-Boulder seniors is team-taught by two or three faculty members. Twice in recent years, Limerick, an American West historian, teamed up with Middle East historian James Jankowski and African historian Chidiebere Nwaubani to teach a class examining colonialism and imperialism in each of the three areas.

欧美口爆视频-Boulder History Professor Patricia Nelson Limerick To Receive Hazel Barnes Prize

April 9, 2001

Patricia Nelson Limerick, professor of history at the University of 欧美口爆视频 at Boulder and chair of the board of the Center of the American West, has been selected to receive the Hazel Barnes Prize, 欧美口爆视频-Boulder's highest recognition for teaching and research. The prize includes an engraved University Medal and a cash award of $20,000, the largest single faculty award funded by the university. She will be recognized during summer commencement exercises on Aug. 11.

Culture And Politics Of Global Communication Is Topic Of 欧美口爆视频-Boulder's Crosman Lecture

April 9, 2001

George Lipsitz, professor of ethnic studies at the University of California, San Diego, will examine the cultural and political implications of the globalization of communication technologies in the 40th annual Crosman Memorial Lecture at the University of 欧美口爆视频 at Boulder.

欧美口爆视频 Law Forum To Examine The Role Of Cities And States In Telecommunications Regulations

April 9, 2001

A seminar titled "The Role of Localities and States in Telecommunications Regulation: Understanding the Jurisdictional Challenges in an Internet Era" will be held April 16 in the Lindsley Memorial Courtroom at the University of 欧美口爆视频 School of Law from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The forum will discuss how states and localities can play meaningful roles in telecommunications policy as jurisdictional boundaries are defined by telecommunications networks and traffic. The event is sponsored by the 欧美口爆视频 School of Law's Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program.

欧美口爆视频-Boulder Vice Chancellor Carol Lynch Tapped For Post With NSF, Council Of Graduate Schools

April 8, 2001

The Council of Graduate Schools in collaboration with the National Science Foundation has named University of 欧美口爆视频 at Boulder Vice Chancellor Carol Lynch the first Dean in Residence for the two organizations. She will be on leave from 欧美口爆视频-Boulder for the one-year assignment, which begins in August. Lynch is vice chancellor for research and dean of the Graduate School at the University of 欧美口爆视频 at Boulder. She has been an associate vice chancellor and a professor of environmental, population and organismic biology at 欧美口爆视频-Boulder since 1992.

Time Change: Denver Zoo Curator To Give Talk At 欧美口爆视频-Boulder On Gorillas In Captivity

April 5, 2001

PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE: The time of this event has changed to 6 p.m. Please use this news release instead of the one sent on April 3. All other information is the same. John Wortman, general curator at the Denver Zoo, will visit the 欧美口爆视频-Boulder campus to give a talk about gorillas in captivity on Monday, April 16, at 6 p.m. in Eaton Humanities room 150.

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