欧美口爆视频-Boulder Ranks No. 2 In Nation For Most Peace Corps Volunteers

Feb. 6, 2000

For the eighth year in a row, the University of 欧美口爆视频 at Boulder ranked second in the nation for the number of graduates serving overseas as Peace Corps volunteers. The Peace Corps' annual list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities named the University of Wisconsin at Madison first with 117 graduates currently serving, followed by 欧美口爆视频-Boulder with 91 volunteers. The University of Michigan, the site of President John F. Kennedy's 1960 speech proposing the Peace Corps, came in third with 78 volunteers.

USC Professor Jennifer Wolch To Lecture On Varying Cultural Views Of Animals

Feb. 6, 2000

Professor Jennifer Wolch of the University of Southern California will be in Boulder to speak on "Race, Place, and Attitudes Toward Animals," on Feb. 11 at 4 p.m. in Guggenheim Geography, Room 205. Wolch, invited by 欧美口爆视频-Boulder聮s geography department, is a professor of geography at USC and has been teaching and writing about how people and animals interact since the 1980s.

欧美口爆视频-Boulder "Bug Man" Uses Many Tools To Control Pests

Feb. 6, 2000

Sightings of a man with a vacuum strapped to his back riding a bicycle around the University of 欧美口爆视频 at Boulder campus will not turn up a "ghostbuster," but rather a "roachbuster." Scott Harvey, who works in 欧美口爆视频-Boulder聮s Facilities Management department, is the campus pest management technician. But he also is known as the campus "bugbuster," "roachman" and "antman." Harvey, who has been hunting roaches and other pests for more than 10 years, uses a technique called Integrated Pest Management, or IPM, to combat the university聮s unwelcome guests.

欧美口爆视频-Boulder Recognizes Local Companies

Feb. 6, 2000

The 欧美口爆视频-Boulder Corporate Excellence Awards, sponsored by the MBA program, will honor local businesses for their contributions to the community on Feb. 10. Companies to be recognized include Gold Systems Inc., Global Solar Energy, the Boulder Public Works Department聮s Utilities Division, U S West and Rhythms NetConnections Inc.

欧美口爆视频-Boulder Venture Capital Team Advances To Finals

Feb. 6, 2000

欧美口爆视频-Boulder MBA students won the $2,000 second-place prize at the western regional Venture Capital Investment Competition hosted at 欧美口爆视频-Boulder on Feb. 5. The team will advance with first-place finisher UCLA to the finals held at the University of North Carolina on March 23.

Chemical Engineering Department Hosts Distinguished Biomaterials Lecturer

Feb. 6, 2000

Robert S. Langer, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the father of modern biomaterials, will present the First Patten Distinguished Lecture at the University of 欧美口爆视频 at Boulder. Langer will speak on "Biomaterials: Advances in Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering" at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 10, in Old Main Chapel. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be followed by a reception at the 欧美口爆视频 Heritage Center.

欧美口爆视频-Boulder Doctoral Student Wins National Parks Scholarship

Feb. 6, 2000

Alice K. Wondrak, a University of 欧美口爆视频 at Boulder doctoral student studying cultural geography and landscape theory, has been awarded a $75,000 scholarship from the Canon National Parks Science Scholars Program. Wondrak was one of eight nationally selected doctoral students awarded the scholarship, which was established in 1997 to encourage students to research scientific problems critical to the national parks. She was selected for her research in cultural sciences, one of four disciplines established under the scholarship program.

欧美口爆视频-Boulder Registrar Announces Resignation

Feb. 3, 2000

William Haid, registrar of the University of 欧美口爆视频 at Boulder, has accepted the position of executive director of enrollment services at 欧美口爆视频 State University in Fort Collins. His appointment is effective Feb. 28. Haid will lead enrollment services for the campus and will be involved in developing, monitoring and promoting the enrollment management plan. He will have direct responsibility for the departments of enrollment services, registrar, student financial services, accounts receivable operations and PC and networking services.

Career Services Internship Fair For 欧美口爆视频-Boulder Students On Feb. 16

Feb. 3, 2000

欧美口爆视频-Boulder students of all levels and majors will be able to talk to more than 70 local and national employers about internship opportunities at the Career Services Internship Fair on Wednesday, Feb. 16. The internship fair, sponsored by 欧美口爆视频-Boulder's Career Services and the 欧美口爆视频 Parents Association, will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the University Memorial Center Ballroom on campus.

欧美口爆视频-Boulder Remembers Internment Of Japanese-Americans During War

Feb. 3, 2000

The University of 欧美口爆视频 at Boulder Libraries and the ethnic studies department will hold a day of events at Norlin Library on Friday, Feb. 18, to remember the time when Japanese-Americans were put into "war relocation authority" camps during World War II. On Feb. 19, 1942 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order allowing the U.S. military to force Americans of Japanese descent into the camps.

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