The °µÍø½ûÇø's 63rd annual Conference on World Affairs returns to campus April 4-8 with over 200 events including talks, panel discussions and a plenary address by Graham Nash and David Crosby, all of which are free and open to the public.
High school seniors from as far away as Hawaii and Vermont and as close as Boulder and Denver will be on the °µÍø½ûÇø campus for Admitted Student Day on Saturday, April 2.
Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico, will speak at the °µÍø½ûÇø's Macky Auditorium on Wednesday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. He is coming to campus at the invitation of the Distinguished Speakers Board, a student organization at CU-Boulder.
The 2011 Arctic sea ice extent maximum that marks the beginning of the melt season appears to be tied for the lowest ever measured by satellites, say scientists at the °µÍø½ûÇø's National Snow and Ice Data Center.
°µÍø½ûÇø Provost Russell A. Moore today appointed John A. Stevenson to the post of dean of the graduate school. Stevenson has held the position in an interim capacity since May 2009.
I commend the Boulder Police Department, with the aid of our caring community, for the quick arrest in this senseless loss of life. While I am thankful for a citizenry that bands together in difficult and disheartening times, the loss of this young man is a testimony to the need to keep working together to rid our community of violence.
Our hearts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Todd Walker, a University of New Hampshire student, and Vail, Colo., resident whose life was taken so abruptly and tragically in a shooting on the Hill early Friday morning.
A statement from Julie Wong, vice chancellor for student affairs, Deb Coffin, associate vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of students, and Mary Friedrichs, director, Office of Victim Assistance:
NASA's MESSENGER mission, launched in 2004, is slated to slide into Mercury's orbit March 17 after a harrowing 4.7 billion mile journey that involved 15 loops around the sun and will bring relief and renewed excitement to the °µÍø½ûÇø team that designed and a built an $8.7 million instrument onboard.