'War' On Music Piracy To Be Debated April 9 By Attorneys For Recording Industry, Electronic Frontier Foundation

March 28, 2008

The recording industry's practice of targeting individual university students for music copyright infringement, along with other digital rights issues, will be discussed during an April 9 debate sponsored by the University of Colorado at Boulder's Silicon Flatirons Center.

Five CU-Boulder Programs Ranked In Nation's Top 10 In 2008 U.S. News Grad School Rankings

March 27, 2008

Five University of Colorado at Boulder graduate specialty programs were ranked in the top 10 nationally in a new but limited U.S. News & World Report graduate school rankings report scheduled for release March 28.

Brown Named To Newton Endowed Chair At CU-Boulder; Former CU President Also Will Forge Leadership Center

March 27, 2008

Having tallied nearly 50 years of service to the University of Colorado and the public, former CU President Hank Brown will now play a key role in the future of leadership in the state as the Quigg and Virginia S. Newton Endowed Chair in Leadership at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Antarctic Ice Shelf Disintegrating As Result Of Climate Change, Scientists Say

March 25, 2008

Satellite imagery from the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center shows a portion of Antarctica's massive Wilkins Ice Shelf has begun to collapse because of rapid climate change in a fast-warming region of the continent.

Two CU Programs Receive $196,500 From The Daniels Fund

March 24, 2008

The Daniels Fund has donated $196,500 to two University of Colorado programs, one to support a K-12 engineering education program at the CU-Boulder campus and one for an addiction research and treatment program at the Anschutz Medical Center.

'Place-Based Education' To Be Topic Of April 3 CU-Boulder Lecture

March 22, 2008

A teaching technique called "place-based education" that uses the local community and environment as a starting point to teach an array of disciplines will be the topic of a University of Colorado at Boulder lecture on Thursday, April 3.

CU-Boulder Professor Receives $200,000 Kimmel Scholar Award For Cancer Research

March 22, 2008

Assistant Professor Hang (Hubert) Yin of the University of Colorado at Boulder's chemistry and biochemistry department has been selected to receive a prestigious Kimmel Scholar Award from the Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research in Baltimore, the first such award received by a CU-Boulder scientist.

First Colorado Celebration Of Women In Computing To Be Held In Boulder April 4-5

March 22, 2008

Three Colorado universities are working together to organize the first Colorado Celebration of Women in Computing, a regional conference designed to encourage the research and career interests of local women in computing.

Bicycle-Powered Interactive Video To Be Displayed At CU-Boulder ATLAS Building April 7 To May 7

March 20, 2008

A pedal-powered interactive video installation called Epiphyte will be on display from April 7 through May 7 in the lobby of the ATLAS Institute building at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Renowned CU-Boulder Philosophy Professor Hazel Barnes Dies At 92

March 19, 2008

Renowned philosophy Professor Emerita Hazel Barnes, an expert in French existentialism who taught at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1953 to 1986, died March 18 at her home in Boulder. She was 92.

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