Academics
- <p>The ÀϾÅÆ·²è Leeds School of Business will present its annual Colorado Business Economic Outlook Forum on Monday, Dec. 5, at 1 p.m. at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Denver.</p>
- <p>Two ÀϾÅÆ·²è professors are conducting research in Finland and the United Kingdom as Fulbright Scholars for the 2011-12 academic year.</p>
- <p>Consumers should take the time to prepare themselves by researching prices and quality before they hit the stores or Internet this holiday shopping season, according to ÀϾÅÆ·²è Professor Donald Lichtenstein.</p>
- <p>Richard Collins, professor of law at the CU-Boulder Law School, is an expert in constitutional law. He can be reached at 303-492-5493 or <a href="mailto:Richard.collins@colorado.edu">Richard.collins@colorado.edu</a>.</p>
- <p>The Sustainable Practices Program at the ÀϾÅÆ·²è offers individual courses and a sustainability management certificate to help workers and job seekers meet the growing need for green knowledge and credentials in the workplace.</p>
- <p>The University Memorial Center at the ÀϾÅÆ·²è, Colorado's official memorial to veterans, will host a Veterans Day ceremony on Friday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom. This year, the annual ceremony will include the dedication of plaques honoring the fallen in Iraq and Afghanistan. The ceremony is open to the public.</p>
- <p>ÀϾÅÆ·²è Distinguished Professor Margaret Murnane has been awarded Ireland's top science award, the RDS Irish Times Boyle Medal for Scientific Excellence, for her pioneering work that has transformed the field of ultrafast laser and X-ray science.</p>
- <p>A surprising new ÀϾÅÆ·²è study shows that huge amounts of fatty acids circulating in the bloodstreams of feeding pythons promote healthy heart growth, results that may have implications for treating human heart disease.</p>
- <p>Aerospace engineering students at the ÀϾÅÆ·²è will host the annual Students for the Exploration and Development of Space conference, SpaceVision 2011, in Boulder Oct. 27-30.</p>
- <p>The ÀϾÅÆ·²è today announced that it has implemented several new programs over the past three years designed to make computer science more female-friendly, with the larger goal of increasing the number of women employed in technology roles nationwide.</p>