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<p>The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research is pleased to announce that Professor Peter Molnar of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and the Department of Geological Sciences has been selected as the 2014 Distinguished Research Lecturer.</p>

<p>The Rocky Mountain Lighting Academy (RMLA) will offer a one-of-a-kind immersive educational opportunity for lighting professionals this summer at the �Ͼ�Ʒ��.</p>
<p>The RMLA Summer Lighting Course is scheduled for June 23-27 on the CU-Boulder campus. The course will present the theory of lighting within a practical context, making it directly applicable to the needs of those working in engineering, product development and technical sales positions.</p>

<p>NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will give a free public talk at the �Ͼ�Ʒ�� April 18 on America space program and the challenges and opportunities the space agency will encounter as it moves through the 21st century.</p>
<p>The talk, titled “NASA Roadmap to Tomorrow Missions,” will be held at CU-Boulder East Stadium Club on the east side of Folsom Field from 2:45 to 3:30 p.m. The presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer session with the audience.</p>

<p>On most nights, <a href="http://tomyeh.info/about.html" target="_blank">Tom Yeh</a> puts his 3­-year-­old son on his lap, opens a children's book and reads aloud. It's a much­-loved activity for both father and son as the characters are brought to life.</p>
<p>A year ago, while reading the children's classic <em>Goodnight Moon</em>, Yeh, an assistant professor in computer science, began thinking about how to make books more accessible to visually impaired preschool-­age children.</p>

<p>The �Ͼ�Ʒ�� today announced the hiring of Timothy Orr as producing artistic director of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival.</p>
<p>Orr has been serving as interim director since February 2013 and was hired at the conclusion of a nationwide search for a permanent director.</p>
<p>Orr has been with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival as a performer since 2007 and joined the staff as the associate producing director in 2011. </p>

<p>A record number of �Ͼ�Ʒ�� students have received a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, which recognizes outstanding graduate students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.</p>

<p>Members of the business community are invited to attend AeroSpace Ventures Day on April 17 at the �Ͼ�Ʒ��.</p>
<p>The all-day event offers aerospace industry technologists, scientists and managers a chance to connect with 24 CU-Boulder faculty members and to learn about technological and scientific advances with applications ranging from human space exploration to climate and weather. Corporate recruiters and hiring managers also are invited to meet with the 140 undergraduate and graduate engineering students who have registered for the event.</p>

<p>Tremendous growth in enrollments and a changing economic, technological and reputational landscape have prompted the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the �Ͼ�Ʒ�� to set two ambitious new goals for the year 2020. Improvements in the college “Best Graduate Schools” rankings, released in mid-March by U.S. News & World Report, indicate good progress in the right direction.</p>

<p>A NASA spacecraft studying the moon atmosphere and dust environment, which is carrying a $6 million �Ͼ�Ʒ�� instrument, is slated to crash into the lunar surface April 21 following a successful 130-day mission.</p>

<p>A free, downloadable guide for individuals who want to collect baseline data on their well water quality and monitor their groundwater quantity over time was released this week by the �Ͼ�Ʒ�� Colorado Water and Energy Research Center (CWERC).</p>