CU-Boulder's Wardenburg Health Center has provided information and consultation to students, faculty and staff since late this week when word of Professor Eric Cornell's hospitalization with a rare form of Group A streptococcal infection became known, said Wardenburg Director Robert Cranny.
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October 30, 2004
October 30, 2004
Nobel laureate Eric Cornell, a senior scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and adjoint professor of physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been hospitalized with a serious illness.
According to a statement from the family, "Eric has been hospitalized with an infection caused by the bacteria that causes strep throat. This is a common bacteria, but the condition Eric now has - necrotizing fasciitis - is not common. Anyone close to him who develops cold symptoms and is concerned should see their doctor for a test for strep.
October 29, 2004
Editors: Reporters and photographers are welcome to attend the Nov. 4 event.
Colorado's oldest women's studies program will celebrate its 30th anniversary at the University of Colorado at Boulder Nov. 4 with a private reception including some of the program's original faculty members and students.
CU President Elizabeth Hoffman will offer remarks at the reception, which will be held at the Koenig Alumni Center from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The event is not open to the public.
October 28, 2004
As winter approaches, its short dark days can cause some people to slip into a deep depression lasting anywhere from a couple of weeks to the entire winter.
People suffering from this type of depression may have what's known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, a condition that develops from a combination of genetic vulnerability and inadequate light exposure, according to David Miklowitz, a University of Colorado at Boulder psychology professor. In Colorado, the peak period for SAD is November through March, he said.
October 28, 2004
Citing progress made in recent months by the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Law on the adequacy of the school's physical facility, the American Bar Association has terminated its accreditation review.
In 2003, the ABA found the law school building out of compliance with accreditation standards. Now that the school is proceeding to construct a new building, the ABA said its concerns are being addressed.
October 27, 2004
California's varied landscape, once attributed mostly to plate tectonics, is better explained as a chain reaction that began when the Sierra Nevada mountain range cropped up some three million to five million years ago, according to new findings by a team of geologists at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
October 27, 2004
Paul Sereno, an internationally known paleontologist who has discovered dinosaurs on five continents, will give a public lecture at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Monday, Nov. 8.
His talk, "Dinosaurs on Drifting Continents," will be held in Macky Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Sereno's presentation is the 40th George Gamow Memorial Lecture, a prominent lecture series that brings renowned scientists to CU-Boulder to speak to general audiences of non-scientists. Sereno is a professor at the University of Chicago.
October 26, 2004
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Note to Editors: CU-Boulder political experts Ken Bickers and Michael Kanner, along with constitutional law expert Richard Collins, are available for comment on the election throughout the day and evening on Nov. 2nd.
October 26, 2004
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded the University of Colorado at Boulder $1.2 million over four years for a novel proposal to produce clean hydrogen fuel by using concentrated sunlight to split water.
October 25, 2004
Editors: This event is not open to the public but reporters are welcome to attend. For a complete conference schedule visit http://leeds.colorado.edu/burridge and click on conference.
Investment experts, including the chief investment officer of Janus Capital Group, will converge in Denver on Nov. 4-5 for a CU-Boulder Leeds School of Business investment conference.
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