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Aquatic geologist to discuss latest book at free event
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Anders Halverson — a University of Colorado at Boulder research associate with the Center of the American West, award-winning journalist and aquatic ecologist — will discuss his new book, "An Entirely Synthetic Fish: How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World," at a free, public event Thursday, March 4.
The book follows the discovery and propagation of the most commonly stocked and controversial freshwater fish in the United States, the rainbow trout. The event will be at 7 p.m. in Eaton Humanities room 150 on the Boulder campus.
Professor elected to National Academy of Engineering
Daniel Baker, aprofessor of astrophysical and planetary sciences and director of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado at Boulder, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his leadership in studies, measurements and predictive tools for the Earth's radiation environment and its impact on U.S. security. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Baker is one of 68 members and nine foreign associates to be elected this year.
Leader in international education honored for work
Laura Welch was honored for her work and dedication as the chair of the International Scholar Advising Network for the Knowledge Community for International Student and Scholar Services (KCISSS).
Welch, director of international student and scholarship services, has been a dedicated member of the national KCISSS team and contributes regularly to help the team achieve its goals and priorities.
"She represents the University of Colorado Denver very well and is recognized as an emerging leader in the field of international education," said Sandy Soohoo-Refaei, chair of KCISSS.
At the recent Washington Leadership Meeting, where more than 150 NAFSA leaders gathered, the KCISSS team voted to have Welch continue her current role for one more year.
Nurse's photo makes cover of national journal
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| Photo showed Romero (center) caring for PACU patient with colleagues Karen Wolf (left) and Shannon Irons. |
A photo submitted by Rachel Romero, a nurse in the University of Colorado Hospital's Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), appears on the cover of the February issue of the Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nurses, a peer-reviewed, research-focused publication for nurses and other providers working in the perioperative setting. Romero entered the photo as part of a yearly contest sponsored by the publication.
"I decided to send a photo that represents the kind of work perianesthesia nurses do best," Romero said. She shared the $200 prize with the colleagues who joined her in the picture, she said, "because they helped in making the photo look authentic. I didn't expect to win, but I knew I sent a great picture."
Romero said she's been taking photos in the preoperative and PACU settings for the past five years. "The photos are one of the best ways to store memories and to keep the legacy of nursing practice alive," she said.
Dropping names ...
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Minette Church, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, recently was selected as the Cotsen Fellow in Archaeology at the School of Advance Research, Santa Fe, N.M. Church will spend two months in Santa Fe this summer.
...Marguerite Cantu, senior instructor of communication at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, recently was awarded a scholarship from the Council on International Educational Exchange and was accepted into the International Faculty Development Seminar. In June, she will travel to Tibet and China. ... Donna Langston, professor and chair of the department of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado Denver, is the 2010 recipient of the UC Denver Rosa Parks Faculty Diversity Award. The luncheon honoring Langston will be at 11:30 a.m.
Friday, March 12, at St. Cajetan's. ...Stephen John Hartnett, professor and chair of the department of communication at the University of Colorado Denver, delivered the annual Emil C. Weis Lecture at Southeastern Missouri State University.
Titled "Sweet Freedom's Song: Musical Democracy and the Politics of Dissent," the lecture incorporated materials from "Sweet Freedom's Song: 'My Country 'Tis of Thee' & Democracy in America," a book Hartnett co-authored with the late Robert James Branham.
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