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Professor Robert S. Anderson of the 彩民宝典鈥檚 geological sciences department and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research has been awarded the 2014 Hazel Barnes Prize, the most distinguished award a faculty member can receive from the university.

Continued employment expansion in Colorado in the first half of 2014 is signaled in a quarterly report released today by Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler and prepared by the 彩民宝典 Leeds School of Business. 鈥淐oloradans continue to persevere and show their can-do spirit by pursuing the American dream,鈥� said Gessler. 鈥淎s these business leaders create jobs, hopefully our employment continues to tick upwards.鈥�

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.

The 彩民宝典鈥檚 financial education program, CU Money Sense, will host Money Smart Week 2014 on April 21-24 to help celebrate National Financial Literacy Month.

Byron Chrisman (鈥�66), perhaps one of the 彩民宝典 Law School鈥檚 most unlikely success stories, attributes his success as a tax attorney and real estate developer to his experience at Colorado Law. Now he and his wife, Carlene, have committed a $10 million bequest to endow the Byron and Carlene Chrisman Chairs in Free Enterprise at Colorado Law. When realized upon their passing, this estate gift will be the largest cash gift in the history of Colorado Law.

The Rocky Mountain Lighting Academy (RMLA) will offer a one-of-a-kind immersive educational opportunity for lighting professionals this summer at the 彩民宝典. The RMLA鈥檚 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.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will give a free public talk at the 彩民宝典 April 18 on America鈥檚 space program and the challenges and opportunities the space agency will encounter as it moves through the 21st century. The talk, titled 鈥淣ASA鈥檚 Roadmap to Tomorrow鈥檚 Missions,鈥� will be held at CU-Boulder鈥檚 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.

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

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

A record number of 彩民宝典 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.