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Adult literacy students in the city of Boulder’s "Learning to Read" program are learning more than reading and writing this spring – they’re learning to send electronic mail and log onto the Internet as well. A new service-learning project of the linguistics department at the University of Colorado at Boulder pairs CU-Boulder undergraduates with adult literacy students, augmenting the assistance provided by their regularly assigned tutors.

The Renewable Resources Journal has devoted an entire issue to an article by Albert Bartlett, a CU-Boulder professor emeritus and one of the worldÂ’s leading experts on population growth, that attempts to define the term "sustainability."

The University of Colorado at Boulder will host a series of events during the fourteenth National Science and Technology Week from April 27 to May 2. This yearÂ’s theme is "Polar Connections: Exploring the WorldÂ’s Natural Laboratories." The weekÂ’s purpose is to "engage the American public in the spirit of learning and adventure that is the hallmark of science and engineering." It is a major outreach effort by the National Science Foundation. Public lectures for general audiences will be held April 27 through April 29 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Duane Physics G020.

In 1989, CU-Boulder Professor Richard Noble decided it was time to begin sharing part of his life working with people in need and began searching for a group that could use his skills.

It wasnÂ’t a marriage made in heaven. And now, after years of bickering, the partnership between the urban and rural West is on the rocks. In a program that is both fun and serious, the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado at Boulder will explore the complex relationship between urban and rural interests and cast it in very human terms. "The Urban-Rural Divorce in the American West," will begin at 1 p.m. May 9 at the Boulder Public Library Auditorium, 1000 Canyon Blvd. The event is free and open to the public.

Stephen Ambrose, acclaimed author of the best-selling book "Undaunted Courage," and renowned historian Patricia Nelson Limerick of the University of Colorado at Boulder will meet in Denver May 8 for a public discussion and debate on heroes and American history. Ambrose and Limerick will discuss "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Complex Guys? Praising and Appraising AmericaÂ’s Heroes" at 6 p.m. at the Denver Athletic Club, 1325 Glenarm Place. Tickets are $5 at the door and a book signing will follow.

G. Dale Meyer, an internationally renowned business professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been selected to receive the Hazel Barnes Prize, the campusÂ’ highest honor for teaching and research. The prize includes an engraved University Medal and cash award of $20,000. Chancellor Richard L. Byyny announced that Meyer, who helped establish CU-BoulderÂ’s highly ranked entrepreneurship program, will be recognized during commencement exercises May 15 in Folsom Stadium.

Jeffrey Cox, professor of English at Texas A&M University, has been named the first director of the Center for Humanities and the Arts at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The center was launched in the spring of 1997 as an interdisciplinary program uniting the humanities and arts departments across campus.

CU-Boulder will hold the annual recognition ceremony and reception for the recipients of the Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence Awards on Friday, April 24 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the University Club Lounge. Up to four recipients are nominated and selected by their colleagues each spring in each of three categories: teaching, service, and research, scholarly or creative work. Each award includes $3,000.

CU-Boulder undergraduates will present research findings in the fields of psychology, biology and kinesiology on April 29 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom of the University Memorial Center. About 25 students will offer poster displays explaining their research results and will be available to answer questions during the third annual Undergraduate Research Day. Topics will include how spouses influence each otherÂ’s health and age-related changes in vision.