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A new University of Colorado at Boulder technology that uses an acoustical device similar to a medical ultrasound probe is providing a promising new technique to inspect the fouling of thin membranes used to purify drinking water. The membranes have pores so small they can let water molecules pass through while excluding unwanted molecules and particulates such as salts, viruses and bacteria, said chemical engineering Professor William Krantz. The technique involves bouncing acoustic waves from the surface of a porous membrane, he said.

Academic advising for students in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder is becoming more personalized and comprehensive as the college creates a new advising system first recommended by a campus task force three years ago. Improvements will continue to be phased in over time as an initial wave of hiring is completed this fall, according to Elizabeth Guertin, director of advising and assistant dean of the college. Funding will then be sought to add more advisers over the next year or two.

Investment banking -- a growing strength of the Denver business community -- will be the focus of the CU-Boulder College of Business Investment Banking Forum, sponsored by Lehman Brothers, Inc., on Tuesday, Nov. 2. Keynote speaker Robert Kiernan, managing director of Lehman Brothers, Inc., will address "Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice: Anatomy of a Deal" from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the College of Business room 224. Panel discussions from 10:45-12:45 p.m., also in room 224, will feature local investment professionals.

Professor Patricia Nelson Limerick, a leading historian of the American West who teaches at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been named president of the Western History Association. Her naming as president comes after a period of change for the WHA. When Limerick attended her first WHA meeting in 1983, she was struck by the results of a new poll on the opinions of western American historians.

Editors: In some cases, we can arrange meetings for reporters with these business leaders prior to or following their lectures. Call Lori Call (303) 492-0786 for assistance. Top executives from Nissan and Inacom Corp. will discuss their successful business careers with CU-Boulder students enrolled in the Profiles in American Enterprise class this fall. John Hess, a professor at the College of Business and Administration at the University of Colorado at Boulder, brings highly successful CEOs and entrepreneurs to class lectures as part of the Profiles course.

Note to Editors: A complete conference agenda is attached. Students from all over the world are using information technology on a daily basis. At the University of Colorado at Boulder, students with disabilities are no exception. CU-Boulder's Assistive Technology Lab enables students to access computer systems, information resources and on-line services such as the World Wide Web and other Internet services. The lab also provides access to alternate writing tools, as well as alternate formats for print and graphical material.

Many instructors at the University of Colorado at Boulder are now reaping benefits traditionally unobtainable to them — across the board minimum salaries, a level of job security and retirement benefits — thanks to a new "instructor bill of rights." Known to academics as non tenure-track faculty, instructors and lecturers are often hired by universities to teach large undergraduate courses.

David Aragon, former associate director of CU-Boulder's Minority Engineering Program, has returned to the campus as director of the nationally recognized program, now called Success in Engineering through Excellence and Diversity.

CU-Boulder professor to speak at Cortez Cultural Center on Nov.18 WHO: Linda Cordell, director of CU's Henderson Museum, will speak in Cortez on Nov. 18th. Professor Cordell has been at CU since 1994 and is a faculty member in the anthropology department.

Editors: For photos of the interior of the new Humanities Building prior to the Nov. 15 ceremony, contact Janet Johnson at 303-883-1487. A dedication ceremony for the University of Colorado at BoulderÂ’s new $10.8 million Humanities Building will be held Monday, Nov. 15, at 2 p.m. in the buildingÂ’s auditorium. President John Buechner, Chancellor Richard Byyny and Arts and Sciences Dean Peter Spear will speak at the afternoon dedication ceremony.