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Stirring things upAspiring chefs from DUs Ricks Center for Gifted Children received a weeklong

series of cooking lessons including spending time with a professional chef

during a special week called intersession for 5th8th graders. During

intersession, teachers create classes designed to encourage students to pursue

a passion or discover a new one. Instructing the chefs-in-training was DanWitherspoon from Denvers Seasoned Chef Cooking School. Besides mixing

and measuring, the students learned about the regional Mediterranean

cuisines of France and Italy. Witherspoon helped the students prepare

panna cotta with raspberry sauce, penne pasta with creamy blue cheese and

mushroom sauce and stuffed chicken breasts with rice pilaf. There even was a

banquet for parents.

Gold standardThree DU skiers took home

gold medals in the alpine skiing

competitions at the 25th annual

winter World University Games

held in Erzurum, Turkey, Jan. 29

Feb. 6. Jennie VanWagner

(pictured), a sophomore from

Traverse City, Mich., won gold

in the womens giant slalom

event; Sterling Grant, a freshman

from Amery, Wis., earned agold medal in the womens

slalom event; and Seppi Stiegler,

a junior from Wilson, Wyo.,

finished first in the mens slalom

event. Second in importance to

the Olympics, the international

sporting event for university

student-athletes is held every

two years.


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DUs Morgridge College o

Education is partnering with

the Rocky Mountain Prevention

Research Center on the Healthy

Eaters, Lielong Movers project,

which is estimated to improve the

health o more than11,200

K-12 students by October 2013.

Te partnership received a$1.8million grant rom the Colorado

Health Foundation, which says

Colorado ranks23rd out o

50 or childhood obesity. During

the frst year o the project, the

research team will begin work with

19 elementary schools in the San

Luis Valley and10

elementaryschools in Eastern Colorado. Tey

will expand the program to middle

and high schools spanning14

school districts in the San Luis

Valley in winter 2012 . By2013,the project will have reached57

schools across both regions.

Alumna donates Millionaire winnings to

Womens College

DUs Womens College will receive

$25,000 or scholarships thanks to alumna

Carter Prescott (BA English 71).

Prescott was selected as a contestant on

the syndicated game show Who Wants to

Be a Millionaire in late 2010 and pledged herwinnings to the college.

The episode eaturing Prescott aired

Feb. 17.

While she was hoping or a longer run

on the show, she was excited to get as ar as

she did.

It was a great experience, Prescott says. I knew going into it that it could go either way. I

had un and raised money or scholarships. That means a lot to me.

Prescott attended the Womens College on scholarship.

I couldnt have gone to college without the scholarship, she notes, so it means a lot to me

to be contributing to scholarships and making a dierence in the lives o women.

The question that stumped her: In 1961, there was a contest to give Mr. Clean, the householdcleaner, a frst name. Prescott was given our name choices: Veritably, Rollo, Gently and Wink.

The answer? Veritably.

I am thrilled with Carters success on Millionaire and her commitment to the Womens

College, says Womens College Dean Lynn Gangone. Through this scholarship git, we can help

more women advance into leadership positions through education. We are grateul to Carter or

giving back to the college in such a signifcant and meaningul way.

Kim DeVigil

Tuition increases by 3.74 percent for 201112 year

The DU Board of Trustees has approved a 3.74 percent tuition increase for the 201112academic year.

Effective fall 2011, full-time undergraduate tuition will be $36,936. Room and board charges

for students choosing standard double-occupancy rooms and the premium meal plan is set at

$10,184. The mandatory student fee will remain unchanged at $321 as will the student health fee

of $432 and the technology fee of $144.

In total, the cost of attendance for DU undergraduates will increase by 3.68 percent to

$48,017.

Graduate student tuition will rise to $1,026 per credit hour effective fall 2011. Some graduate

students enrolling in 1218 credit hours per quarter will be charged a flat rate (tuition equivalent to

12 credit hours), or $36,936 for the academic year.

DU students and parents were notified of the tuition hike in letters sent by Provost Gregg

Kvistad Feb. 24.

At the University of Denver, our careful planning and actions in the last three years have not

only preserved but enhanced the value of a DU education, Kvistad wrote. Building on a budgetary

and fiscal discipline that was already in place, the University restructured its non-academic staff and

reduced its expense budget.

The University has continued to invest in its core mission of promoting learning by recently

adding 16 faculty positions with plans to add 23 more next year. On the financial front, the

University added $10 million in aid last year and intends to add more than $8 million next year.

Those two investments, Kvistad wrote, are the most important the University can make for a

students education.

Kathryn Mayer

CourtesyofWhoWantstoBea

Millionaire


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When mothers with HIV/AIDS asked Karambu Ringera (PhD human communication studies 07) for help to send their children who would soon be orphans to school, she didnt just listen. She made a plan, rallied friends, raised funds and has since sentnearly 1,000 children to school in her home country of Kenya. In 2010, three college students supported by Ringeras education fund for

orphans graduated with bachelors degrees.

But the staggering number of orphans in Kenya continues to rise.There are 1.4 million orphans in Kenya and 2.4 million adults living with HIV/AIDS who will leave orphans when they die, says

Ringera, who spoke about Emancipating Marginalized People From Dependency at the 2010 TEDxDU event. We cant institutionalize

all of those children in orphanages. So Ive started thinking, What would be a proactive response?

The devastating news of infection, combined with the overwhelming

challenges of poverty, make many women want to give in and give up, Ringera

explains.

How do we keep them alive longer so they dont leave their kids too

early?

To Ringera, the solution meant addressing their poverty.

She began helping women make jewelry out of recycled paper and watched

as the projects created sustainability, confidence and possibilities for the

women.

The cottage industries help create income to have good food and greateraccess to medication, she explains. Once a woman gets nutrition, medication

and income, she thrives. It builds her self-esteem and her confidence. HIV/

AIDS is no longer the killer disease that it was.

When Mary came to Ringera in 2004, she was a single mother with AIDS

who couldnt afford to put her daughters through primary school. Ringera

taught her to make laundry detergent to sell and pay for their education.

Mary also joined the jewelry-making group. With the money she made on

the jewelry, she bought chickens. She sold the eggs and a few of the chickens

to buy a beehive. With the income from her successful detergent and chicken

projects, she bought a bicycle to increase her distribution. Then people started

asking her for bar soap, so Mary learned how to make it and added another

product to her growing enterprise.

Now she has become this awesome entrepreneur, and womens groupsare inviting her to come and talk and inspire them to start their own projects,

Ringera says.

Community-sponsored initiatives like Marys have long been a part of the

grassroots work Ringera does through the nonprofit she founded, Internationa

Peace Initiatives.

But last fall, Ringera upped the ante and created a more formalized

microlending program called Friends of Amani that will enable more women to

support their families through cottage-industry projects like jewelry-making, weaving, soap-making, beekeeping and raising chickens

goats, rabbits and fish.

Friends of Amani is my way of creating a fund that can give these women loans to develop the kind of initiatives that will take them

to the next level of financial security and enterprise, she says.

Instead of reinventing the wheel, Ringera decided to use KIVA, a Web-based nonprofit that specializes in microfinance loans

Through the KIVA website, people can donate directly to the Friends of Amani fund. Women write proposals and submit loan applications

and KIVA approves loan requests that meet the requirements. Loans are issued to the women and then repaid back to KIVA, which then

transfers the money to the lender.

Lenders can also give a donation instead of a loan. The entrepreneur still repays the loan, but instead of the repayment going

back to the lender, it will go into the Friends of Amani portfolio to support other projects.

It is a way to support these women so they live longer and so that we stop this churning out of orphans, Ringera says. There is

no nation that has developed through a welfare system. People need to create their own solutions. Otherwise, ideas from outside wil

not change the circumstances of their life. If the poor have access to small loans, they can take charge of their lives and create their own

sustainability.

>>www.kiva.org/team/friends_of_amani

Janna Widdifeld

Starting smallAlumnas microlending initiative sends Kenyan children to school

WayneArmstrong


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Penrose Library to be updated for 21st century

Plans are under way or DUs Penrose Library to get a new look and eel. The project is called the Academic Commons and is intended to support

the needs o library patrons in the 21st century.

When Penrose Library was built in the early 1970s, library spaces were designed to support individual study, says Penrose Dean Nancy Allen.

Now, the needs o students and aculty are changing. We have a wonderul opportunity to anticipate the way library patrons o the uture will interact

with inormation, materials, books and each other.

The project, which will cost approximately $32 million, will update the inside and outside o the current building. Updates will be designed to oerareas where students can work in groups, develop team projects and collaborate with aculty and other students. The library also will allow aculty to

combine research based on books and journals with online scholarly communication and digitized primary resources.

Renovations are expected to begin in summer 2011 and take 1418 months. Preparations or the work are already under way. Its expected to take

a ew months to remove everything rom the library, which should be ready or construction this summer. All books and collections will be moved to a

climate-controlled o-site annex and most employees will be moved to Aspen Hall. Most o the transition will occur ater Commencement.

During renovations, the Driscoll ballroom and gallery space will serve as the librarys public space. All materials will be picked up and returned there

and visitors will be able to access academic services such as the Technology Help Desk, the Writing Center, the Research Center and the Math Center.

The Quickcopy Center will move to the DU Bookstore.

We will retrieve and deliver collections during construction, aiming or only an hour or two between request and delivery, Allen says. We play

such a vital role or students and aculty at DU and will continue to provide all those services.

In the renovated library, active collections will be housed on the lower level with low-use collections located o campus in a new collections

annex.

I oten get asked i were getting rid o the books, Allen says. I can assure you that books and other materials will continue to be as valuable to our

collection as our digital resources.

While dates could change, the target date or re-opening the library is December 2012.

Kristal Grifth

DU student receives $10,000 Pearson Prize for higher education

A University o Denver student has received one o the frst-ever Pearson Prizes or Higher Education.

Felipe Vieyra, a junior political science and international studies major rom Morelia, Mexico, was one o 10 recipients chosen or the $10,000

ellowship, which recognizes undergraduate students who are active in community service.

Vieyra, a member o DU Students or Comprehensive Immigration Reorm and a volunteer or El Centro Humanitario, organized a community

event called Noche Cultura to encourage involvement with the nonproft and build relationships between day laborers and the Denver community. He

was selected or his eorts to reorm the American immigration system.

Being an immigrant mysel, I wanted to help immigration day laborers who are not easily integrated into the Denver community, Vieyra says. I am

passionate about reorming the aulty immigration processes and wanted to do something about it.

Vieyra says it took 14 years to obtain his American citizenship. Because o the experience, he says, he wanted to work on immigration reorm in

college.

The immigration community in Denver has a mix o many dierent races and colors, but we all share struggles, Vieyra says. It is important to me

to build community bonds to help break barriers and address important issues.

The Pearson Foundation is the nonproft arm o Pearson PLC, an international media company whose holdings include The Financial Times and

Penguin Publishers. The oundation supports community service and educational leadership that address key social challenges.

Katelyn Feldhaus

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University of Denver Professor Toshiya Ueta deals in the big picture, looking at whats not visible to human eyes from a platformcloaked in shadow high above the Earth. His quest is to understand the life cycle of stars.As an astronomer, he studies the very biggest questions of how stars and their subsequent solar systems die. How are the next

generations of stars born from the ashes of these dead stars? What keeps the cycle continuing?

His work has earned him a coveted block of time as lead investigator to collect data from the Herschel Space Observatory. Like theHubble Space Telescope, the space-borne platform operated by the European Space Agency in cooperation with NASA has the ability

to peer into distant reaches of cold space. Unlike Hubble, Herschel can detect faint heat signals in the far-infrared light generated by

remote clouds of dusty particles that are believed to be the raw material of stars. The platform allows Ueta to view these clouds through

their slight warmth. The Earths atmosphere, which

is much warmer than cosmic particles, obscures that

warmth.

The need to detect even the faintest traces of

warmth is why Herschel is stationed permanently

behind the Earths shadow of the Sun, to keep its

ability to investigate the cold universe. When Ueta

says warm, that term is relative to surrounding

space, as in about minus 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

Im interested in stars that are like our sun,

but older and larger versions of them, Ueta says.

As they get past middle age, stars start losing

their surface matter and become a major source of

material in space.

Because he is looking into such distant regions,

some 3,000 light years away, everything Ueta sees

actually happened at the dawn of the Iron Age,

around the time when David was ruler of the ancient

Israelites in 1000 B.C.

When stars get old, they swell up and the

gravity gets lower and things start flying off, Ueta

says. Those will be the building blocks for the next

generation of stars. When I talk about this story, I

always use the term reincarnation. This is the cosmic

reincarnation cycle.

To make things more complicated, the data Ueta

is looking for is heat that isnt actually visible to

the eye. Instead, he will design a series of computer

scripts detailing the data he is seeking, which will be collected and translated as numbers. Then, all of that data must be examined

and interpreted for him to develop findings. With hundreds of terabytes of data expected, the process will take the volume of funding

through NASA and at least three years to complete. It will involve as many as 30 scientists working with Ueta scattered around the globe.

Of the projects $414,000, about $309,000 will be directly under Uetas management.Uetas research dubbed the Herschel Planetary Nebula Survey, or HerPlaNS, for short uses roughly 3 percent of all the available

observation time on the Herschel Space Telescope in 2011, representing whats believed to be the largest block of time awarded to a

researcher from the United States.

To even submit the proposal to access the telescopes limited time window, Ueta had to learn how the instrument worked and

understand how to design computer scripts that will collect the data that will make his work meaningful. Each step of the way has

involved intense study. The result, Ueta says, should be scientific evidence that will help us understand the intricate and monumental

workings of space, time and matter.

This is all part of a very long, very complex cycle, Ueta says. We are trying to understand the chemical and physical evolution of

the universe on a very large scale of space and time.

Chase Squires

Eye in the skyDU astronomer earns a view from space


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Events[ ]

Around campus1 Labryinth Meditative Walk. 9 a.m.

Iliff Great Hall. Contact Barbara Gish [email protected].

I Shot Andy Warhol, film screening inconjunction with Warhol in Coloradoexhibit, with introduction by Museumof Contemporary Art Denver DirectorAdam Lerner. 7 p.m. Myhren Gallery.Free.

4 Michael Ondaatje, reading byTheEnglish Patient author. 7:30 p.m. DavisAuditorium, Sturm Hall. Free.

6 Documentary screening of9500 Liberty,with directors Annabel Park and EricByler. 1 p.m. Cherrington Hall. Free.

7 China and the Middle East: Islam,Energy and Ethnic Relations,lecture by Professor Dru Gladney. Noon.Cherrington Hall. RSVP to [email protected] call 3038714474. Free.

8 Book discussion with Chaplain GaryBrower. Talking about Americas FourGods, by Paul Froese and ChristopherBader. Noon. Driscoll Center South, Suite29 Conference Room. Free.

Popular Resistance in Palestine,lecture by Palestinian-American humanrights activist Mazin Qumsiyeh. 6 p.m.Cherrington Hall, Arthur Gilbert CyberCaf. Free.

9 Ash Wednesday services. 7:45 a.m.,noon, 4:45 p.m. and 9 p.m. Evans Chapel.

Photographing Warhol, forum inconjunction with Warhol in Coloradoexhibit. 6:30 p.m. Myhren Gallery. Free.

10 Yankee Whalers and the RussianAvant-Garde: Tracing a Family TreeThrough Theater, lecture by AllisonHorsley, assistant theater professor, 4 p.m.Sturm Hall, Room, 286. Free.

21 School Days Off. Through March 25;also March 28April 1. Ritchie Center. $50per day. For information and to register,call 3038717728.

Daniel Handler, Denver Post Pen andPodium Series. 7:30 p.m. Gates ConcertHall. $39$52.

22 Music and Meditation: Storms and

Calm. Noon. Evans Chapel.Bridges to the Future Lecture Series 9/11: Ten Years After. Featuringjournalist and poet Eliza Griswold. 7 p.m.Gates Concert Hall. RSVP at www.du.edu/bridges or call 3038712360.Free.

Exhibits1 Warhol in Colorado. Through March 13.

Myhren Gallery. Gallery hours: Noon-4p.m. daily. Free.

Colorado Womens Hall of FameExhibit. Through March 30. Iliff School ofTheology. Hours: 8 a.m.8 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 9 a.m.4:30 p.m. Friday;10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday and 2-6 p.m.Sunday.

31 Jennifer Karady: Soldiers Stories fromIraq and Afghanistan. Opening reception58 p.m., through May 1. Myhren Gallery.Free.

Arts1 First Tuesday Student Concert. Noon.

Hamilton Recital Hall. Free.

2 Lamont Chorale and Lamont Mensand Womens Choirs. 7:30 p.m. Gates

Concert Hall. Free.3 Lamont Steel Drums Ensemble.

7:30 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall. Free.

4Side Show, a musical. A co-productionof the Lamont School of Music and theDU theater department. 7:30 p.m. ByronTheatre. Also 7:30 p.m. March 5 and2 p.m. March 56. $15$25.

Flos Underground, vocal jazz combos.5 p.m. Williams Recital Salon. Free.5 Piano Trio Faculty Concert. FeaturingRichard Slavich, cello; Linda Wang, vio-

lin; and Alice Rybak, piano. 7:30 p.m.Hamilton Recital Hall.

Sound of the Rockies, Letters toAmerica. 2 and 7:30 p.m. Gates Concert

Hall. $19$27.6 Guest Artist Recital. Svet Stoyanov,percussion. 5 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall.

Lamont Composers Series. LeannaKirchoff, director. 7:30 p.m. HamiltonRecital Hall. Free.

8 Lamont Guitar Ensembles. 7:30 p.m.Hamilton Recital Hall. Free.

Master Class. Svet Stoyanov, percussion.1 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall. Free.

9 Lamont Wind Ensemble. 7:30 p.m.Gates Concert Hall. Free.

10 Lamont Symphony Orchestra.Featuring Madoka Asari, piano, and worksby Beethoven, Part and Strauss. 7:30 p.m.Gates Concert Hall. Free.

11 Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell.7:30 p.m. Byron Theater. Free behindthe curtain lecture at 6:30 p.m. AlsoMarch 12. $35.

12 Mike Davids Spirit of Adventure,featuring photos, stories and music fromaround the world. 7 p.m. Gates ConcertHall. $41$69.

16 Olga Kern, Friends of Chamber MusicPiano Series. 7:30 p.m. Gates ConcertHall. $12.25$50.25.

18 Denver Brass Presents: Brass,Bagpipes & Co: Slinte! 7:30 p.m.Gates Concert Hall. Also 2 and 7:30 p.m.March 19, 2:30 p.m. March 20. $12$43.

19 Lemon Sponge Cake ContemporaryBallet, world premiere of SHIROSHIRO. 8 p.m. Byron Theatre. $28.75$33.75.

24 Faculty Recital. Duo Esprit, featuringBasil Vendryes, viola, and AnnMarie Liss,harp. 7:30 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall.

25 Like Father, Like Son? Piano, song andmore featuring Jeffrey Kahane and GabrielKahane. 7:30 p.m. Gates Concert Hall.Free behind the curtain lecture at 6:30p.m. $32$48.

27 Mendelssohn Trio Faculty Concert.Featuring Theodor Lichtmann, piano;Barbara Thiem, cello; and Ronald Francois,violin. 3 p.m. Hamilton Recital Hall.

Unless otherwise noted, prices are $18 for adults, $16 forseniors and free for students with ID and DU faculty and staff.

Sports4 Mens tennis vs. UNLV. Noon. Gates

Tennis Center.

Womens lacrosse vs. St. Marys.Noon. Barton Lacrosse Stadium.

Womens tennis vs. Colorado. 5 p.m.Pinehurst Country Club.

Hockey vs. St. Cloud State. 7:37 p.m.Magness Arena.

5 Mens lacrosse vs. Jacksonville.1:30 p.m. Barton Lacrosse Stadium.

Hockey vs. St. Cloud State. 7:07 p.m.Magness Arena.

6 Mens tennis vs. Nebraska. Noon.Gates Tennis Center.

Mens lacrosse vs. Manhattan.1:30 p.m. Barton Lacrosse Stadium.

7 Womens lacrosse vs. North Carolina.4 p.m. Barton Lacrosse Stadium.

9 Womens lacrosse vs. Vermont. 4 p.m.Barton Lacrosse Stadium.

12 Gymnastics vs. Arkansas. 6 p.m.Hamilton Gymnasium.

Mens lacrosse vs. Notre Dame. 7 p.m.

Barton Lacrosse Stadium.19 Womens lacrosse vs. Boston. 1 p.m.

Barton Lacrosse Stadium.

26 Mens lacrosse vs. Air Force. 1 p.m.Barton Lacrosse Stadium.

31 Womens tennis vs. Oklahoma State.1 p.m. Stapleton Tennis Pavilion.

Hockey: $18$27; $5 for DU students. Gymnastics andmens lacrosse: $9. Tennis and womens lacrosse: Free.

For ticketing and other information, including a full listing ofcampus events, visit www.du.edu/calendar.

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