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Leadership changes are underway in two student services areas at the University of Colorado at Boulder, according to Ron Stump, interim vice chancellor for student affairs. A. Eldridge Greer was named director of Counseling and Psychological Services: A Multicultural Center, effective Sept. 1. Greer succeeds Darcy Sease, who will retire from the university after 32 years of service on Aug. 31. Terri Bodhaine was named permanent director of Disability Services. The appointments were approved at the Board of Regents meeting on Aug. 5.

Darcy Sease, director of Counseling and Psychological Services: A Multicultural Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is retiring on Aug. 31 after 32 years of service, according to Ron Stump, interim vice chancellor for student affairs. "We will miss Darcy's efforts and wise insight regarding diversity and her enhancement of the learning environment for students in general. She has been a valued colleague who has not received the wide recognition that she truly deserves," said Stump.

The University of Colorado at Boulder is one of just 15 institutions nationwide chosen to take part in a new program of postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities. The two-year fellowships, each worth a minimum of $30,000 per year, were recently announced by the Princeton-based Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. CU-Boulder shares the honor of hosting the fellowships with such institutions as Harvard, Yale, the University of California, Berkeley, Northwestern University and New York University.

Vice President Al Gore announced this week the declassification of 59 reconnaissance images of the Arctic Ocean for use by scientists studying climate change, including teams from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Washington.

University of Colorado at Boulder geological sciences Associate Professor Paul Weimer has been named the Bruce D. Benson Endowed Chair of Petroleum Geology, pending approval by the CU Board of Regents Aug. 5. Weimer, a petroleum geologist, has played a key role in mapping underwater sites in the northwest Gulf of Mexico in partnership with several private oil companies in recent years. He specializes in seismic and sequence stratigraphy and basin analysis and their applications to petroleum exploration and development.

Zan Johns, a long-time employee of the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been named director of human resources, pending approval by the Board of Regents at their Aug. 5 meeting. The appointment will be effective Aug. 6. Johns has been interim director since November 1997, when former Director Shari Robertson transferred to a new position to lead the Office of Sexual Harassment Policy.

The University of Colorado Board of Regents will be presented Thursday, Aug. 5, with a Grandview Terrace development plan that reflects a compromise reached between Historic Boulder and the Boulder campus with participation and involvement by the City of Boulder. Grandview Terrace is a transitional area between the city and the main campus of the university, north of University Avenue and east of Broadway.

The W.M. Keck Foundation of Los Angeles has awarded the University of Colorado at Boulder $1 million to bridge the gap between molecular and cellular structures, a project expected to lead to significant advances in biomedicine.

Charles Wilkinson, a distinguished CU-Boulder professor of law who is recognized as a champion of the American West through his decades of writing and legal work, will be the first featured speaker in a CU-Boulder lecture series hosted at The Academy beginning Wednesday, Sept. 8. This fall, the series will highlight faculty from CU-BoulderÂ’s Center of the American West (including its co-founders Wilkinson and Patricia Limerick) and the Natural Resources Law Center. All talks will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel at The Academy, located at 970 Aurora Ave. in Boulder.

The prestigious Morris K. Udall Scholarship has been awarded to two undergraduate students at the University of Colorado at Boulder for their commitment to pursuing careers in environmental public policy, health care or native American tribal public policies. Jamie Hunt, 22, and Seth Peacock, 27, are two of the 75 Udall Scholars nationwide who will receive $5,000 to cover costs of tuition, fees, books and room and board for the 1999-2000 academic year.