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… head to the office every morning, they face the same piles of unfinished laundry, hungry mouths to feed and stacks of bills when they arrive home at night.

Why are women’s domestic workloads often more than men’s even as women succeed in historically male-dominated fields? CU professor Bernadette Park of psychology and neuroscience and her team have found that while men and women may see their work and home lives as equally shared, their expectations often are rooted in traditional …

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CU People – March 2010

… Universal Studios Hollywood and the Mojave Desert. A highlight for the traveling duo in 2009 was feeding stingrays in the Grand Cayman, which they hesitantly compared to feeding puppies.

Reading about professor emeritus of art Lynn Wolf (MFA’48) in the December Coloradan reminded Gary Walvoord (Art’62) about the art classes he took with the professor during his CU days. Gary, who sculpts full time, writes that he wants to thank Lynn for his insight and direction in class. He also …

Giving peace a chance

… social work as she helps pregnant and parenting teens with everything from prenatal care to breastfeeding to health-care planning.  Many of the teens she works with are minorities, and Boyhan says her Peace Corps experience has given her the skills to navigate cross-cultural boundaries and connect with her clients.

“I think that I’m much more able to meet people where they are and appreciate what their values are,” Boyhan says. “At least that is my hope.”

Norma, left, and …

CU People – September 2009

… the country put on mock trial under the scrutiny of state and federal judges who offered real-time feedback and judicial insight. Tim spoke on developments in aviation law, including the duty owed by air carriers for injuries and destruction of property on the ground. He lives in Western Springs, Ill.

Having joined NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston after graduation, Matt Ondler (Aero’86) is division chief of the software, robotics and simulation division. One of the several …

Alum heads Gates fund to help students

… but it’s visiting U.S. schools that he treasures most. There he can interact with and gather feedback from teachers and provide guidance and inspiration to students.

Shaw remembers one south Texas trip he took with his boss and the Gateses, when Golston checked in on the foundation-funded Hidalgo Early College High School, where nearly 100 percent of the students are minority and below poverty.

“Allan was almost giddy seeing the population of that school so excited about …

Making gas from grass

… billion gallons of biofuels by 2022, the majority of which will have to come from noncorn kernel feedstock. Today corn kernel feedstocks supply about 9 billion gallons of the fuel, but there are limits. We can only produce about 15 billion gallons annually without running into serious fuel-or-food issues, scientists estimate.

Among other promising types of biofuels are biodiesels brewed from soybean, palm and other plant oils. But these feedstocks provide food for people and will …

Catching critters

… methods do you use?

The parasitic wasp is one: to control roaches use another insect that feeds on the cockroach eggs, eventually killing them. It’s the best weapon the university has ever seen for getting rid of roaches. Another strategy is putting Vaseline on all openings to the attic so bat bugs can’t get down into a room. I use vacuums and traps because I don’t like to use poison inside buildings. For prairie dogs, I use soap and water to safely flush them out of their holes …

Clicker Stickers ring up change

… of molecular, cellular and developmental biology. “The clickers are a good way to get instant feedback, but do the students really learn from discussion or are they just changing their answers because of peer pressure?”

To answer his question, Su and his team used pairs of similar clicker questions in lectures during the semester and evaluated student responses. Each time, the students answered the first question of the pair individually and then talked to their neighbors about their …

CU People – March 2009

… Although Vernon Nelson’s (MPhys’51, EdD’53) first invention was an automatic chicken feeder that killed chickens instead of feeding them, he eventually became a Sioux Falls educator, inventor and aviator with a 50-year career at Augustana College as professor of physics, math and aeronautics. He was inducted into South Dakota’s Hall of Fame last September.

After more than 15 years as a district judge in Weld County, William West (A&S’54, Law’57) retired as chief …