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Poetry Daily, the pioneering syndication project that has been bridging the world of print journals and the Internet since 1997, recently featured University of Colorado Denver associate professor Jake Adam York's "Narcissus Incomparabilis" as its poem of the day. The poem is a preview of his new book, Persons Unknown, scheduled for release in October.

... Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann, M.D., a professor of endocrinology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, has been awarded the inaugural Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award. The award honors an outstanding scientist who has shown strong commitment to encouraging and mentoring under-represented minorities.

... Peter Jenkins, mechanical engineering professor at the University of Colorado Denver,presented papers at two conferences this summer. Jenkins spoke during the ASME Turbo Expo 2010 conference June 14-18 in Glasgow, Scotland, and at the eighth Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association on July 12-16 in Vienna, Austria. ... University of Colorado Denver Civil engineering professor Anu Ramaswami, director of the new Center for Sustainable Infrastructure Systems, has been awarded $39,347 from the National Science Foundation to chair a joint U.S.-China workshop on "Pathways Toward Low Carbon Cities: Quantifying Baselines and Inventories." The workshop, set for December in Hong Kong, will be planned in conjunction with faculty from University of Wisconsin and Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

... Chris Colwell, M.D., has been named director of emergency medicine at Denver Health after a national search. Colwell is associate professor of emergency medicine and will be a vice chair of the new CU School of Medicine department of emergency medicine.

... John Sladek, University of Colorado Denver professor of pediatrics and neurology, has been given a special privilege by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Sladek is now allowed to submit grant applications at any time independent of due dates. For more than 35 years, Sladek has served on study sections for the NIH, which has continuously supported his research since 1974.