The College of Evening and Continuing Education opens recruitment for its new baccalaureate program in Legal Nurse Consulting, the first of its kind in the country. UC offers course registration over the World Wide Web for the first time. Professor Wim van Ooij was honored for developing safer and more effective coatings to prevent metals from corroding. UC College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning graduate student Heather Renee French is crowned Miss America 2000. French promises to make homeless veterans the focus of her public service campaign.
Engineers unveil new semiconductors which use rare earth elements to produce a wide range of colors.
The new materials have widespread applications from medicine to flat panel computer displays. The college recruiting season hits high gear with record numbers of employers coming to campus in search of new employees. The number of recruiters visiting UC has more than tripled in the last three years. Criminal justice researchers demonstrate that long-term care can be effective in treating drunk drivers and preventing repeat offenses. Biologists show how common plants such as cattails can be used to identify areas affected by environmental pollutants.