Allard Secures Over $7.7 million for Colorado Environmental Projects in Interior Appropriations Bill

$300 Million Included for Emergency Wildfire Prevention in Colorado

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colo.), the leading Republican on the Senate Interior Appropriations committee, announced today that he has secured $7,785,400 in funding for Colorado as a part of the 2008 Interior Appropriations Bill. The bill also includes $300 million for wildfire prevention efforts in Colorado and $229 million in funding for the Payments-in-Lieu-of-Taxes (PILT) program.

DENVER— The United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board awarded two University of Denver faculty members Fulbright Scholar grants for the 2007-2008 academic year. Fulbright recipients are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields.

Assistant Professor, Bonnie Adrian, Department of Anthropology

Bonnie Adrian, assistant professor of anthropology, was awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to conduct research at the Chung Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies in Taipei, Taiwan from April to Sept. 2008. Adrian’s work will examine the interface of Chan (Chinese Zen) Buddhism with the problems of modern family life in Taiwan. Adrian earned her Ph.D. in sociocultural anthropology from Yale University in 1999.