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For the first time since the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder's Old Main was restored in the 1980s, the United States flag once again will fly from the north tower, thanks to several individuals and campus committees that donated time and money to erect a new aluminum flag pole. Tomorrow (May 22) at 1 p.m., an ROTC color guard will raise the all-weather flag. Work crews secured the pole on top of old Main last weekend. Lights also were installed at the base of the pole to illuminate the flag around the clock.

Ancient, buried footpaths visible using satellite instruments but invisible on the ground to the human eye will be studied in Costa Rica this summer after a 20-year hiatus by University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder and NASA archaeologists.

The origin of light will be explained through a number of experiments, and will use lasers to drill through materials, during the Saturday, May 25, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Wizards show titled "Lasers and Light." Henry Kapteyn and Margaret Murnane, physics professors at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder, will present the show at 9:30 a.m. in Duane Physics, room G1B20. Murnane is one of five ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder faculty members who have received the MacArthur Fellowship or "genius grant."

The University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder has announced several immediate changes to its lawn irrigation program in an effort to support city of Boulder plans to reduce water consumption in light of recent drought conditions. The Boulder campus is implementing an irrigation water conservation plan that will reduce historical spring and summer irrigation consumption by a minimum of 25 percent to 50 percent, according to Jeff Lipton, executive director of Facilities Management.

Students at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ have redesigned their zero-energy solar home -- ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥'s only entry in the national "Solar Decathlon" contest -- to make it more adaptable to a variety of building sites, construction budgets and homeowner needs. The team will present its new design to the public on Saturday, May 18, from 10 a.m. to noon, in the Environmental Design Building, Room 134, on the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The magnitude 5.2 earthquake that occurred near Gilroy, Calif., on Monday was the fourth to have been correctly plotted on a forecast anomaly map developed by researchers at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥'s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, or ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥.

The Center for Environmental Journalism at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder has selected five journalists as Ted Scripps Fellows in Environmental Journalism for 2002-2003.

The University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder is getting a boost from the Puksta Educational Foundation in its effort to educate students to be responsible citizens, according to Michael Grant, associate vice chancellor for undergraduate education. The assistance comes in the form of a new scholarship program, called Puksta Scholars. The scholarships are open to a select number of students whose charge is to be catalysts for positive change in the campus culture and in local communities.

The Natural Resources Law Center at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder recently appointed David Hayes, Sylvia Baca, Ken Hubbard and Lorna Babby to its advisory board. "We're enormously grateful that people of this stature and experience in natural resources law have agreed to serve on the center's advisory board," said Jim Martin, director of the NRLC.

University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder Professor Richard McCray is one of six faculty members nationwide to receive a 2002 National Science Foundation Director's Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars. McCray, who is the George Gamow Distinguished Professor in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥'s astrophysical and planetary sciences department, was cited for his outstanding contributions to research and for using his knowledge to enhance undergraduate education.