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The creation of a new quantum gas at JILA, a laboratory run by the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, has been named one of the top 10 scientific advances of 1999 by the editors of the prestigious journal Science. The experiment was conducted by Deborah Jin, a NIST physicist and adjoint assistant professor of physics at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder, and graduate student Brain DeMarco.

Time of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Wizards Dec. 31 Program A Dec. 16 news release on the next ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Wizards presentation titled "BOOM! The Physics of Sound and Air Pressure," incorrectly stated the show would begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 31. The presentation, which features physics Professor Michael Dubson, will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Dec. 31 in room G1B30 of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-BoulderÂ’s Duane Physics building. ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ News Services regrets the error and any inconvenience it may have created.

When David Prescott stands before the last graduating class of the millennium at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder to deliver his commencement address, he will do so to honor the students. Prescott is a Distinguished Professor in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-BoulderÂ’s molecular, cellular and developmental biology department who has won numerous awards for his teaching and research. He plans to remind the graduates to take the lessons they have learned at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ with them wherever they go and to savor the achievement their degrees represent.

Editor: Enclosed are the names of degree candidates from your area. This list was accurate as of Dec. 10 and is subject to final grade reports. Local students were among the 1,856 students expected to receive degrees Dec. 18 in the final commencement ceremony of the century at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder

The last ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Wizards show this year sends the millenium out not with a bang but a boom. "BOOM! The Physics of Sound and Air Pressure" will be on Friday, Dec. 31. The show is at 10 a.m. in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder's Duane Physics building, room G1B30.

A multi-pronged analysis of global water resources indicates the supply of clean freshwater for use by humans and natural ecosystems is shrinking by the year, according to a University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder researcher.

Roger Barry, an Arctic climatologist and director of the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder-based National Snow and Ice Data Center, has received a prestigious 1999 Fellowship award from the American Geophysical Union. AGU is an organization of international geophysical scientists that annually recognizes members who have made outstanding science and community contributions. The award -- made to no more than 0.1 percent of AGUÂ’s 35,000 members – was presented to Barry Dec. 15 at the organizationÂ’s annual fall meeting held in San Francisco Dec. 13 to Dec. 17.

FACT SHEET ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥, the U.S.A. 1899-1999 Following are facts about ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder and ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at the turn of the century, including an overview of the role of women in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ society in 1899, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ labor issues, changes in the structure of the American family and changes in American music since 1899. For more information, contact Greg Swenson in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder's Office of News Services, at (303) 492-3113. UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER 1899

A 13-member search committee has been named to fill the position of vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder. Ron Stump, former dean of students and associate vice chancellor for student affairs at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder, was appointed interim vice chancellor last May, following the resignation of Jean Kim.

A new $1 million initiative called Safe Communities-Safe Schools was announced Dec. 14 by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder, The ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Trust and Attorney General Ken Salazar. The statewide initiative, unique in the nation, was developed by the Violence Center under the direction of nationally renowned violence-prevention expert Professor Delbert Elliott, and is funded by The ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Trust and a consortium of educational associations. It is designed to assist schools and communities in safe school planning.