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Two Colorado avalanches in December that apparently claimed the lives of two Boulder County men are a somber reminder of the risks that hikers, skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers face in the Colorado mountains each winter. CU-Boulder student Justin Colonna is presumed to have been killed in a Dec. 18 avalanche on South Arapaho Peak west of Boulder. Broomfield resident Michael Barrett was killed on Quandary Peak near Breckenridge Dec. 21.

The creation of a new quantum gas at JILA, a laboratory run by the University of Colorado 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 CU-Boulder, and graduate student Brain DeMarco.

Time of CU Wizards Dec. 31 Program A Dec. 16 news release on the next CU 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 CU-BoulderÂ’s Duane Physics building. CU 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 Colorado at Boulder to deliver his commencement address, he will do so to honor the students. Prescott is a Distinguished Professor in CU-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 CU 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 Colorado at Boulder

The last CU 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 CU-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 Colorado at Boulder researcher.

Roger Barry, an Arctic climatologist and director of the University of Colorado 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 AGU’s 35,000 members – was presented to Barry Dec. 15 at the organization’s annual fall meeting held in San Francisco Dec. 13 to Dec. 17.

FACT SHEET CU-Boulder, Colorado, the U.S.A. 1899-1999 Following are facts about CU-Boulder and Colorado at the turn of the century, including an overview of the role of women in Colorado society in 1899, Colorado labor issues, changes in the structure of the American family and changes in American music since 1899. For more information, contact Greg Swenson in CU-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 Colorado at Boulder. Ron Stump, former dean of students and associate vice chancellor for student affairs at CU-Boulder, was appointed interim vice chancellor last May, following the resignation of Jean Kim.