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Carl Wieman of the University of Colorado at Boulder and Eric Cornell of the National Institute of Standards and Technology have been awarded the 2000 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics from the Franklin Institute. The prestigious award also was presented to Wolfgang Ketterle of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Editors: JustinÂ’s father, Jerome Colonna, is available for comment at work (541) 923-5437 or home (541) 923-3568. Abraham LaMark and Aaron Loughram, JustinÂ’s roommates, are also available at (303) 545-9724. A memorial service for Justin Colonna, of Eugene, Ore., the University of Colorado at Boulder student presumed killed in an avalanche in the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area on Dec. 18 is being held Saturday, Jan. 22, at 6 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel on the CU-Boulder campus.

Information streaming back from a new NASA satellite indicates that molecular hydrogen, the primary ingredient for star and planet formation, is found nearly everywhere in the Milky Way Galaxy, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder study.

Navajo star and constellation myths, including the story of the creation of stars, will be explored during the centuryÂ’s first live astronomy show at the Fiske Planetarium on the campus of the University of Colorado at Boulder. John Stocke, a CU-Boulder professor of astrophysical and planetary sciences, will present "Navajo Skies" at Fiske Planetarium on Friday, Jan. 21, at 7:30 p.m. "Navajo Skies" is the first in a series of live astronomy talks at the planetarium this spring.

Is health a right for all or a privilege for some? Campus and metro-area community members are invited to discuss this and other questions in a live, interactive satellite conference on race, class and health Jan. 19 at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The national teleconference, hosted by the Public Broadcasting System, will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Coors Events Center rooms 4 and 5. A local panel discussion will follow.

The Sommers-Bausch Observatory at the University of Colorado at Boulder will be open to the public, weather permitting, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 20, to view the centuryÂ’s first total eclipse of the moon. The lunar eclipse begins when the full moon enters the EarthÂ’s shadow at 8:05 p.m. and will be totally eclipsed by 9:09 p.m. The total eclipse will last until 10:22 p.m., but at 9:48 p.m. it will be deepest into EarthÂ’s shadow and will be about one ten-thousandth as bright as it was earlier in the evening.

The Y2K command center at the University of Colorado at Boulder reported no problems as of 11 a.m. Saturday. "We're very happy to report that all systems are functioning as usual," said CU-Boulder spokeswoman Bobbi Barrow. "No glitches were reported from any corner of the campus." "CU football players aren't the only ones who are celebrating today," she said.

All Systems Reported OK, Functioning In CU-Boulder's Initial Y2K Inventory The University of Colorado at Boulder passed the Y2K rollover without a whimper this morning, CU officials reported at about 12:30 a.m. "So far as we know at this time, all major systems appear to be normal and functioning as they should be," said Tom Carney, emergency management coordinator for CU-Boulder.

Key Y2K Contacts University Of Colorado At Boulder Tom Carney Emergency Management Coordinator, 303-492-5162 303-441-3851/0891 (pager), 303-550-4719 (cell) Jim Fadenrecht Chief, CU Police, 303-492-6666 (after 5 p.m.) John Kish Lieutenant, CU Police, 303-492-2303, 492-6666 (after 5 p.m.) Emergency Operations Center CU Police, 303-492-5586, 492-2286, 492-2971 Deborah Keyek Franssen CU-Boulder Y2K coordinator, 303-492-2403, 303-356-0133 (cell) John Bruning Director, Facilities Management, 303-492-4229

Bill Weber, professor emeritus of biology at the University of Colorado at Boulder and curator emeritus of the CU Museum, was honored with the prestigious Edgar H. Wherry Award of the North American Rock Garden Society. The award was established in 1973 after a Philadelphia scientist who published books on ferns and Phlox, a favorite group of rock garden plants. The award recognizes "a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the dissemination of botanical or horticultural information about native North American plants."