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The School of Education at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder has awarded 18 scholarships to individuals who met specific criteria for academic merit, commitment to teaching, effectiveness in teaching and financial need. The Adopt-A-Teacher program provides scholarships of $1,000 and is intended especially for students during their student-teaching semester when they must pay full tuition but cannot work because they are student teaching full-time.

Students can register now for full-term Session I and Session 2 spring credit courses through the Division of Continuing Education at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder. Many full-term evening courses begin the week of Jan. 20. The cost for babyÖ±²¥app residents is $90 per credit hour. Non-residents pay $170 per credit hour for the first three semester hours, but non-resident tuition rises for courses totaling four or more credit hours. Most Session I courses are three or four credit hours.

Editors: Enclosed are the names of degree candidates from your area. This list was accurate as of Nov. 21 and is subject to change pending final grade reports. Local students were among 1,937 students receiving degrees Dec. 20 in winter commencement ceremonies at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder. The ChancellorÂ’s Recognition Award for students receiving all AÂ’s in their college careers was given to Amy Dawn Robison of Englewood, who received a bachelor of arts degree in English.

For those contemplating giving a loved one the ultimate Christmas gift -- having a star named after him or her -- think twice, says University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder astronomy Professor Ted Snow.

The next time you’re out on the golf course and your partner begins bragging about his hot-shot fund manager and his high return on investment, be skeptical. Be very skeptical. That investor is probably better off in equity index funds, and his fund manager is likely to know it. “I was clueless about this index fund vs. actively managed fund idea four or five years ago,” said Donald Lichtenstein, a professor in CU-Boulder’s College of Business and Administration. “Then I started reading and listening to good advice.”

December marks the time of year when children behave better than usual because Santa Claus is checking a list from his North Pole home to find out whoÂ’s naughty or nice. According to Michael Bell, an English professor at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder, SantaÂ’s real name was Saint Nicholas and he was drawn from a bishop of the Greek Empire during the fourth century A.D. “If heÂ’s real, there are a couple of legends explaining how he came about,” Bell said.

Friends of the University of babyÖ±²¥app Libraries and RTD are teaming up to offer a free Seniors Day at Norlin Library on Jan. 7. Transportation to the event is free on any RTD bus and on BoulderÂ’s HOP and SKIP shuttles. The HOP stops on babyÖ±²¥app Avenue just east of the libraryÂ’s east entrance, where the tour will begin at 9 a.m. Seniors can pick up their free ride coupons from Jan. 2 through Jan. 7 at the Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., the Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, or the George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive.

Neil Ashby, professor of physics at the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder, has been named co-chair of the campusÂ’ Sexual Harassment Committee, according to Chancellor Richard L. Byyny. Ashby replaces former Co-Chair Jane Bock, professor of environmental, population and organismic biology, who recently stepped down from the committee. The other co-chair is Shari Robertson, administrator in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration.

The earth's interior may contain three to five oceans of water locked within billions of crystals that could help regulate the level of water on the surface of the planet, a University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder geologist says. Ten years ago, Professor Joseph Smyth discovered that a mineral called wadsleyite, located 250 miles to 350 miles below the earth's surface, could contain water. The wadsleyite does not contain liquid water, but the elements needed to make water bound up in crystals in solid form.

A report released today by the University of babyÖ±²¥app at Boulder summarizes the activities and findings of the first 18 months of the campusÂ’ Sexual Harassment Committee under the current sexual harassment policy. The report, covering the period of Dec. 1, 1995 through May 31, 1997, was submitted to Chancellor Richard L. Byyny by committee Co-Chairs Shari Robertson and Neil Ashby.