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A. Richard Seebass, former dean of the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ’s College of Engineering and Applied Science and past chair of the Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, died Tuesday, Nov. 14, at Â鶹ӰԺ Community Hospital after a short illness. He was 64.

Gilbert F.White, distinguished professor emeritus of geography at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ, has won the prestigious National Medal of Science for 2000, President Clinton announced on Monday, Nov. 13.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ ranks 10th among all U.S. institutions that send students abroad, according to statistics released Monday by the Institute of International Education.

Two University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ researchers are part of an international team that has discovered enormously powerful stellar flares in the X-ray portion of the light spectrum emanating from infant stars in the throes of birth.

Jedediah Purdy, the 25-year-old author who gained international notoriety with his book "For Common Things: Irony, Trust and Commitment in America Today," will visit the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ campus Nov. 14–17 as a guest of the World Affairs Athenaeum program. Purdy will host a public forum Thursday, Nov. 16, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Eaton Humanities Building room 250 to discuss some of the issues raised in his book.

For centuries people have marveled over the seven wonders of the ancient world. On Friday, Nov. 17, at 7:30 p.m., Burt Lancaster will guide a Fiske Planetarium audience at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ in a pre-recorded program in search of the seven wonders of the universe. "Seven Wonders" includes a simulated flight through the vast Milky Way galaxy and will impress viewers with discoveries of black holes and other new wonders on a trip to the center of the Milky Way.

The Center of the American West at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will host a lecture titled, "Letters from the Wild, Wild East: A Roman PoetÂ’s Life on the Frontier" on Thursday, Nov. 16, from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel on campus. The talk is free and open to the public. Peter Knox, CU professor and chair of the department of classics, will discuss the Roman poet OvidÂ’s exile in the year A.D. 8 on the shores of the Black Sea in the city of Tomi, which Greek settlers founded in the sixth century B. C.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will present a resolution to the CU Board of Regents Thursday requesting authority for the chancellor to execute an agreement with the City of Â鶹ӰԺ regarding the universityÂ’s redevelopment of Grandview Terrace, Chancellor Richard L. Byyny, said today.

A sample study of Denver-area drivers indicates almost all are aware of air-quality advisories and voluntary driving restrictions during high-pollution days in the fall and winter, but the advisories have no significant effect on commutersÂ’ transportation habits.

The Leonid meteor shower, an annual celestial event, will be visible in night skies throughout Colorado for about a week in mid-November. The meteors will be active Nov. 14 to Nov. 21, with peak viewing falling at about 1 a.m. on Nov. 18, when about 100 to 200 meteors per hour could be visible, according to experts at the Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ.