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The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation has selected University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ senior Timothy J. Rood to receive a $7,500 scholarship, one of only 15 given to college science and engineering students nationally for the 1997-98 academic year. Rood, an aerospace engineering major, is doing data analysis for the Solar-Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment (SOLSTICE) orbiting Earth on an unmanned NASA research satellite. He was recognized for his outstanding achievement in academic performance and community service.

For Laurie Utter, the summer of 1997 will be remembered as the summer she spent studying deregulation of the telecommunications industry in the European Union while getting her travel fix. An MBA student at the College of Business and Administration at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ, Utter is participating in the London Seminar in International Finance and Business. The month-long seminar, under the direction of long-time CU business Professor Michael Palmer, focuses on international finance and strategies for European businesses.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will host the 10th Annual Pre-Collegiate Olympiad on Saturday, July 12. The Pre-Collegiate Development Program is sponsoring the event celebrating its 13th anniversary on the Â鶹ӰԺ Campus and 10th anniversary as a systemwide effort. The Olympiad will pull together about 300 high school students and staff from around the Denver metro area to participate in both academic and athletic competitions among participants from three CU campuses.

Physics Professor Carl Wieman of the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Chicago during its June 14 graduation ceremony. In granting him an honorary Doctor of Science degree, the university citation said Wieman is "considered to be one of the premier physicists of his generation." In addition to teaching at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ, Wieman also is a fellow of JILA, a joint institute of CU-Â鶹ӰԺ and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Ten new directors have been elected to head the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Alumni Association. Â鶹ӰԺite Steve Taniguchi, class of 1976, was elected by the board to serve a two-year term as chair. Al Gebauer of Â鶹ӰԺ, who earned degrees in 1968 and 1983, will serve a one-year term as treasurer. The 49-member board, representing more than 170,000 CU-Â鶹ӰԺ alumni, oversees association activities in Colorado and nationally and internationally.

University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ fine arts instructor Patrick Frank will lecture June 28 on the Paul Strand photography exhibit on display at the Cortez CU Center as part of the CU This Summer outreach program. A reception at the center will begin at 7:30 p.m. followed by FrankÂ’s talk. The exhibit, “The Mexican Portfolio,” began May 24 and continues through Sept. 1 in the Cortez CU Center, at 25 N. Market St. Hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Admission is free.

The offices of Disability Services and Career Services at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ were the first runners-up for the Unique Career Fair Concept Merits NACE/Chevron Award for their project entry titled “Career Program for Students with Disabilities.” The two offices produced the project together to introduce students with disabilities to various employers.

More than 1,000 biologists from around the world will converge on the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ campus June 14-18 for the joint annual meetings of the American Society of Naturalists, the Society of Systematic Biologists and the Society for the Study of Evolution.

Joe Ben Wheat, curator emeritus of the University of Colorado Museum and an internationally known archaeologist, died today at St. Anthony Hospital South in Denver after a short illness. He was 81. Wheat, of Â鶹ӰԺ, had worked at the University of Colorado Museum from 1953 until his retirement in 1986. He was a former president of the Society for American Archaeology. Wheat was an internationally known scholar and a prolific publisher of scholarly papers.

Professor Lucy Pao of the electrical and computer engineering department at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ has received an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award for research that may have applications in air traffic control, robotics and several other fields.