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The number of University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ students who were summarily suspended following a Sept. 8 disturbance on University Hill has been revised from four to three, the Office of Judicial Affairs announced today. The revision was made because of a case of mistaken identity. A woman who was arrested in connection with the disturbance had the same first and last name as a CU-Â鶹ӰԺ student. The CU-Â鶹ӰԺ student was not involved in the disturbance.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ’s astrophysical and planetary sciences department, traditionally ranked as one of the finest in the nation, is offering an undergraduate astronomy degree for the first time beginning this fall.

Upon receiving additional information from the Â鶹ӰԺ Police Department, the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ has summarily suspended two more students following a party last night in the University Hill area that Â鶹ӰԺ police broke up at about 12:30 a.m. this morning. The action was taken by the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Judicial Affairs office, said Ron Stump, vice chancellor for student affairs. Two students were summarily suspended earlier today by the university for their roles in the disturbance.

Two students at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ are being summarily suspended today following a party in the University Hill area of Â鶹ӰԺ hosted by CU students last night that Â鶹ӰԺ police broke up at about 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 8. According to Andrea Goldbum, director of Judicial Affairs at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ, "Two students have been identified for summary suspension" for their roles in the early Friday morning disturbance. A third student may also be suspended pending further review.

A public schoolteacherÂ’s workload just may have gotten easier, thanks to a new Web site that has been launched by the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. CU4K12 at www.colorado.edu/cu4k12 is a comprehensive outreach and in-service program guide for Colorado elementary, middle and high school teachers and students. It provides access to 174 CU-Â鶹ӰԺ outreach programs, campus resources, professional development services and Internet resources for research.

A lecture on "Black Pioneers in the Rocky Mountain Region" will be presented by Paul Stewart, founder of the Black American West Museum of Denver on Tuesday, Sept. 12. The lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in the Â鶹ӰԺ Public Library Auditorium.

Hideo Sasaki a long-time friend and consultant to the University of Colorado died last week from cancer at the age of 80. Sasaki, a resident of Lafayette, Calif., was a member of CUÂ’s four-member design review board for 33 years. His affiliation with the university began in July of 1960 when his firm, Sasaki Associates Inc., was retained as landscape architecture consultants.

The car show will feature all types of street and race cars -- exotic and classic, foreign and domestic. Awards will be given at the end of the show. The event also will include a silent auction, food and T-shirt sales. Proceeds will benefit the project race car of the CU chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers, which will be on display at the show. The event is co-sponsored by the CU department of mechanical engineering and Checker Auto Parts.

An historical survey of rivers and lakes in the Northern Hemisphere during the past 150 years shows they have been thawing earlier and freezing later each year, an indication the temperate regions of the world have been warming.

Shapins Associates of Â鶹ӰԺ was selected by the University of Colorado Board of Regents today to begin work on a conceptual land-use assessment for the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ South Campus. The assessment will address environmental, floodplain, transportation, utility and other infrastructure issues and will include conditions and mitigation processes that will define appropriate land uses for the property. CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's 308-acre South Campus, located west of U.S. 36 and south of Table Mesa Drive, was purchased by the university in 1996 to meet future campus needs.