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People waking up on Christmas morning to find a piece of the sun missing will be relieved to know that Santa didnÂ’t give it away as a gift. Rather they will be seeing the final solar eclipse of the second millennium. About 40 percent of the sun will be covered at the peak of the partial eclipse, when the moon passing between the Earth and sun will cast a shadow over Colorado, according to experts at the Sommers-Bausch Observatory at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

AlaskaÂ’s Columbia Glacier, heralded as the worldÂ’s speediest glacier, appears to be on a course to disintegrate and evolve into a spectacular fjord rivaling Glacier Bay in the coming years, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher.

The School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder will hold its first Creative Exhibit by Advanced Advertising Â鶹ÒùÔº Dec. 13-27 at the Dairy Center for the Arts. An opening reception for the exhibit, along with a ceremony for recipients of the One Club scholarship awards, will be held Dec. 13 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the center, 2590 Walnut St. in Boulder.

The University of Colorado at BoulderÂ’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program and the Residential Academic Program in Baker Hall are facilitating extensive undergraduate participation in faculty research. The Baker Hall Academic Program is designed for incoming CU-Boulder freshmen and sophomores who plan to focus on natural sciences and environmental studies with a strong research orientation. The program offers small classes and provides students with numerous research opportunities working alongside some of CU-BoulderÂ’s top faculty researchers.

"Controversial Election? The 2000 Election in Historical Perspective," will be the subject of a talk Dec. 6 in the continuing history lecture series sponsored by the University of Colorado at Boulder Office of Community Affairs and Front Range Community College. Andy DeRoche, history instructor at Front Range Community College, will discuss past presidential elections that were crises for the country, including elections of 1800, 1824 and 1860 involving historical figures such as Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln.

The University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded an outstanding publication certificate of merit in the electronic category from the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) for its RalphieÂ’s Info Center online advising publication.

Editors: Reporters and photographers are invited to attend the next quarterly meeting of the Colorado Photonics Industry Association, hosted by CU-Boulder at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 7 in the University Memorial Center's Glenn Miller Ballroom. Â鶹ÒùÔº will display their research in photonics at a poster session from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Someday the typical classroom may look a lot like two new ones in CU-BoulderÂ’s Eaton Humanities Building, with rows of computers all linked to each other and the dayÂ’s coursework displayed on several large projection screens. The classrooms, one equipped with 18 Macintosh G4 computers and one with 23 Dell Pentium IIIÂ’s, have state-of-the-art equipment throughout and an interactive network design linking the instructor and students as never before. The high-tech equipment has created strong demand among faculty who are finding new ways to use computers in the classroom.

John Lymberopoulos, a professor of international business and finance at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been elected to the board of governors of Beta Gamma Sigma. As a member of the board, Lymberopoulos will help govern more than 440,000 Beta Gamma Sigma members worldwide. His term will run through June 2004.

CU-Boulder students will deliver 50 Buffalo Hugs pillows to children at Dental Aid and the San Juan/Broadway PeopleÂ’s Clinic in Boulder on Wednesday, Dec. 6, continuing a program begun this fall to comfort young patients during visits to the dentist or doctor. Deliveries of 25 Buffalo Hugs each to the Dental Aid Boulder Clinic, 4155 Darley Avenue, Suite C, and the San Juan/Broadway PeopleÂ’s Clinic, 3100 34th St., will be at 9:30 a.m. at Dental Aid and at 10:15 a.m. at the PeopleÂ’s Clinic.