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A basketball cannon and a skateboarding physicist are two of the highlights of the CU Wizards show "The Physics of Sports" to be presented on Saturday, June 19, on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus. Physics professors Deborah Jin and John Bohn will present their show at 9:30 a.m. in Duane Physics room G1B30. It is free and open to the public.

Note to Editors: Contents embargoed from broadcast or publication until 1 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. MDT) on June 9. Recovery of a new ice core in Antarctica that extends back 740,000 years -- nearly twice as long as any other ice core record -- is extremely important and will help scientists better understand the Earth's climate and issues related to global warming, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder professor.

Instead of spending summer vacations sitting in air-conditioned movie theaters or playing computer games, 16 students from Denver's Thomas Jefferson and North high schools will get the chance to make their own digital movies and set up their own computer networks. DigitalCUrrents Summer Day Camp, which runs for three weeks until June 25 on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus, gives students the ability to learn about technology with hands-on projects.

Grand Junction children will learn how to create the toy of their dreams - including building a prototype, developing a marketing plan, and advertising it on the World Wide Web - during a creative engineering workshop brought to the Western Colorado Math and Science Center by the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Stephen Lawrence, an associate dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been named interim dean of the school effective July 1. His appointment is pending approval by the Board of Regents at the June 30 meeting and will be effective for one year. Lawrence will take over the post to be vacated by current Dean Steven Manaster, who in March announced he would not seek reappointment when his contract as dean expires on June 30.

A University of Colorado at Boulder expert on nation-building believes the June 30 transfer of power in Iraq could go relatively smoothly, but warns that the road to stable democracy in Iraq will be long and full of pitfalls for the United States. Roland Paris, CU-Boulder assistant professor of political science and international affairs, has written and researched extensively on the political aftermath of civil wars.

Editors: Please note students from your community. Eighteen undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder have received the prestigious Jacob Van Ek Award for outstanding academic achievement and contributions to the university and Boulder communities. The recipients were honored May 6 along with faculty members they named as mentors. The award was established in 1973 to honor Jacob Van Ek, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at CU-Boulder from 1929 to 1959. Van Ek died in 1994 at the age of 97.

Five journalists will become the eighth class of Ted Scripps Fellows in Environmental Journalism when they arrive at the University of Colorado at Boulder in August. The fellowships are sponsored by the Center for Environmental Journalism and funded through a grant from the Scripps Howard Foundation. The nine-month program offers mid-career journalists an opportunity to deepen their understanding of environmental issues and policy through coursework, seminars and field trips in the region.

Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have solved a major galactic mystery that may help astronomers in their quest to develop a detailed picture of the chemical evolution of the Milky Way galaxy. Speaking at the 204th meeting of the American Astronomical Society held May 30 - June 3 in Denver, the researchers reported that the abundance of deuterium, a heavy form of hydrogen, in the Milky Way galaxy today shows a consistent pattern that can be simply explained, lifting a veil of uncertainty that has long plagued astronomers.

Note to Editors: Members of the press are welcome to attend without charge. To arrange, call Kathryn Mutz at (303) 492-1293. The CU-Boulder Natural Resources Law Center will celebrate its 25th Annual Summer Conference by exploring one of the most important natural resources of the 21st century: groundwater. Titled "Groundwater in the West," the conference will be held June 16-18 at the Fleming Law Building on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus. Participants will discuss law, policy and management of groundwater in the West.