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Political science Professor Susan Clarke of the University of Colorado at Boulder and 39 other outstanding faculty members from across the nation have been selected as the 2000-2001 class of Carnegie scholars. Clarke and her colleagues were selected by the Pew National Fellowship Program for Carnegie Scholars in recognition and support of their efforts to advance teaching and learning of their disciplines in the natural sciences, mathematics, social sciences and the arts.

Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado at Boulder will present "Searching for Distant Worlds," a program chronicling the recent discovery of several new planets beyond our solar system, on Sept. 29 and Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m.

Photo opportunity: There will be a tour of the Ponnequin wind farm (off I-25 just south of the Wyoming border) where the CU wind turbine is located on Friday, Sept. 22, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. For information and directions to the wind farm contact Ghita Levenstein at (303) 492-3229. Thanks to the efforts of students, the University of Colorado at Boulder is the largest university purchaser of wind power in the nation.

Chemistry and biochemistry Professor David Nesbitt will kick off the 2000-2001 University of Colorado at Boulder CU Wizards season with plenty of booms and fizzles as he presents "Fun with Molecules," Saturday, Sept. 30, at 9:30 a.m. in the Cristol Chemistry and Biochemistry Building, room 140. Professor Nesbitt’s show will shed light on the wonders of chemical reactions with several experiments, like turning a pickle into a light bulb and generating light without heat – just like fireflies.

With a gift of appreciated stock, Ruth and Ken Wright of Boulder have endowed a directorship with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The fund will perpetually generate support to attract distinguished directors who will bring their artistic talents to Boulder each summer.

The University of Colorado at Boulder will hold its annual Study Abroad Peer Advising Fair Tuesday, Sept. 26, in the University Memorial Center's Glenn Miller Ballroom from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Â鶹ÒùÔº will be able to gather general information about CU-Boulder's 140 study abroad programs including program costs, scholarship opportunities and financial aid. Â鶹ÒùÔº also can explore new program options in Cuba, the Southern Cone (Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay), Fiji, London, Berlin, Norway, Russia, Jordan and Turkey.

Area middle-school students get a lesson on harvesting WHO: CU-BoulderÂ’s Office of Community Relations and Boulder Community Food Share garden staff along with 11- to 14 year-old students from Sojourner School will be on hand to harvest and winterize the campus's four gardens. WHAT: The final harvest at the four community gardens on campus. Sponsors are CU-BoulderÂ’s Office of Community Relations and Department of Facilities Management, and BoulderÂ’s Community Food Share. WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 1 p.m.

CU-Boulder Professor Emeritus Jacques Pankove was one of four nationally known innovators in urban building design, military aviation and optical technology to receive the outstanding engineering alumni award from the University of California, Berkeley, last week.

A minor explosion at CU-BoulderÂ’s Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy Research Lab about 11:40 a.m. today caused the temporary evacuation of the building. There were no injuries and only minor damage to the structure was reported. The approximately 15 students, faculty and researchers inside the building at the time were immediately evacuated. There was no smoke or fire in the lab, which is located in the CU Research Park at 38th Street and Colorado Avenue.

A campus health and wellness fair for University of Colorado at Boulder students, faculty, staff and community members will be held in the Glenn Miller Ballroom of the University Memorial Center on Tuesday, Sept. 19, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Among the programs and services to be featured will be blood pressure screenings, nutritional counseling, chair massage, chiropractic, smoking cessation, herbal medicine, women's health information, a signup for Sept. 20 cholesterol screenings and a raffle for prizes.