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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.

A jazz bassist at the University of Colorado at Boulder has been named the most outstanding instrumental soloist of the 2004 Down Beat Magazine Student Music Awards. Gonzalo Teppa, a senior majoring in bass performance, is the latest CU-Boulder student to be recognized in Down Beat's annual national competition for high school and college jazz musicians. CU-Boulder students and performing groups have won multiple awards in each of the last three competitions.

Unprecedented changes in the way athletics are administered and run at the University of Colorado were announced today by University President Elizabeth Hoffman and Boulder Chancellor Richard L. Byyny. “Make no mistake, the organizational and structural actions we are announcing today are serious, sweeping and will dramatically alter the relationship between the Athletics Department and the rest of the University,” said President Hoffman. “We believe the new structure and procedures are unprecedented among major universities.”

The track at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Potts Field will see a different kind of relay starting June 4, 2004 as more than 30 teams, comprising hundreds of participants, will begin a 15-hour event to raise money for the fight against cancer. One representative from each team will be on the track at all times, symbolizing the never-ending fight against cancer. Luminaria will circle the track, representing friends and loved ones who have battled the disease.

The Robert H. and Beverly A. Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at the CU-Boulder Leeds School of Business has received a $10,000 grant to support summer entrepreneurship internships for MBA students. The grant is the seventh to be awarded to the Deming Center by the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City, Mo., a not-for-profit organization that aims to accelerate entrepreneurship in America.

Bryan Pellom, a research assistant professor in CU-Boulder's Center for Spoken Language Research and Thomas Zeiler, professor and chair of CU-Boulder's history department, have been awarded Fulbright Scholar grants to teach and conduct research internationally. Pellom, an expert in speech recognition software and author of the large-vocabulary continuous speech recognition system, SONIC, which is used in many CSLR research projects, will travel to Finland in fall 2004.

According to new research led by a University of Colorado at Boulder geophysicist, a giant asteroid that hit the coast of Mexico 65 million years ago probably incinerated all the large dinosaurs that were alive at the time in only a few hours, and only those organisms already sheltered in burrows or in water were left alive.

Bob and Judy Charles have given a $1.5 million gift to create an endowed chair at the University of Colorado at Boulder's School of Education, the education school's first endowed chair. The Bob and Judy Charles Endowed Chair in Education will permanently fund a faculty position in the School of Education, while also providing additional research funds for the honorary recipient of the chair. Margaret Eisenhart, a professor of educational anthropology and research methodology who has been at CU-Boulder since 1987, has been named as the chair's first holder.

Editors Note: The press is invited to attend and photograph the sculpture, which will be on display Tuesday, May 25, at 4: 30 p.m. in the Norlin Library east entrance. The venerable card catalog has been transformed from a piece of outdated furniture to the hallmark of a new donor society at the University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. The sculpture will be unveiled Tuesday, May 25, at 4:30 p.m. in the Norlin Library east entrance. The 15-member Libraries Development Advisory Board will attend.