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Editors: Enclosed are the names of degree candidates from your area. This list was accurate as of April 30, and is subject to change pending final grade reports. Local students were among the more than 3,800 who received degrees May 14 in spring commencement exercises at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder. Of the degrees awarded, 2,872 were bachelor's degrees, 686 were master's degrees, 187 were doctoral degrees and 131 were law degrees. Dennis Van Gerven, professor of anthropology and 1998 Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Professor of the Year, gave the commencement address.

Being good has its rewards in this life, as well as in the next. Research conducted partly at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder has found that regular churchgoers live longer than people who seldom or never attend worship services. For the first time, that extra lifespan has been quantified. While there are differences between genders and races, in general those who go to church once or more each week can look forward to about seven more years than those who never attend.

The university honored a number of distinguished Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School alumni, Saturday, May 10, at the 18th Annual Alumni Awards Banquet. The recipients of the 1999 Distinguished Achievement Awards included: o In the government category, Karen Steinhauser of the Denver District AttorneyÂ’s Office. o In the private practitioner category, John Wittemyer of Boulder. o In the small firm category, Frank Cooley of Meeker. o In the judicial category, the Honorable Richard Paynter of Denver.

Lia Baros, a junior in the Minority Arts & Sciences Program (MASP), will be spending her senior year as a freshman again. Her outstanding academic record and personal achievements so impressed the admissions interviewing team at the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ School of Dentistry that she was admitted a year early. Lia will be a student at the Health Sciences Center in the fall, completing her bachelor's degree and starting dental school at the same time.

The highest award given to undergraduates in the College of Arts and Sciences at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder, the prestigious Jacob Van Ek Award, will be presented to 18 students tomorrow (May 13). No more than 20 students each year receive the award for their outstanding academic achievement and contributions to the university community. The award includes a $200 check to assist with college expenses.

John Taylor, a nationally renowned physics professor at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder, has been selected to receive the Hazel Barnes Prize, the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder's highest recognition for teaching and research. The prize includes an engraved University Medal and cash award of $20,000. Chancellor Richard L. Byyny announced that Taylor, creator of the popular Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Wizards program, will be recognized during summer commencement exercises, held Aug. 7 in the Norlin Quadrangle.

If you think business is chaotic, youÂ’re right. "The world may appear to be disorderly, but beneath the apparent disorder there is actually order," says Irene Sanders, director of the Business Network at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-BoulderÂ’s Center for Chaos and Complexity. "Once business leaders learn to understand that, they can interpret, anticipate and even influence change."

The Scripps Howard Foundation has awarded a three-year grant of $687,228 to the Center for Environmental Journalism at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder to continue the Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism. The fellowships moved to Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ in 1996 after a national competition among leading universities. They are designed to give journalists with at least five years experience an opportunity to deepen their understanding of environmental science, policy, law and journalism.

Paul Hindman, children's author and staff member at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder, will read from his new book, "Dragon Bones," co-authored by Nate Evans of Kansas City, Mo., on Thursday, May 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Cortez Center. Hindman's talk, titled, "Dragon Bones: A Dramatic Reading for Grown-Ups by the Author," is the fourth and final in the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder spring lecture series in Cortez.

The Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Advanced Photonics Technology Center, a joint effort of educational institutions, state agencies and companies, will hold a grand opening May 13 at the Higher Education Advanced Technology Center at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ’s Lowry campus. The non-profit center will be used to train workers in skills needed by the photonics industry, to transfer photonics technology from Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ universities to industry and provide a prototyping facility for Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ companies, said CAPT Director Brian Hooker.