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University of Colorado at Boulder Police are investigating a break-in at the campus's Wardenburg Health Center on Dec. 15 in which prescriptions that were ready for pickup may have been taken from the pharmacy. Wardenburg officials are doing an inventory to determine if any prescriptions are missing, said Cmdr. John Kish of the CU Police Department. No prescriptions were missing as of Monday.

University of Colorado at Boulder officials today announced that a server in the campus's Academic Advising Center was the subject of a computer attack. CU-Boulder officials said they had begun the process of notifying 17,500 individuals that their personal information - including names and Social Security numbers - might have been exposed in the attack. CU-Boulder officials are continuing to determine the extent of information exposed.

Making a classroom geyser from mints and soda will be among the experiments highlighting the University of Colorado at Boulder's Dec. 23 CU Wizards show "Go With the Flow." CU-Boulder faculty member Janet deGrazia of the chemical and biological engineering department will present the show at 9:30 a.m. in Cristol Chemistry and Biochemistry room 140 on the Boulder campus. During the show, deGrazia will explore the properties of fluids. Guests will take part in experiments and learn why soap floats, how to keep the carbonation in soda and how to make "elephant snot."

The National Communication Association recently named University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Emeritus John Waite Bowers one of the association's distinguished scholars. Bowers is one of three CU-Boulder professors to receive the award, which recognizes lifetime achievement in communication scholarship. The others are Gerard Hauser and Stanley Deetz.

The University of Colorado at Boulder will expand a need-based scholarship program designed to attract and retain non-traditional students through an $80,000 Daniels Opportunity Scholarship grant from the Daniels Fund beginning in 2007.

MEDIA ADVISORY A new podcast produced by the University of Colorado at Boulder Office of News Services offers shopping tips from Leeds School of Business Professor Donald Lichtenstein to help consumers save money. Even with all the choices and information available to shoppers today on the Internet, Lichtenstein said many shoppers still lose when it comes to getting the best price for their gifts because most people engage in surprisingly little "search behavior" before making a purchase.

The ATLAS building, the University of Colorado at Boulder's new technology learning center, has become the first facility in the CU system to attain a gold rating, one of the nation's highest for green building design. The Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society, or ATLAS, building has achieved the U.S. Green Building Council's gold rating under its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program.

There's good news for children growing up in bad neighborhoods in a comprehensive study led by nationally renowned University of Colorado at Boulder sociology Professor Delbert Elliott.

The horrific school shootings in Bailey, Colo., and Lancaster County, Pa., this fall prompted calls from some citizens to fortify schools with fencing and metal detectors but more effective safety strategies are available, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder school violence expert.

The University of Colorado at Boulder will hold its winter commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 22, at 9:30 a.m. in the Coors Events/Conference Center on campus. Guests should plan to be seated by 9 a.m. and early arrival is strongly suggested due to possible traffic delays. Guests also are asked not to bring large purses or bags to the ceremony, and people entering the center may be subject to search. The university ceremony is free and open to the public.