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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.

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.