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Instead of spending summer vacations sitting in air-conditioned movie theaters or playing computer games, 16 students from Denver's Thomas Jefferson and North high schools will get the chance to make their own digital movies and set up their own computer networks. DigitalCUrrents Summer Day Camp, which runs for three weeks until June 25 on the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus, gives students the ability to learn about technology with hands-on projects.

Stephen Lawrence, an associate dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø, has been named interim dean of the school effective July 1. His appointment is pending approval by the Board of Regents at the June 30 meeting and will be effective for one year. Lawrence will take over the post to be vacated by current Dean Steven Manaster, who in March announced he would not seek reappointment when his contract as dean expires on June 30.

Editors: Please note students from your community. Eighteen undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø have received the prestigious Jacob Van Ek Award for outstanding academic achievement and contributions to the university and Â鶹¹ÙÍø 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-Â鶹¹ÙÍø from 1929 to 1959. Van Ek died in 1994 at the age of 97.

Researchers at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø 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.