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Officials at the University of Colorado at Boulder are seeking information about the apparent theft of an historic piece of sandstone planned as the seat for a bronze sculpture in memory of the late Bruce Ekstrand, former vice chancellor for academic affairs. The 50-year-old sandstone slab was reported missing Wednesday afternoon from a construction site at Old Main on the Boulder campus. It was to have been used as a seating surface for a Robert Frost scuplture in remembrance of Ekstrand.

A team led by University of Colorado at Boulder astronomers has been selected to design a new $25 million spectrograph for the Hubble Space Telescope that will be built jointly by ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. in Boulder.

The University of Colorado at Boulder Campus Staff Council is sponsoring a drive to benefit victims of the recent flooding in Fort Collins. Donations of non-perishable food, baby items, personal hygiene items and cleaning supplies are needed, according to the American Red Cross. Collection boxes have been set up in most buildings on the main campus as well as some on the East Campus. Donations also may be given to Staff Council representatives.

John Bernhard, vice chancellor for administration and finance at the University of Colorado at Denver, has withdrawn his candidacy for the position of vice chancellor for administration at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Bernhard said he made the decision “after considerable thought and after receiving a lot of advice.” “It was a close call from my perspective,” Bernhard said. “It would have been an honor to be a part of Chancellor Dick Byyny’s team, but the job was not structured in a way that took best advantage of my background and experience.”