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The University of Colorado at Boulder is ranked 25th among the nationÂ’s top public four-year institutions in U.S. News and World ReportÂ’s 1999 Best Colleges issue. The nationÂ’s top public universities in the U.S. News ranking were the University of California-Berkeley and the University of Virginia. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked third and the University of California-Los Angeles and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor tied for fourth.

The Center of the American West at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder will host "Words to Stir the Soul: Readings from the American West," on Thursday, Aug. 27, at 7 p.m. in Old Main Chapel. Faculty, students and community members will celebrate the rich literary heritage of the American West as they read segments from their favorite western-inspired literature.

The Center of the American West at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder will host "Words to Stir the Soul: Readings from the American West," on Thursday, Aug. 27, at 7 p.m. in Old Main Chapel. Faculty, students and community members will celebrate the rich literary heritage of the American West as they read segments from their favorite western-inspired literature.

The Center of the American West at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder will host "Words to Stir the Soul: Readings from the American West," on Thursday, Aug. 27, at 7 p.m. in Old Main Chapel. Faculty, students and community members will celebrate the rich literary heritage of the American West as they read segments from their favorite western-inspired literature.

The Center of the American West at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder will host "Words to Stir the Soul: Readings from the American West," on Thursday, Aug. 27, at 7 p.m. in Old Main Chapel. Faculty, students and community members will celebrate the rich literary heritage of the American West as they read segments from their favorite western-inspired literature.

Excited students and eager parents traveling to ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder in packed cars for freshman move-in days will be greeted by ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä faculty and staff on Aug. 18 and Aug. 19. The new freshman class will move into residence halls on Aug. 18 from 8 a.m. to noon and Aug. 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Informational tents will be set up to answer questions and provide directions in Farrand Field, Kittredge Commons and Darley Commons. An informational table also will be set up in Sewall Hall.

Several students at the University of Colorado at Boulder have received scholarships from the Max Kade Foundation to study abroad in Germany. The Max Kade Foundation, a German foundation interested in higher education and international exchange, awards travel scholarships to students participating in ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder exchange programs to Germany. Following are the names of each scholarship recipient, their hometown, award amount, location and duration of study and academic major:

Fourteen students at the University of Colorado at Boulder have been awarded diversity scholarships to study in other countries in 1998-99. Two diversity scholarships, one awarded by ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder and the other by the Colorado Commission of Higher Education (CCHE), help cover expenses in the Study Abroad program for Colorado residents who are underrepresented on the Boulder campus because they are ethnic minorities or from the state's rural areas.

The study abroad program at the University of Colorado at Boulder has awarded $81,100 in scholarship aid to 104 students enrolled in study abroad programs in 1998-99. Eight ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder students were awarded scholarships to participate in study abroad programs offered through Syracuse University. The aid comes from the program's auxiliary accounts, alumni donations, the Colorado Commission on Higher Education Diversity Fund and foundation donations.

A University of Colorado at Boulder research team led by history Professor Robert Hohlfelder has discovered the remains of a 1,700-year-old Christian church submerged in shallow water in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of southern Turkey. The stone church, about 20 meters long and 10 meters wide, apparently was built sometime after 330 A.D. on the shoreline of the ancient city of Aperlae. As the shoreline subsided over the centuries due to earthquake activity, the church gradually sank about six feet into the clear Mediterranean water, said Hohlfelder.