The University of Colorado at Boulder Police Department is investigating the theft of a computer server from the Engineering Center on the CU-Boulder campus.
The theft occurred in the early morning hours of Saturday, Nov. 18, said CU Police Lt. John Kish. The server is an Aspen System Dual 2.66 GHz unit and is approximately three years old.
The server contains several years of research data that is extremely important to several graduate students who used the computer. According to electrical engineering Professor Kelvin Wagner, the data would not likely be useful to anyone else. CU authorities are working with Wagner to determine the precise nature of the total data lost.
CU-Boulder and Boulder County Crime Stoppers are offering a reward of up to $1,000 for any information that leads to the arrest and filing of charges for those responsible. Additional reward monies also are being made available.
Anyone with information can contact the CU-Boulder Police at (303) 492-6666. Those who wish to remain anonymous can contact Boulder County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-444-3776 or 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), or can go to the Crime Stoppers Web site at .