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University of Colorado at Boulder classics Professor Eckart Schütrumpf's quest to assemble little-known philosophical works by Aristotle has earned the professor a $75,000 German research award. Schütrumpf's Alexander von Humboldt Research Award for foreign scholars in the humanities was granted for distinguished accomplishments in research and teaching and for the pursuit of a project considered worthy of funding. Schütrumpf is considered one of the world's foremost experts on Aristotle, the ancient Greek philosopher who lived from 384 to 322 B.C.

A bullwhip, hydrogen-filled balloons and homemade musical instruments will be used during the Dec. 17 CU Wizards show "Boom! The Physics of Sound and Air Pressure." The free program begins at 9:30 a.m. in room G1B30 of the Duane Physics building on the CU-Boulder campus. Michael Dubson, a senior instructor in the physics department, will implode a 50-gallon steel drum using air pressure, create a sonic boom with a bullwhip and stage a tug-of-war with the pressure of the atmosphere.

University of Colorado at Boulder senior Brendan Hickey is about to graduate with a bachelor's degree in finance, and he's batting a thousand. In the baseball world, that means he's never made an out. In the academic world, it means he's never received a grade lower than an A. For Hickey, 21, of Nederland, this includes college, high school and even grade school, as far as he can remember. So what's his secret?

Planning a ski vacation this season but you think it's too late to get into shape? Well it's not, according to Ray Browning, a fitness expert and University of Colorado at Boulder physiology researcher. "Research would suggest that you can make some gains in your strength in a four- to five-week period of time, so you have enough time," said Browning. "It's not too late, you don't have to suffer through your vacation."