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Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder are working to pinpoint rapidly melting glaciers and ice fields they believe may hold human artifacts and other organic materials, which could revolutionize anthropological theories and provide invaluable clues to human migration, colonization and adaptation dating back thousands of years.

James F. Williams II, dean and director of the University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries, is the 2002 recipient of the American Library Association's Melvil Dewey Medal, which recognizes distinguished service to the profession of librarianship. The award is given to an individual or group for recent creative professional achievement in library management, training, cataloging and classification, and the tools and techniques of librarianship. The medal was presented June 18 during the ALA's annual conference in Atlanta.

University of Colorado at Boulder's School of Education and CU women's basketball coach Ceal Barry are collaborating on a computer camp for 25 female African American and Latina students grades six to eight June 24 to June 28 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Barry and assistant coach La Tonya Watson will conduct a basketball mini-clinic on June 25 at the CU Recreation Center. Watson, an African American, also will speak to the students during lunch about her life experiences and becoming assistant coach.

Chancellor Richard Byyny and the Boettcher Foundation have announced that 15 Boettcher Scholars have chosen to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder for their undergraduate studies, the highest number of any Colorado institution. The Boettcher Scholarship is considered to be the most prestigious merit-based scholarship available to graduating high school seniors in the state of Colorado. Forty Boettcher Scholars are selected annually to attend any of the 16 four-year accredited colleges and universities in Colorado.