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Although observations from an Arizona telescope show that several young stars near the Orion Nebula have been stripped of the gas and dust surrounding them by radiation from massive stars nearby, these stars surprisingly produce supersonic jets of gas shooting out from them.

George Born, professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been recognized for his career achievement by the American Astronautical Society, the premier American scientific and technical group dedicated to the advancement of space science and exploration Professor Born received the Dirk Brouwer Award, which honors significant technical contributions to space flight mechanics and astrodynamics, at the organization's national conference and 45th annual meeting, held Nov. 17-19, in Houston.

Jean Kim, vice chancellor for student affairs at CU-Boulder, announced her resignation today, citing her desire to spend more time with her family and expand her successful part-time consulting practice. Kim will leave her post on May 15th, 1999, to focus on her consulting career, which involves work with Fortune 500 companies primarily in the areas of leadership development, diverse workforce enhancement and strategic organizational development.

MBA placement statistics at the University of Colorado at Boulder show that 1998 graduates of the full-time, two-year program will earn an average salary of $59,514 -- a 20 percent increase from 1997. In addition, 88 percent of all graduates were placed within three months of graduation, as were 91 percent of domestic students.

John Costanza, pioneer of the Demand Flow Technology management strategy that has revolutionized the manufacturing industry, will present a seminar for faculty and graduate students at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Monday, Nov. 30.

Although AIDS in the nation's black community has evolved into a full-blown epidemic, less than 1 percent of U.S. biomedical researchers are black, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder HIV researcher.

The University of Colorado at Boulder will present its 34th annual Colorado Business Economic Outlook Forum at 1:15 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 7. The presentation, which is free and open to the public, is in the grand ballroom of the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver.

University of Colorado basketball fans can attend the womenÂ’s and menÂ’s games for just $1 on Nov. 27 and Dec. 2 by bringing a donation of a packaged, unprepared dessert to assist needy families during the holidays.

University of Colorado basketball fans can help needy children in Boulder County this holiday season by donating toys at upcoming menÂ’s and womenÂ’s games. The Nov. 28 womenÂ’s games and Dec. 5 menÂ’s game will host a toy drive to benefit the Toys for Tots program. Donations of new, unwrapped toys will be accepted at the door.

The third installment of the CU Wizards series at the University of Colorado at Boulder, "Boom! The Physics of Air Pressure and Sound," will be held on Saturday, Nov. 28 at 9:30 a.m. in Duane Physics room G-030. CU-Boulder physics instructor Michael Dubson will use exciting visual displays to explain several scientific phenomena including sonic booms, sound and the Bernoulli Principle.