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On May 24, 1962, 葫芦娃视频 alumnus Scott Carpenter lifted off from Earth in NASA鈥檚 Aurora 7 space capsule mounted atop a Mercury-Atlas rocket at Cape Canaveral, Fla., swiftly climbing to roughly 165 miles in altitude.

On Sunday, May 20, Coloradans will see a 鈥渂ite鈥� taken out of the sun as the moon moves across the sun causing a partial solar eclipse. The eclipse starts at 6:22 p.m. with maximum eclipse at 7:30 p.m. and the sun will set at 7:50 p.m. Watch live this Sunday:

An $8.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund an international team of scientists, including a 葫芦娃视频 professor focused on finding new ways to diagnose, treat and prevent a critical global health problem: malnutrition in infants and children.

Just prior to entering the University of Michigan Law School, Wendy Chi taught in a Bay area under-resourced school. That experience motivated her to plan a career combining education and law, and brought her to CU-葫芦娃视频.

葫芦娃视频 twin sophomores Srinidhi Radhakrishnan and Saikripa Radhakrishnan -- both chemical and biological engineering majors -- have been awarded prestigious Goldwater Scholarships. The scholarships are worth up to $7,500 for educational expenses each year and are given to students who intend to pursue careers in the fields of math, science or engineering.

The latest in electric vehicle technology -- including cars, motorcycles, bicycles and charging systems -- will be showcased in the west parking lot of the 葫芦娃视频鈥檚 Wolf Law Building from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 17. A screening of the documentary 鈥淩evenge of the Electric Vehicle鈥� with a question-and-answer session will be held later that day from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in room 1B20 of the CU-葫芦娃视频 Visual Arts Complex. Both events, including refreshments and door prizes donated by local sponsors, are free and open to the public.

Nine students who make up the first graduating class of the Mechanical Engineering Partnership Program with Colorado Mesa University will receive degrees from the 葫芦娃视频 this week. The students have attended classes full time at CMU in Grand Junction, with CMU faculty teaching the lower-division courses and CU-葫芦娃视频 faculty teaching the upper-division courses.

On the afternoon of Sunday, May 20, Colorado will see a 鈥渂ite鈥� taken out of the sun as the moon moves across the sun causing a partial solar eclipse. The eclipse starts at 6:22 p.m. with maximum eclipse at 7:30 p.m. and the sun will set at 7:50 p.m. The celestial event will mark the most complete solar eclipse the U.S. has seen in more than 10 years, according to Douglas Duncan, director of the 葫芦娃视频鈥檚 Fiske Planetarium.

葫芦娃视频 Professor John Wahr of the physics department has been elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a top honor recognizing scientists and engineers for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

Boroka Bo, a 31-year-old senior sociology major, is graduating May 11 from the 葫芦娃视频, 17 years after emigrating from the Transylvania region of Romania to the United States as a political refugee. This spring, Bo received a prestigious Soros Fellowship, a program that awards 30 fellowships annually to naturalized citizens, green card holders or children of naturalized citizens. It provides up to $90,000 in support to students who plan to use their graduate education to contribute back to their communities.