Are you a gamer? Want bragging rights? Here’s your chance!

Join one of the weekly video game tournaments at The Connection. Sign up starts 6 p.m. at The Connection front desk. $5 entry fee. Play begins at 7 p.m. Tournament formats are double elimination and/or round robin, with prizes for top finishers!

Upcoming dates:
Sept. 22: Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare on PS4
Oct. 20: NHL 17 on Xbox One
Nov. 17: Super Smash Bros. Brawl on Wii

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How can disaster response effectively address vulnerable populations, that is, those “left behind” by inequalities in race, class, gender, and bodily impairment? How should the state take such inequalities into account in disaster policy, and how can citizen groups affected by disaster effectively negotiate these inequalities to pursue a unified goal?

Drawing on fieldwork-based case studies and ethical theory, panelists will examine how disaster response is inflected by vulnerability and how it could be improved.

Tuesday, Sept. 19, 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Education building, room 220

Electrify your Friday and Saturday nights at the only extreme bowling in Boulder! From 7 p.m. to close, enjoy black lights, lane lights and color pins. Win prizes for color head pin strikes.

Upcoming dates:
Every Friday and Saturday night through Dec. 16
Except for fall break Nov. 24–25

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For anyone trying to figure out the temper (literally!) of our times, the term “populism” is omnipresent, seeming to adopt a different meaning at every appearance.

The Center of the American West presents the influential and accomplished American historian Michael Kazin, a professor of history at Georgetown University and the author of The Populist Persuasion: An American History (originally published in 1995), which explores the changing meanings and practices of populism through the course of American history.

In a conversation with Center of the American West Faculty Director Patty Limerick, Kazin will share his distinctive understanding of populism in the past and present, providing the audience with steady and insightful interpretations to deploy as they navigate through disorienting times.

Thursday, Sept. 21, 6 p.m.
Eaton Humanities, room 150

Join Dave Leatherman, Master of Forestry, Duke University, for a free lecture Sept. 21 titled "Our Feathered Service Providers."

Leatherman will explore the ecological services provided by Boulder-area birds, including the pollination of plants, regulation of other organisms often labeled by human society as "pests", distribution of plant seeds and even how they inspire music and other art forms. Mingled throughout will be tips on how to encourage birds in our yards and public lands.

Thursday, Sept. 21, 7 p.m.
Hale Science, room 270

Come get crafty with the CU Women's Resource Center during our first Crafternoon event of the year! Make new connections, relax and let your creativity loose while making some bath bombs. Students, staff and faculty are welcome.

Anderson Language and Technology Center (ALTEC) offers 10-week, non-credit language courses to individuals wishing to learn new languages or who want to improve their language abilities. For more information or to register, please visit our website.

The Cognitive Development Center in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience is looking for children age birth to 12 years old who are interested in playing games that will help teach us about self-control, language and cognitive strategies.

A visit, scheduled at your convenience, lasts about 60 minutes. Babysitting is available for siblings. Parents are compensated for travel and kids receive a fun prize.

To sign up, please visit our website; email cogdevctr@colorado.edu with your child’s name, gender, date of birth and parent contact information (address, phone number, email address); or call us at 303-492-6389.

Feel free to check out our Facebook page for more information.

The Sept. 14 Crash Course session features a fast-paced discussion to dispel common employment law myths. Led by experienced employment attorney Amy Hartman, this course is geared toward entrepreneurs and others in the startup community who are interested in learning more about employment-related issues.

An expert panel featuring Michael Tognetti, general counsel and vice president of SendGrid, and Kirk Holland, managing director of Access Venture Partners, will follow, along with audience Q&A.

The event is free for faculty, staff and students. Online registration closes at 9 a.m. Sept. 14, though walk-in registration is welcome. Visit Silicon Flatirons online for more information.

Thursday, Sept. 14, 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Wolf Law Building, room 301

Put on your poker face, see if Lady Luck is with you and win prizes! Sign up 6 p.m. at The Connection front desk; cards fly at 7 p.m. All skill levels are welcome.

Upcoming dates:
Sept. 5, 19
Oct. 3, 17, 31
Nov. 14, 28
Dec. 12, Grand Championship (winners play-off)

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Join Steve Lekson Sept. 19 for a free lecture titled "Mimbres at the Museum: Earl, Hugo, Anna and Me" about ancient pottery and culture of New Mexico.

The 11th century Mimbres culture of New Mexico is famous for its ceramic art: black-and-white images of animals and people painted on simple earthenware pots. In 1925, the CU Museum acquired a large collection of Mimbres pottery when Junius Henderson (the first director of the museum) asked archaeologist Earl Morris to excavate Mimbres sites. Steve Lekson (curator of archaeology) has done extensive fieldwork in the Mimbres region and discovered many strange and wonderful things in the CU Museum's collections.

Tuesday, Sept. 19, 7 p.m.
Hale Science, room 270

The Student Engagement & Collaboration Area (SECA) in the University Memorial Center (UMC) is a space where Recognized Student Organizations (RSO) can come together, collaborate and prepare for events and projects.

It includes:

• Meeting rooms
• 55" monitors and computer hook-ups
• Prep/work rooms
• Lounge areas
• Whiteboard space
• Lockable storage cabinets

If your organization would like to reserve a room in the SECA lounge, visit the UMC online for all the information.

On Sept. 15, Instructor Galina Siergiejczyk will present an hour-long concert by Boulder chorus Planina: Songs of Eastern Europe preceded and followed by dialogue with students. 

The creative artistic performance, titled "Voices: Dimensions of Cultural Diversity and Critical Dialogue," aims to impart a meaningful cultural diversity experience for the first-year students at CU Boulder and to leverage resulting appreciation of the cultural legacy of multiethnic and multigenerational voices through inclusivity, open discussion and mindful action in their college experience. 

The performance is geared toward first-year students but open to the larger campus community. Please RVSP at grap@colorado.edu by Wednesday, Sept. 13.

Friday, Sept. 15, 5:30 to 8 p.m.
Kittredge Central Hall, room N114

On Sept. 15, CU Boulder and the Dairy Arts Center are pleased to present a screening of a rare 1918 silent film, The Yellow Ticket, accompanied by an original film score composed and performed live by klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals with jazz pianist Marilyn Lerner.

A panel discussion will follow the film, featuring Svigals and Learner alongside CU Boulder faculty members Yonatan Malin, Harumi Rhodes and David Shneer.

To view a trailer for the film and purchase tickets, please visit the Dairy Arts Center online. Current CU Boulder students who show their Buff OneCard at the box office on the day of the concert will receive a special $5 ticket!

To learn more about The Yellow Ticket film screening, please visit the event page. 

Friday, Sept. 15, 8 to 10:30 p.m.
Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St.

Photo credit: Chris Randle

Interested in learning a new language?

This fall, Anderson Language and Technology Center (ALTEC) is offering non-credit language courses in Spanish, Swahili, French and Italian.

The 10-week classes meet once a week in the evenings for two hours. Classes begin the week of Sept. 18. For more information or to register, please visit our website.