Earn six credits in four weeks this summer while fully immersing yourself in Brazilian culture! Practice your Portuguese language skills with locals (some language experience required), attend traditional festivals and enjoy adventure travel excursions. Students will study and conduct field research in the topic of socio-environmental dynamics in contemporary Brazil. Learn more at an upcoming informational meeting: Monday, Oct. 26, 4 to 4:30 p.m. HUMN 1B90. (Photo by Tania Martuscelli).

Earn 6 credits in 4 weeks this summer while fully immersing yourself in Brazilian culture! Practice your Portuguese language skills with locals (some language experience required), attend traditional festivals and enjoy adventure travel excursions!  Students will study and conduct field research in the topic of socio-environmental dynamics in contemporary Brazil. Learn more at an upcoming informational meeting: Monday, Oct. 26, 4 to 4:30 p.m. HUMN 1B90. (Photo by Tania Martuscelli)

The Russian Program at CU-Boulder cordially invites you to join its faculty and students in celebration of a Belarusian author Svetalana Alexievich, the winner of 2015 Nobel Prize in literature. On the party’s program will be a short lecture about the writer by Professor Mark Leiderman (Lipovetsky) and readings from her translated works by CU students. This joyful event will take place in HUMN 1B90 from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20. A small reception to follow.

Study abroad this summer in one of the most ancient cities in China and integrate into campus life at Xi'an Jiaotong University. Students will study China in the making through studying local literature and history on site.  Excursions include: the Terra Cotta Warriors, the Tang Dynasty tombs, Beijing and the Great Wall. This is a competitive program due to a generous scholarship available to all admitted participants. For more information: Interest Meeting, Tuesday Oct. 27, 5 p.m. UMC 344.

Study abroad this summer in one of the most ancient cities in China and integrate into campus life at Xi'an Jiaotong University. Students will study China in the making through studying local literature and history on site.  Excursions include: the Terra Cotta Warriors, the Tang Dynasty tombs, Beijing and the Great Wall. This is a competitive program due to a generous scholarship available to all admitted participants. For more information: Interest meeting, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 5 p.m. UMC 344.

Bioneers connects over 70 social and scientific innovators with breakthrough solutions for restoring people and planet, for the purposes of network cultivation, cross­-pollination and the transfer of effective practices, models, technologies and key ideas. The 13th annual event includes a broadcast of the national Bioneers plenaries and is locally enriched with: art, networking, field trips, sessions, workshops and keynotes addressing topics of regional importance and community solutions.

One reporter conducted a Peabody-winning investigative report on Army recruitment practices that rattled the Pentagon. Another brought attention to the struggles faced by gay and lesbian teens in her high school, sparking a fierce community dialogue. When a shooting death rocked their school, a team of yearbook editors faced the gravity of the moment to support empathy and healing. These are the stories of high school journalism in Colorado. For more information, visit https://newscorpsdocumentary.wordpress.com/.

“Culture Wars in Rome” is a two-week course led by Priscilla Craven, a senior instructor in the CU-Boulder Italian Department. Students earn three humanities (or elective) credits through lectures and visits to major sites in and near Rome. Spend your Maymester walking, talking, eating and exploring in central Rome! Attend an info. meeting with the director and past participants: Oct. 29, 4:30 to 5 p.m. in ECCR 131. (Photo by Blake Buchanan).

“Culture Wars in Rome” is a two-week course led by Priscilla Craven, a senior instructor in the CU-Boulder Italian Department. Students earn three humanities (or elective) credits through lectures and visits to major sites in and near Rome. Spend your Maymester walking, talking, eating and exploring in central Rome. Attend an info. meeting with the director and past participants: Oct. 29, 4:30 to 5 p.m. in ECCR 131. (Photo by Blake Buchanan).

The Cleopatra Jaramillo Estrada Activist Legacy Scholarship is a $500 academic annual award in the Women's Resource Center. It is named for Cleo Estrada who has devoted her life's work to the struggle for social justice for underrepresented communities. Qualifications: * Applicants must be a current University of Colorado Boulder undergraduate student * Demonstrated activism around issues of social justice and gender equity within the campus community * minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA Scholarship Deadline: Friday, Nov. 13, 2015