As announced earlier, thanks to the Faculty-in Residence-Summer-Term (FIRST) program, a leading Russian poet Associate Professor Polina Barskova (Hampshire College) is supposed to teach a Maymester course RUSS 4831 Contemporary Russian Literature (May 11-29, three credit hours, Core: Literature and Arts and Contemporary Societies). Eleven students are already enrolled, but it may be closed since at least 17 students are required for a Maymester course. Please spread the word and support this innovative course.

Applications for 2016 Alternative Breaks site leaders are open. Alternative Breaks is a student-led group where students participate in a week-long service trip during spring break or a two-week long service trip in May. Site-leaders participate in nine months of leadership development training and work with AB staff to organize and plan all AB trips. In teams of two, site leaders work to secure trip logistics, provide peer education, participant recruitment, community partner relationships and facilitate meaningful reflections on trips.

Thursday, May 7 Dining Centers Sewall, Darley and Libby close at 2 p.m. C4C closes at 8 p.m. Grab-n-Gos All grab-n-gos close at 2 p.m. Retail Zeller's, The Hub, emporium, Village Market, close at 2 p.m. WeatherTech Cafe closes at 2 a.m. (Thursday morning) Friday, May 15 The Bakery closes 3 p.m.

Thursday, April 23, is “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.” This event provides a wonderful opportunity to introduce our children to the “behind the scenes” work that goes into operating our world-class university. CU’s Fiske Planetarium is offering a special show for children (all ages) from 8:45-9:45 a.m. Facilities Management Department is hosting a Safe and Secure Online workshop for kids ages 7-14. 4-5 p.m. at RL2, room 321. CU’s Rec Center is also offering fun activities and a pizza lunch for kids from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

The Biological Sciences Initiative (BSI) is sponsoring a poster symposium of UROP-HHMI grant recipients funded through BSI. Undergraduates represent several departments including IPHY, EBIO, MCDB, Neuroscience, Biochemistry and Engineering. Please come by and view their research work. The symposium will be on Monday, April 27, 4:30-6:30 p.m. in Recreation Center C250. Light refreshments will be served.

Come spend an evening in Italy. Enjoy three more recent, critically acclaimed Italian films at the 2015 Italian Film Festival USA of Boulder. All films on the University of Colorado, Boulder campus. The festival opened on April 10 and runs through May 2. All films are free and open to the public, in Italian with English subtitles. Schedule remaining: April 25, 6 p.m., ATLAS 100; April 26, 6 p.m. ATLAS 100; May 2, 6 p.m., ATLAS 100.

Come spend an evening in Italy. Enjoy three more recent, critically acclaimed Italian films at the 2015 Italian Film Festival USA of Boulder. All films on the University of Colorado, Boulder campus. The festival opened on April 10 and runs through May 2. All films are free and open to the public, in Italian with English subtitles. Schedule remaining: April 25, 6 p.m., ATLAS 100; April 26, 6 p.m. ATLAS 100; May 2, 6 p.m., ATLAS 100.

Come spend an evening in Italy. Enjoy three more recent, critically acclaimed Italian films at the 2015 Italian Film Festival USA of Boulder. All films on the CU-Boulder campus. The festival opened on April 10 and runs through May 2. All films are free and open to the public, in Italian with English subtitles. Schedule remaining: April 25, 6 p.m., ATLAS 100; April 26, 6 p.m. ATLAS 100; May 2, 6 p.m., ATLAS 100.

Come join SORCE and the Women’s Resource Center at the Recess Open House on April 30. We’ll be hanging out from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in UMC 415-417. There will be fun activities including coloring books, board games, Just Dance 4, a meet and greet with staff and more. Free food and drinks while they last.

Khenpo Tsultrim Lodrö is a leading figure at Larung Buddhist Academy in eastern Tibet, the largest Buddhist institution on the Tibetan plateau with more than 10,000 monks and nuns. A Buddhist scholar of high regard, he is a prolific author and speaker on Buddhist ethics and an important voice of Buddhist modernism in Tibet. CAS Speaker Series. Tuesday, April 28, 6 p.m., Center for British and Irish Studies, 5th floor, Norlin Library, CU-Boulder.