Morris Rossabi of the City University of New York will offer new insights into the history of the Mongol empire. Most people perceived the thirteenth-century Mongols as plunderers, rapacious and murderers. Over the past two decades, specialists have challenged this depiction of the Mongols and of Genghis Khan and have focused on the Mongols’ contribution to trade, relations between East and West, and cultural, religious, technological and artistic diffusion. CAS Speaker Series. Wednesday, March 11, 4 p.m. in Eaton Humanities room 250.

The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Community Engagement (ODECE) seeks nominations for the 2015 Equity and Excellence Awards. This award is designed to recognize CU-Boulder undergraduate and graduate students, staff and faculty who have successfully and effectively worked to promote the principles of diversity and inclusive excellence in all campus involvement. Award recipients will be honored at a celebration on April 22 at Koenig Alumni Center.

Real Choices Student Organization is presenting a Poetry Slam on March 31 in the UMC room 225. Awarding-winning poet Ayinde Russell will be co-hosting and also giving a writing workshop after the slam. We encourage all poets and creatively minded students to submit their work to us at choices@colorado.edu . The winner of the slam will get their work in Rooster Magazine and the Colorado Daily, as well as a Campus Cash gift card.

This program is in conjunction with the exhibition The Wilderness Act at 50: A Celebration of Colorado Wilderness on display at the CU Museum of Natural History. The Wilderness Society and the CU Museum of Natural History are proud to present acclaimed Colorado photographer John Fielder as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Wilderness Act of 1964. Join us on March 10, 7-9 p.m. in the University Memorial Center (UMC) room 235 for this free event. Books and calendars by Fielder will be available for sale.

Digital tools make it easy to share, link and attribute news content, but if we as journalists do too much of that, what separates our work from a wiki? On March 11, join Rocky Mountain ONA and four expert panelists for a discussion about the ethical, legal and practical issues surrounding the aggregation or curation of digital news content. Panelists: Will Holden, Mitchell Byars, Derigan Silver and Paul Voakes Date: Wednesday, March 11 Time: 7 p.m. Location: Institute of Behavioral Science room 155A

Registration is now open for ATLAS' Maymester offerings, including Digital Media Bootcamp and the new RoboFab. Join us, strengthen your skills and learn more about creative technologies, digital design, computing or build a robot that responds to your code. ATLAS' programs are open to all students and staff of all levels of tech experience. Our courses are taught in small, hands-on classes with lots of project-based and active learning. http://tam.colorado.edu/dmbc.html http://tam.colorado.edu/robofab/index.html

Discover what Summer Session has to offer at the Summer Session info. fair on Wednesday, March 11, 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom at the UMC. Learn more about available Summer Session courses, explore your options and register. You will learn about unique summer offerings, including Maymester, Augmester, CU South Denver, online courses, and summer-exclusive courses taught by distinguished visiting faculty. Free pizza and giveaways provided.

Registration for Summer Session is now open. Many of CU-Boulder’s most popular and sought-after courses are offered during Summer Session. You can earn credit, keep up with major requirements, improve your GPA and still enjoy summer. For more information, visit summer.colorado.edu or request a catalog at http://www.colorado.edu/summer/content/request-catalog.

Researchers at CU-Boulder are seeking healthy individuals in romantic relationships between the ages of 18-55 for a laboratory study on mechanisms of pain and emotion. This study uses heat pain, and involves touch-based interaction (on the arm and hand). The pain is always tolerable. Volunteers receive $12-24 per hour for participation. Sessions range from 1-4 hours. Fill out our online eligibility form. Or email ucbpainresearch-at-gmail-dot-com with questions.

Take part in exciting new research through the Well-Being and Relationship Functioning Lab in the CU Psychology Department. Each spouse will be paid $12 an hour to have a video taped discussion with your spouse, complete a task that includes heat pain. The time commitment is approximately 2 hours per visit for 2-4 visits and all responses will be completely confidential. Please click here or email Relationship_Lab_MRI@Colorado.edu