25-35 year old Boulder or Denver area residents and CU students, faculty, staff and alumni Planning to live in the Boulder/Denver Area for next three months Compensation: $100 for three meetings. ELIGIBILITY: 25-35 years old, not regular exercisers. No non-removable metal in body. CONTACT: (303) - 492-9549 or force.researchstudy@gmail.com (Please leave your name and a number where we can reach you)

Age 65 and older, Boulder or Denver area residents and CU students, faculty, staff and alumni Planning to live in the Boulder/Denver Area for next six months Compensation: $300 for six meetings plus a 16-week supervised exercise program. ELIGIBILITY: 65 years old or older, not regular exercisers. No non-removable metal in body. CONTACT: (303)-492-9549 or force.researchstudy@gmail.com (Please leave your name and a number where we can reach you)

Each year, Center of the American West awards $500 cash prizes to talented students writing on Western topics. All CU-Boulder degree program students are eligible. Categories are poetry, fiction, memoir, creative non-fiction and academic non-fiction. The deadline is March 22, and we are accepting entries now. You could take advantage of a class assignment to write something that would be perfect for the contest. For rules, entry form, and to read winning entries from previous years, please visit our website.

Are you interested in an SIT Study Abroad program? Through the School for International Training (SIT), CU students have studied throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. Please join recent SIT alumni for a light lunch on March 4th from 1-3 p.m. in the Aspen Room, UMC. Come learn more about their experiences and ask any questions you may have about SIT programs. CU Study Abroad and SIT Study Abroad staff will be available to discuss financial aid, scholarships and application steps. We hope to see you there.

Thurs. 2/26, 5 p.m., in Norlin M549, the Departments of English and French and Italian are hosting the 1st in a series of 3 lectures on Caribbean Studies. Shalini Puri will give a talk entitled "Lives and Afterlives: The Grenada Revolution, the US Invasion and the Public Humanities". Puri is an associate professor of English, University of Pittsburgh. She works on postcolonial theory and cultural studies in the Caribbean. Her book on Grenada is the first scholarly book to look at conflicting memories of the revolution and U.S. intervention.

On Tuesday, March 10, the English Department is kicking off the First Annual Doug Burger Lecture in Medieval and Early Modern Literature to honor Doug Burger, a much-loved professor. Reception at 4 pm in the British Studies Room (Norlin M549), followed by a talk at 5 pm by David Aers of Duke University. Aers’s talk will explore one of the grand narratives of modernity —­ the Reformation — tracing the concerns about the church that William Langland raises in his late-fourteenth-century poem Piers Plowman forward to the work of John Milton.

With AIESEC, going abroad is easier and cheaper than you think. You can be "that friend" that takes advantage of the opportunity and travels to exciting new destinations. It's time for less talking a more doing! Come our info sessions for more info! Wednesday, Feb. 25 * 1pm @RAMY N1B23 * 6pm @RAMY N1B23 Thursday, Feb. 26 * 1pm @DUAN G1B35 * 6pm @RAMY N1B23 Can't make it? Email us as vpogx-colorado@aiesecUS.org or come by our office @UMC 121A to chat with one of our representatives! We can't wait to meet you!

Graduating in May? Please make an appointment to see your advisor and submit your application. Check the website for updated information, including details about the ceremony, caps and gowns, announcements, disability services, parking and other events. Grads will also received detailed information via email in the coming weeks.

Better Boulder Better World is one of the Volunteer Resource Center's largest annual service days, and is great opportunity to connect with your fellow CU peers, as well as make an impact in the larger Boulder community. There will be a variety of project sites that work with different issues including, environmental preservation, food justice, poverty recovery and more. Please visit www.colorado.edu/volunteer for more information and to register. Join us on April 18, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. for our largest day of service.

Wildlife conservation needs support to protect rhinos, elephants and other endangered species from cruel poaching. Rhino horns are used in Chinese medicine, and China has a major industry in carving of ivory. AREND is a sensor aircraft for aerial surveillance specialized for detecting people and large animals, among other things. Jean Koster and her team of students are developing this technology to help fight rhino hunting in Africa. CAS Luncheon Series. Lunch will be provided. Thursday, March 12, 12 p.m. in CAS Conference Room, 1424 Broadway.