We are showcasing different forms of African culture through music, art, fashion, dancing, spoken word and of course food. During this event there will be performances from African artists in the Denver metro area including: the Logo Ligi Band, The Ethiopian Youth Dancers of Colorado, Khadijah Smith, the ASA Dance Troupe and the ASA Choir. The event will be held Feb. 21, at the CU Recreational Center’s Lower Gym starting at 5:30 p.m., and there will be authentic food from three regions of the continent served. This is a free event.

Celebrate National TRiO Day on Friday, Feb. 27, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in Fleming 265 and raise awareness of the importance of equal access to higher education and the difference TRiO makes in the live of students from low-income backgrounds. TRiO Day is also recognized as a Day of Service. We will also be hosting a non-perishable, canned food drive to be donated to the Family Learning Center. If you are unable to stay for the reception and refreshments, please feel free to drop off your donations at any time that day.

Interested in social science experiments? Get paid to participate next week. Sessions are scheduled for the following dates and times: Wednesday, 2/18: 10am-11:30am Wednesday, 2/18: 1pm - 2:30pm Wednesday, 2/18: 3:30pm - 5pm Thursday, 2/19: 9:30am-11am Thursday, 2/19: 1pm - 2:30pm Thursday, 2/19: 3:30pm - 5pm All of the experiments will be held in the Institute of Behavioral Science in the first floor computer lab. Please RSVP by sending an email with the session you'd like to participate in to contactcuexperiments@gmail.com

Interested in scholarly teaching in STEM? The Center for STEM Learning is offering a new spring education workshop series; sign up for individual workshops, or the whole series. Three tracks allow in-depth exploration of the use of clickers, approaches to assessment and education research, including classroom observations. For the complete schedule, registration and downloadable flier, see http://www.colorado.edu/csl/workshops.html. Please share widely.

Bodiam Castle, built in the 1380s in southeastern England, is perhaps the most extensively discussed castle in medieval Europe. It is certainly the most controversial. As part of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) lecture series, Professor Matthew Johnson will reveal what three recent seasons of archaeological fieldwork at Bodiam have discovered about this fascinating building and how it interacted with its landscape. Join us on March 9, 7-8:30 p.m. in Old Main for this free event.

This is the first lecture of the Steps in Stone Lecture Series on animal locomotion to accompany the Steps in Stone, Walking Through Time exhibit. This series of talks will celebrate the movements of animals on Earth—both today and in the past. Come join us at the CU Natural History Museum in the Henderson building on Feb. 26, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. as Martin Lockley speaks on his 35-year career studying fossil footprints in Asia, Europe and back home in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West. This event is free of charge.

The Student Workers Alliance Program (SWAP) is an awesome student-run, grassroots initiative that builds bridges of support and solidarity between CU Boulder students and campus employees. More specifically, students assist entry-level and immigrant employees to acquire English language skills through tutoring sessions twice weekly. As a new dimension to the program, SWAP is also providing Spanish classes for CU-Boulder supervisors. For more information or to apply to serve as a SWAP teacher, please contact swapv@colorado.edu.

In this CAS Luncheon Series talk, Professor Loriliai Biernacki will address the idea of wonder in medieval Indian Tantra. For the West, the notion of wonder early in the tradition bifurcates into two somewhat divergent conceptions - wonder as the beginning of philosophy, and wonder as a prompt for the search for cause and effect. In contrast, the 11th century Indian philosopher, Abhinavagupta, links wonder with the capacity for a vital self reflexivity. Lunch will be provided. Thursday, Feb. 26, 12 p.m., CAS Conference Room (1424 Broadway).

With the help of community members like you, the Center of the American West’s FrackingSENSE series returns. These spring 2015 events bring speakers who offer a unique range of perspectives on hydraulic fracturing and natural gas and oil development. Next in our series is: Professor Matthew Cotton “The Politics of Shale Gas in the United Kingdom” April 28 - 6:30 p.m. Wolf Law, Wittemyer Courtroom University of Colorado Boulder Campus

With the help of community members like you, the Center of the American West’s FrackingSENSE series returns. These Spring 2015 events bring speakers who offer a unique range of perspectives on hydraulic fracturing and natural gas and oil development. Next in our series is: Professor Matthew Cotton “The Politics of Shale Gas in the United Kingdom” April 28 - 6:30 p.m. Wolf Law, Wittemyer Courtroom University of Colorado, Boulder Campus