The Center for Humanities and the Arts invites you to this month’s Performance Friday! featuring excerpts from Theatre and Dance's production of Tartuffe. Tartuffe tells how a “man of the cloth” worms his way into the gullible heart of Orgon, a rich family man, and tries to take him for all he has. It takes a desperate trap by Orgon’s wife Elmire to expose the imposter. Please join us Feb. 13, from 12-1 p.m., in the University Theatre. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. for a free, light lunch in the lobby.

The Center for Humanities and the Arts invites you to this month’s Performance Friday! featuring Alejandro Cremaschi (CU-Boulder Associate Professor of Piano Pedagogy), Elizabeth Kipper (Boulder Piano Quartet), and Thomas Heinrich (Colorado Symphony), who make up Trio Cordilleras. This concert includes works by the tango master Astor Piazzolla, and other Argentine and Brazilian composers. Please join us Jan. 31, 12-1 p.m., in British and Irish Studies (Norlin Library’s 5th Floor). Doors open at 11:30 a.m. for a free, light lunch.

Come join the Society of Environmental Engineers (SEVEN) for the semester kickoff meeting. We will cover events happening this semester, and also be giving away prizes. Find us this Thursday, Jan. 22, at 6 p.m. in ECCR 1B06. Free pizza will be provided.

The CU Boulder chapter of Ritmos Latinos, a recognized student organization, holds classes in basic salsa every Tuesday night. The first class of the spring semester will be next Tuesday, Jan. 31. Join us at the Dennis Small Cultural Center (UMC fourth floor, room 457) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. and learn to dance rueda-de-casino style salsa. There's no charge, and you don't have to bring a partner. Classes are open to all members of the CU Boulder student, staff and faculty community. Feel free to bring a friend.

SSDP believes the "War on Drugs" has been a failure and drug use should be treated as a public health issue rather than a criminal one. Our [scheduled meetings] (https://www.facebook.com/events/1566929243522120/) for the spring semester are below. All dates are Tuesdays and the time will always be 6 p.m. *Jan. 27 in UMC 335 *Feb. 10 in UMC 335 *Feb. 24 in UMC 335 *March 10 in UMC 335 *March 31 in UMC 335 *April 7 in Hellems 251 *April 14 in UMC 335 *April 28 in UMC 335

Students for Sensible Drug Policy presents this special event with Sanho Tree on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 5:30 p.m. in the University Memorial Center, Room 235. Sanho Tree is a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C., and director of its Drug Policy Project, which works to end the domestic and international “War on Drugs” and replace it with policies that promote public health and safety. Light appetizers will be served during the event.

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. If you keep it in mind this semester, you may be able to use a class assignment to write something that will be perfect for the contest. For rules, entry form and to read winning entries from previous years, please visit our website.

The Student Employment Office is accepting nominations for Student Employee of the Year. Work-study, hourly and salaried student employees are eligible. First place will receive a $75 gift certificate courtesy of the CU Bookstore and will be nominated for the Western Association of Student Employment Administrators Award. Second place will receive a $50 gift certificate. For a nomination form visit our website at http://www.colorado.edu/studentemployment Deadline: Feb. 16 National Student Employment Week is April 12-18

Digital Humanities Research: Techniques and Questions Will Thomas, Chair, History Department, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Jan. 23 , 3 - 4:30 p.m., Norlin 5th floor. This talk will explore the methods behind digital humanities research projects and will offer an introduction to the digital humanities. Examining a range of successful projects in History, Literary Studies, Media Studies, and Geography, as well as digital libraries, we will explore what the digital medium does well and how it can be used for humanities research.

Jan 22. 4 - 5 p.m. Main Campus - Muenzinger E214 Join us for the Spring “Beyond Academia” lectures, hosted by the Graduate School. This series is designed to inform graduate students about possibilities for careers outside of academia by connecting CU-Boulder students with scholars working outside of universities. The first lecture of the spring will be Dr. Susan Chipman and will be co-hosted with Prof. Linda Watkin's "Scientific Skills Development" class. For more info, email Linda.Watkins@colorado.edu