From back alleys to wild areas, nature provides us with a bounty of wild plants for food and healing. Learn identification, ideal locations, and preparation of wild plants for eating and first aid. Step outside and explore the wild edible and medicinal plants you've been stepping on all of these years. Friday, April 11 | 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. AND 2 to 3:30 p.m. | FREE EVENT | Meet at North Entrance of the CU Museum of Natural History

In 1947, a Bedouin boy accidentally discovered ancient scrolls, dating to about the time of Jesus, in a cave on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea. The remains of over 900 different scrolls were eventually found in 11 caves in the vicinity, which have come to be called the Dead Sea Scrolls. These scrolls include Biblical books, related Biblical works, and literature describing the beliefs and practice of the Jewish sect that deposited the scrolls in the caves. Monday, March 31 | 7 to 8:30 p.m. | Free | CU Museum of Natural History

This interactive session will cover university and state-wide policies pertaining to the LGBTQ community, including protections for gender identity and expression. We will share and invite strategies for making the classroom more LGBTQ-inclusive, from attendance-taking to designing assignments and handling class discussions that avoid tokenizing and stereotyping. The workshop will be held Wednesday, March 19, from 1-3 p.m. in UMC 381. RSVP to scarlet.bowen@colorado.edu

The Peace Corps Palooza is here! Join us March 10, at 6 p.m. in the UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom for an engaging night of Peace Corps stories, cultural dance performances and volunteer opportunities. Our keynote speaker will be Cathy Leslie, returned Peace Corps volunteer and executive director of Engineers Without Borders USA. Stay for the Peace Corps. Join us for an open house the chance to speak with over 20 Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who have served all over the world. All free. RSVP on Facebook.

The CU Women’s Resource Center presents: "Sexpressions," a talent showcase celebrating positive expressions of women’s sexuality by women identified performers. We are looking for all forms of expression: dance, art, spoken word, song, instrumental, performers of any type. If you are interested please contact wrcprograms@colorado.edu with a brief description of what you would like to perform/contribute and your contact information. Deadline to sign up is April 4 at 5 p.m. "Sexpressions" will be Friday, April 25, at 5:30 p.m.

The National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and many others now require grant applicants to address how data from funded projects will be managed and made widely available. Good data management allows your data to be shared and reused, which can increase the impact of your research. This workshop will provide tips, tools and resources for managing your research data in order to meet funding agency requirements and enable better science for all. Gemmill Library Room MATH 150 March 20, noon-1 p.m.

Looking for a better way to produce professional-looking scientific documents, facilitate writing with co-authors and integrate statistical analysis and write-ups? This workshop will introduce you to the LaTeX text processing software, the premier open-source solution for scientific writing. Learn the basics of using LaTeX for papers, article manuscripts, dissertations, posters and presentation slides. We will have plenty of examples and provide some templates for your use. Gemmill Library Room MATH 150 March 13 noon-1 p.m.

Want to learn how to use your smartphone to identify the music playing in a restaurant or store? Need help finding a song when all you remember are the lyrics? Ever have a melody stuck in your head that you cannot place? Come to this workshop and learn how to identify music based on a recording, the lyrics or the melody using free software and apps. We’ll explore Shazam, SoundHound, musiXmatch, ThemeFinder and more. Bring a laptop, tablet or smartphone for hands-on learning. April 23, noon - 1 p.m., N285 Music Library

This class covers the core principles of getting to inbox zero and staying there. Informed by David Allen's "Getting Things Done" system, we will focus heavily on how to process email and maintain tasks/projects in simple and reliable systems. Participants will leave with strategies for getting their email inbox to zero messages, a fresh framework for managing tasks, projects, and priorities, as well as suggestions on software that can support these healthy practices. April 16, 12 - 1 p.m., N285 Music Library

Play, record and mix your own music like a pro. Bring your computer, audio files and questions to look at a few of the options with GarageBand and Audacity and best practices. Audacity is a free application to listen to, edit and record sound files. It lets you create your own recordings or edit existing ones. We will show you how to download the application and corresponding LAME and FMpeg libraries, acquire or import audio, record, edit, add filtering and export to .mp3 and m4a formats. April 2, noon-1 p.m., N285 Music Library