2012-13 Green Office Program Brown Bag Series Presents: The Climate Reality Project On Oct. 2, 11:30 am-12:30 pm, Susan Beckett of the Environmental Center presents The Climate Reality Project in UMC 355. The Climate Reality Project supports more than 3,000 diverse and dedicated volunteers, all personally trained by former Vice President Al Gore, to present an updated version of the slide show featured in the Academy Award-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth. RSVP to attend: greenoffice@colorado.edu. Bring your own lunch.

An exhibit is being created for the CU Museum of Natural History, and various other display cases on campus, based on the history of CU's work and research at the Chimney Rock Archaeological Site. The exhibit includes current work by CU professors and graduate students in archaeology and archaeoastronomy. Please take a moment to fill out this brief survey to let us know your level of interest in this type of exhibit. Our Website

Showcase your musical talents! The Diverse Musicians' Alliance at CU is looking for performers of any instrument, voice or genre (folk, ethnic, world, pop, rock and classical, etc) to perform at the Diverse Music Concert on Oct. 18 at 7:30 pm in Grusin Hall, in the Music Building. Interested? Contact Nathan.Gonzales@colorado.edu by October 3.

The University of Colorado Faculty Council, working through the Committee on GLBTI Affairs is sponsoring a one-day symposium Oct 19, 2012 to "check the pulse" of CU and expand the discussion around questions of openness, diversity, safety, and health & wellness in the campus communities of Denver and the Front Range. For Registration, please visit https://www.cu.edu/facultycouncil/glbti/reg.html

7 p.m., Wed., Dec. 5 While many cities in western Asia Minor have had ongoing archaeological excavations for over a century, until recently, little attention had been paid to southern Turkey's ancient provinces of Cilicia and Lycia. This presentation will reveal the various water systems once employed here, including aqueducts and cisterns, and examine construction techniques used in building aqueduct bridges, water channels, pipelines, and other devices found in this rugged landscape.

6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 4 Global climate is changing, but nowhere is this change more pronounced than in delicate polar ecosystems. Professional outdoor photographer, Glen Delman, will share his amazing photos of arctic and subarctic animals, including molting Emperor penguins and polar bears on the hunt. Ursula Quillmann, a Ph.D. candidate at CU Boulder and oceanography instructor at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, will provide background information on the changing environments of our polar regions.

11 a.m. & 2 p.m., Fri., Nov. 16 Join University of Colorado Greenhouse Manager Tom Lemieux for an exclusive tour of CU’s 30th Street greenhouse, 1380 30th St., which is not typically open to the public. Tours accommodate 20 guests and fill quickly. RSVP required.

12-7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10 Held by Toh-Atin Gallery of Durango, CO this benefit raises money to support the preservation of the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History’s collections. The benefit is free and open to the public and includes a silent auction, reception, historical lecture, weavings evaluations and rug repair estimates. Event will be held in the Denver Post Building, 101 W. Colfax Ave.

7 p.m., Wed., Nov. 7 In 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius violently erupted, burying towns, killing thousands, and permanently altering the surrounding landscape. Nearly 1700 years later, Pompeii was rediscovered, uncovered, and ultimately commercialized. According to Shelly Martin, “Pompeii was destined to become one of the most visited archaeological sites in the world.” Martin will take visitors on a tour of Pompeii, exploring the locations and features of the town that made up a typical day in the ancient Roman world.

2 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2 Dr. Kent A. Stevens, a University of Oregon professor of computer science, has pioneered the application of computer graphics to modeling articulated dinosaur skeletons. Stevens will share his fascination with the four-legged, herbivorous sauropods, the biggest animals to ever live, and discuss how computers help resolve some questions regarding how sauropods lived and moved. Stevens and his collaborators are attempting to dispel some of the myths surrounding sauropods.