Jack Maness, associate professor and director of the University Libraries’ Sciences Department, will discuss his trilogy of historical novels set in 1850s Kansas following a 5 p.m. reception on Thursday, March 31, 5th Floor, Norlin Library. The first, Song of the Jayhawk, won the 2015 Colorado Book Award for Historical Fiction, and the second, Where Waters Converge, will be released in March 2016. Come meet the author, discuss the book and hear more about the history of land use on the Plains. This event is free and open to the public.

The Conference hosts national and local transgender, genderqueer, intersex, Two-Spirit activists and scholars to raise awareness of how we can celebrate the diversity of gender and sex. Keynotes: CeCe McDonald “Honor our Dead and Fight Like Hell for the Living” Jennicet Gutiérrez “No Pride for Some of Us without Liberation for All of Us” Tiq and Kim Milan “Love is Revolutionary when You’re Black and Transgender” The Conference is free and open to the public! Please register now!

Participate in computer lab experiments for money. CUExperiments.com Experiments pay about $15-20 for one hour of your time. We are looking for students who would be interested in completing simple computer tasks and answering some survey questions. Upon completion, you will receive additional information including who to contact in the event that you have further questions about the research. Your participation is entirely voluntary.

Join Colorado Law, scholars, journalists and judges on Friday, April 8, to celebrate and reflect on the contributions Professor Robert Nagel has made to the development of constitutional theory. Friday, April 8 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Room 301 | Wolf Law Building Cost: $50, includes lunch and CLE credits Approved for four CLE general credits For more information, and to register to attend, please click here.

Join Colorado Law for the 59th Annual John R. Coen Lecture featuring Professor Eric L. Talley, Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, who is delivering a lecture called "Is Law a Driverless Car? Assessing How (or Whether) the Data Analytics Revolution Will Transform the Legal Profession". Thursday, March 17 4 p.m. Wittemyer Courtroom | Wolf Law Building CLE credit requested. Reception to follow for registered guests. Please register by Thursday, March 10 using the link below.

Celebrate a carnival of curiosity and creativity in cahoots with caterpillars, camels and countless cool crafts at the CU Museum of Natural History. The family day is free and open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. We will have crafts and hands on activities for the whole family.

Where would we be without plants? From palm fronds dug up near U.S. Highway 36 to plants collected in the high mountains to food growing in our backyards, we'll explore how everything is connected to plants. Spend some time learning about the special relationships between butterflies and plants. You'll go home with a plant press to start your own collection, and some seeds to start your own garden. Can you think of a plant that both you and butterflies would like to eat from your garden? Advance registration and payment required. April 15.

Affordable psychotherapy is available at the Raimy Clinic in the Muenzinger Psychology Building on the University of Colorado Boulder campus. Special low rates are available for children of CU-Boulder students, staff and faculty. Raimy Clinic therapists can provide help for children and adolescents ages 10 to 16 who are struggling with depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, ADHD or social and academic difficulties, among other problems. For more information, parents call our intake line: 303-492-5177. Or email raimy@colorado.edu.

Have you been in a romantic relationship for at least two years? Participate in a paid research study. Participate in a video taped discussion and an MRI scan over two visits of 1 and 3 hours. Each partner will be paid $12-24/hr. To participate, both you and your partner must complete the screening questionnaire at the below link and be willing to complete all visits to the lab. Childcare is available. Please click the following link: https://redcap.ucdenver.edu/surveys/?s=8SLuPQy4ty Relationship_Lab_MRI@Colorado.edu

Tevye's Dream, Or How Traditional Marriage Haunts Modern Romance Public lecture with Naomi Seidman, Thursday, March 10, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Old Main Theater, CU-Boulder campus. RSVPs appreciated to CUJewishStudies@colorado.edu. Seidman’s visit celebrates the Sondra and Howard Bender Visiting Scholars Endowed Fund. The Bender Foundation has generously endowed the Sondra and Howard Bender Visiting Scholars Fund to honor the lives of Sondra and Howard, who cherished Jewish culture, celebrated education, and lived life to the fullest.