Published: Jan. 19, 2016

Where else but a top-notch research university such as CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ can you go to a lecture series tackling everything from the origins of beer to all things Holy War to a brush with Pluto and how to live a more humorous life?

CU on the Weekend invites the public to learn from and interact with some of the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s most dynamic faculty members as they share their particular pursuits of knowledge with free spring programming beginning Saturday, Jan. 30.Ìý

Spring 2016 programs include:

  • Christians, Muslims and Jews in the Medieval Mediterranean, or Everything You Always Wanted to Know Holy War But Were Afraid to Ask, 1 to 3 p.m. Jan. 30
    Brian Catlos, professor of Religious Studies Ìý ÌýÌý
    Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building, Butcher Auditorium ()
  • Cracking the Humor Code, 2 to 4 p.m. Feb. 13
    Peter McGraw, associate professor of marketing Ìý ÌýÌý
    Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building, Butcher Auditorium () Ìý ÌýÌý
  • The Animal Self: Insights from Sociology, 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 27 Ìý Ìý
    Leslie Irvine, sociology professor
    Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building, Butcher Auditorium ()
  • The Beginnings of Beer in the Ancient World, 1 to 3 p.m. March 5
    Travis Rupp, classics instructor
    Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building, Butcher Auditorium ()
  • CU in the Great War:ÌýIts Toll on Faculty, Students and the One Black Woman Trailblazer, 1 to 3 p.m. April 16
    Polly McLean, associate professor of Media, Communication & Information
    Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building, Butcher Auditorium ()
  • New Horizons Mission to Pluto, 1 to 3 p.m. April 30
    Fran Bagenal, Professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences/Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
    Fiske Planetarium ()
    * Fiske Planetarium seating is limited to the first 200 people. Fiske will distribute free tickets starting at noon on April 30, and tickets are required for entrance to the theater.Ìý

All programs are free and open to the public. Doors open 30 minutes before each CU on the Weekend program and seating is limited.

Find by clicking here. For questions, email weekend@colorado.edu or call 303-492-4561.Ìý

Contact:
Jeanne McDonald, Office for Outreach & Engagement, 303-492-4471
jeanne.mcdonald@colorado.edu
Julie Poppen, CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ media relations, (O) 303-492-4007 (M) 720-503-4922
julie.poppen@colorado.edu