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CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ seismologist Roger Bilham, who appears in the popular IMAX movie "Everest," will give a free public lecture at 7:30 p.m. April 20 at the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Public Library Auditorium. A multi-media presentation of computer graphics, pictures and film will be shown while Bilham lectures about the building of the Himalayas and the high risk of catastrophic earthquakes in the region. A question-and-answer session will follow.

Emergency warning sirens and public address systems will be tested in the City of ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ and on the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ campus Monday, April 6, at 10 a.m., in a joint effort by CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ and the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ City-County Office of Emergency Management. Outdoor sirens will sound for two minutes followed by a voice announcement stating, "This is a warning system test." No action or response is necessary during this exercise.

The CU Moving Company, a group of undergraduate and graduate dance majors at CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ who tour Colorado educating and entertaining school-age kids, will visit three ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ-Denver area schools in April. The 13-member CU Moving Company will present its combination class-performances at Niwot High School on April 7, Gold Hill Elementary School on April 14 and at the Denver School of the Arts on April 21.

Construction of a new humanities building at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ will be launched with groundbreaking ceremonies Thursday, April 2, on the campusÂ’ historic Norlin Quadrangle. The building, which will house classrooms and several humanities departments, is the first fully state-funded humanities facility at CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ since the Hellems Building was completed in 1921, according to Chancellor Richard L. Byyny. Most campus buildings have been built with a combination of funding sources, such as revenue bonds, private donations and other sources.