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<p>International bestselling author, journalist and columnist Naomi Klein will visit CU-�Ǹ�Թ� on Thursday, March 3, to give the talk “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate.” The talk, which is free to CU-�Ǹ�Թ� community members with a valid Buff OneCard and $5 for members of the public, will begin at 7 p.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom. Tickets will be available at the door.</p>

<p><span>Drawing on cutting-edge behavioral research and observations from his global travels, CU-�Ǹ�Թ� Associate Professor Peter McGraw reveals the secrets to what makes things funny and how to live a more humorous life. Bring your funny bone! Saturday, Feb. 13, 2 to 4 p.m. Butcher Auditorium, Biotechnology Building. Free and open to the public.</span></p>

<p>Tickets for the Edward Snowden video chat on Tuesday, Feb. 16, will go on sale at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 1 in the UMC dining area across from the Alferd Packer Grill.</p>

<p>Join fellow students, faculty, staff and administrators on Thursday, Feb. 11, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., in the UMC Aspen Rooms, for a creative research presentation and facilitated small group conversations about racial and ethnic inclusion at CU-�Ǹ�Թ�. The purpose of this event is to bring different members of the campus together to discuss what inclusion means and discuss implications for policies and practices on the CU-�Ǹ�Թ� campus.</p>

<p>Where else but a top-notch research university such as CU-�Ǹ�Թ� 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?</p>
<p>CU on the Weekend invites the public to learn from and interact with some of the �Ǹ�Թ�’s most dynamic faculty members as they share their particular pursuits of knowledge with free spring programming beginning Saturday, Jan. 30. </p>
<p>Spring 2016 programs include:</p>

<p>The �Ǹ�Թ� today announced two finalists for the fourth Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy. This month, the finalists will make one-day campus visits, during which they will hold public forums.</p>
<p>The finalists are Francis Beckwith, professor of philosophy and church-state studies at Baylor University in Texas; and Richard Bishirjian, president of EDUcourses Inc. and president of Yorktown University, a for-profit, online liberal-arts university.</p>

<p><span>The CU-�Ǹ�Թ� Distinguished Speakers Board is pleased to announce its second event of the year: former National Security Agency system administrator</span><span> Edward Snowden is coming to the �Ǹ�Թ� via video chat on Tuesday, Feb. 16. Ron Suskind</span><span>, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former Wall Street Journal reporter, will moderate the event live from the Macky Auditorium.</span></p>

<p>The �Ǹ�Թ� Leeds School of Business will present its 51st annual Colorado Business Economic Outlook Forum at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, at the Grand Hyatt Denver.</p>