Join CU-Boulder Faculty for CU on the Weekend, Free Public Programs

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The public is invited to attend free, weekend programs led by some of the University of Colorado Boulder’s most interesting faculty as part of the Saturday series, CU on the Weekend. 

With topics ranging from the climate change to healthy aging, CU on the Weekend programs are designed to satisfy the community’s curiosity surrounding some of the intriguing research conducted at CU-Boulder. 

The spring CU on the Weekend Boulder series will include:

CU on the Weekend Spring Series



Polar Ice in a Changing Climate: From Hot Air to Cool Science

Saturday, Feb. 7, 1-3 pm, Benson Earth Sciences – Room 180

Waleed Abdalati, Professor of Geography and Director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences 



Healthy Aging: Optimal Longevity and Cardiovascular Health

Saturday, Feb. 28, 1-3 pm, Benson Earth Sciences – Room 180

Douglas Seals, Professor of Integrative Physiology and Director of the Integrative Physiology of Aging Laboratory

Thomas LaRocca, Instructor of Integrative Physiology



Healthy Aging: Sleep and Healthy Aging

Saturday, March 14, 1-3 pm, Benson Earth Sciences – Room 180

Kenneth Wright, Associate Professor of Integrative Physiology



Healthy Aging: Movement and Balance

Saturday, April 18, 1-3 pm, Benson Earth Sciences – Room 180

Rodger Kram, Associate Professor of Integrative Physiology

Alaa Ahmed, Assistant Professor of Integrative Physiology

New as of fall 2014, CU-Boulder will offer CU on the Weekend programs in Douglas County as part of CU’s South Denver collaboration with The Wildlife Experience. In Parker, CU-Boulder history professors will lead encore presentations of two popular CU on the Weekend programs:

Post Holocaust American Judaism
Saturday, March 7, 1-4 pm, U South Denver Liniger Building/The Wildlife Experience, Classroom 204, 10035 Peoria St., Parker, Colo.
David Shneer, Professor of History and Religious Studies, Director of the Program in Jewish Studies
Location: CU South Denver Liniger Building/The Wildlife Experience, Room 204, 10035 Peoria St., Parker

Doors open 30 minutes before each CU on the Weekend program and seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. To sign up for an emailed event reminder, visit: http://conted.colorado.edu/programs/cu-on-the-weekend/, and for questions, email weekend@colorado.edu or call 303-492-4561.

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