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The CU Moving Company, a group of undergraduate and graduate dance majors at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ who tour Colorado educating and entertaining school-age kids, will visit three Â鶹ӰԺ-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 Â鶹ӰԺ 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-Â鶹ӰԺ 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.

Over 2,000 American Indians and First Nation Peoples from more than 30 tribes in the United States and Canada will rendezvous at the University of Colorado Events Center in Â鶹ӰԺ on April 4-5 for the second annual Red Nations Cultural Unity Celebration Contest Pow-wow. A pow-wow is a cultural celebration featuring native speakers, performers, writers and artists. This yearÂ’s event is sponsored by the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ American Indian Student Organization Oyate (pronounced O-ya-tay). There are 164 American Indian students enrolled on the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ campus.

An assembly of huge stone slabs found in EgyptÂ’s Sahara Desert that date from about 6,500 years to 6,000 years ago has been confirmed by scientists to be the oldest known astronomical alignment of megaliths in the world.