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CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s TRANSforming Gender Conference is celebrating its tenth year. The Conference hosts national and local transgender, genderqueer, intersex, Two-Spirit activists and scholars to raise awareness of how we can celebrate the diversity of gender and sex.

Reduce the risk of accidental exposure, drug misuse, and environmental contamination by participating in Drug Take-Back Day. Turn in unused or expired medication for safe disposal on Wednesday, March 9, at the Drug Take-Back Event hosted by Community Health, a division of Wardenburg Health Services and the CU Police Department.

More beautiful weather to come this week, so get out and enjoy it. Or join your fellow Buffs indoors for an evening of Hebrew and Yiddish song and dance, the Â鶹ӰԺ International Film Festival or a workshop on design thinking.

The natural beauty of the Flatirons has long been revered, and has become a symbol of Â鶹ӰԺ both on post cards and in people’s memories, as well as a symbol of CU itself.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will visit the Â鶹ӰԺ June 23 after health issues derailed a previous visit scheduled last October, CU-Â鶹ӰԺ student and local Tibetan leaders announced today. Tickets are not yet available for sale. Details will be announced in coming months on this University of Colorado event website.

You may be aware that we had an incident of hateful speech posted as graffiti in a campus bathroom yesterday. Regardless of who wrote these hateful words on the walls of a bathroom stall, we find speech like this reprehensible and demeaning to all members of our community and we completely reject it.

CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Provost Russell L. Moore today announced four finalists for the position of dean of Colorado Law. They are S. James Anaya, Mary Anne Bobinski, Laura E. Gómez and Angela Onwuachi-Willig. Public sessions with each of the candidates will be held on campus Feb. 29 through March 16.

The Office of Organizational and Employee Development (OED) invites CU-Â鶹ӰԺ employees to attend the CU Grow Management and Leadership Series spring and summer sessions. Programs are offered free of charge to CU-Â鶹ӰԺ employees. The series provides CU-Â鶹ӰԺ supervisors, managers and leaders with current, influential and critical topics in the fields of management and leadership.

Turns out there’s more to dancing than just showing off and rocking out—it can also have amazing health benefits. Getting up and shaking it off may actually improve mood, boost confidence, strengthen friendships, build muscle and cardio endurance and more.

Each month, CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's Environmental Center provides eco-tips with the goal of promoting sustainable choices. February's topic is water use.