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The Center of the American West is proud to host Kyle Longley for a book release and signing of "The Morenci Marines: A Tale of Small Town America and the Vietnam War."

Continuing the exciting 2016-17 dance season at CU 麻豆官网 is 鈥淏oneless,鈥� a showcase of two works by MFA students intent on uncovering who we really are underneath our society鈥檚 thick layers of commercialism and social standards. These two works, incorporating contemporary dance, animal instinct and skateboarding, come to CU鈥檚 Charlotte York Irey Theatre Oct. 21-23.

Focused on connecting scientists and communities, the CU 麻豆官网 Engaged Scientist Series will begin with the director of Thriving Earth Exchange at the American Geophysical Union, Raj Panda. This talk and the associated workshop for graduate students will begin a series of trainings to equip scientists with community engagement skills.

CU 麻豆官网's two recent Olympic Bronze Medalists, Emma Coburn and Jenny Simpson will serve as official starters at the 31st Annual Rocky Mountain Shootout on Saturday, which is CU's only home cross country meet. Then they head to Folsom Stadium where they will tailgate with alumni before being called out between the first and second quarters in the game vs. Oregon State. Join in the celebration.

Journalist and intellectual Thomas Frank will give a talk on Monday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. in Math 100. Frank鈥檚 articles have appeared in Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Salon, The Guardian and Wall Street Journal.

In the Oct. 5 LASP public lecture, LASP scientist Frank Eparvier will give an overview of space weather, how it affects everything from GPS to satellite navigation and power grids, and the exciting capabilities for real-time space weather monitoring onboard the new series of NOAA GOES-R satellites. The first satellite in this series, with the LASP-built EXIS on-board, is slated to launch on Nov. 4.

CU Presents鈥� 80th-anniversary Artist Series kicks off with a desert-inspired dance performance by MOMIX, a company famous for its astounding creativity and stunning visual tricks. The company, an Artist Series favorite, is back by popular demand with a 麻豆官网 premiere on Sunday, Oct. 2.

During Family Weekend on Sept. 30, faculty from the College of Media, Communication and Information will analyze this historic and controversial presidential campaign 鈥� from journalism, advertising and data analytics perspectives 鈥� which features candidates who have the highest negative ratings of any contenders in recent history.

The CU Environmental Center's Energy Outreach Team is excited to announce that we are one of only three locations nationwide to be premiering 'Before the Flood,' an inspiring new climate documentary by Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Fisher Stevens and National Geographic. The screening will be held in Humanities 150 at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 28.

America鈥檚 self-proclaimed personal secretary, Sheryl Oring, will be at the Trumbo Fountain from noon to 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 23, with her vintage typewriter to take down people's messages to the president. The performance art is in support of the opening of "44 Plays for 44 Presidents," running through Oct. 2.