We are looking for healthy men and women, ages 18-45, to participate in a study lasting approximately 15 days. The study will consist of wearing an activity-tracking watch at home, and two laboratory visits of about seven hours each at the University of Colorado Boulder Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory. This study is about how typical artificial indoor lighting versus a simulation of a natural sunset influences the timing of the human body clock. The body clock controls 24-hour patterns of physiology such as sleep and hormone release. This work will have important implications for determining how implementation of new lighting technology can be used to promote sleep. Participants may receive compensation up to $200. For study details, email sleep.study@colorado.edu and ask about the Simulated Sunset study.

Staff Council would like to thank the hard working CU Boulder staff with a giveaway, while supplies last. Grab a few colleagues and step away from your desk for a few minutes! Get details.

Beginning the week of June 17, CU Boulder Today will move to a once-per-week email schedule through the week of July 8.

The faculty-staff and student editions will send on the following Tuesdays: June 18, June 25, July 2 and July 9. We will return to the twice-weekly schedule July 16.

Stories and information will post on the website throughout the week.

The Institute of Cognitive Science is looking for volunteers to participate in a research study investigating the trustworthiness of computer code. Participants should have at least four years’ experience with coding and experience with the C programming language. The experiment will take approximately one hour and will take place on Main Campus in Muenzinger Room D 424.

Participants will be compensated with a $50 American Express gift card for their participation. 

Requirements to participate:

•  You must be between 18-65 years old.
•  You must have experience with C.
•  You must have four years’ experience with programming.

Open slots (two participants per slot)

Tuesday, June 18

• 9–10:30 a.m.
• 10:30 a.m. to noon
• Noon to 1:30 p.m.
• 1:30–3 p.m.
• 3–4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, June 19

• 9–10:30 a.m.
• 10:30 a.m. to noon
• Noon to 1:30 p.m.
• 1:30–3 p.m.
• 3–4:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 20

• 9–10:30 a.m.
• 10:30 a.m. to noon
• Noon to 1:30 p.m.
• 1:30–3 p.m.
• 3–4:30 p.m.

Friday, June 21

• 9–10:30 a.m. 

Scheduling participants will be coordinated by Professor Leanne Hirshfield from the Institute of Cognitive Science at CU. If you can participate, please email Hirshfield’s research assistant Lucas Hayne at lucas.hayne@colorado.edu, indicating two potential time slots that would work for your schedule.

CU Boulder is seeking an individual with aligned values and interests to oversee the finance, accounting and grant operations for the Renee Crown Wellness Institute, a recently established interdisciplinary research institute committed to promoting the mental health and wellness of children, youth and the families and educators who support them. 

The individual in this position will assist and report to the institute director and associate director with the oversight of all financial operations of the institute; management of institute budgets, including overseeing projections and ensuring the ongoing financial stability and growth of the Institute; as well as personnel administration. 

Learn more and apply.

The Neural Control of Movement Laboratory on Main Campus is conducting a study that examines the effect of electrical stimulation on improving single-leg balance in experienced dancers.

The study will consist of:

• One familiarization session (~30 minutes)
• Two evaluations (~2.5 hours) before and after interventions
  • Training history, balance, strength and steadiness
• 12 interventions (~30 minutes per session)
  • Three times per week for four weeks

Please contact leah.davis@colorado.edu for more information.

There is an IT help desk internship opportunity with a local company in Boulder. We are looking for a candidate who can work 30 hours each week with the option to work up to 40. Pay is $15 per hour. GSI Service Group is located at Canyon and Folsom, just a short five minutes from the campus. This is a great opportunity to learn and grow with our company! For more information, please contact Sommer at smullen@gsisg.com or 720-661-8522.

The Office of Financial Aid, including Scholarship Services and Student Employment, will close at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, June 14, for an internal event. The office will resume normal business hours on Monday, June 17, opening at 9 a.m.

Graduate students whose summer appointments were not entered into the HR system before May 15 are starting to get their RTD transit passes suspended. If you are a graduate student in this situation, please have your supervisor email buspass@colorado.edu to confirm your summer employment. Due to RTD system limitations, it could take up to 72 hours for all card readers to recognize the card status change. However, it typically takes less than 24 hours for most buses.

Worried about the summer productivity slump? Planning on publishing one of your conference papers but finding yourself running around in circles? Need a group to workshop your paper with?

The Graduate School and Office of Postdoctoral Affairs invite all graduate students and postdocs to join a 12-Week Summer Publication Bootcamp. Thursdays from noon to 1 p.m., various locations. Email questions to gradprofdev@colorado.edu. Learn more.

We are looking for individuals to participate in a research study on memory. The study will take approximately 90 minutes and participants will receive $15 for their time.

Participants requirements:

• Ages 18–40
• Able to read and speak English
• No history of brain injury, neurological or psychiatric disorder
• No severe cognitive or psychological problems

This study is designed to learn more about the different ways that people can manipulate information about which they are currently thinking, including keeping that information in mind, manipulating it in some manner, and removing that information from your thoughts.

Sign up online.
 

The Cognitive Development Center in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience is looking for children ages birth to 13 years old who are interested in playing games that will help teach us about self-control, language and cognitive strategies. 

A visit, scheduled at your convenience, lasts about 60 minutes. Babysitting is available for siblings. Parents are compensated for travel and kids receive a fun prize.

To sign up, please do one of the following:

• Visit our website.
• Email cogdevctr@colorado.edu with your child’s name, gender, date of birth and parent contact information (address, phone number, email address).
• Call us at 303-492-6389.

For more information, feel free to check out our Facebook page and website. 

As the host of Science Channel’s survival series Hacking the Wild, digital survivalist Andrew Quitmeyer hacks his way back from the wild to civilization using outdoor survival skills and a miscellaneous collection of wires, laptops and tracking devices.

During ATLAS Summer School in July, Quitmeyer will share his skills in the weeklong workshop Wild and Wearable Studio. 

Learn more and discover other engaging ATLAS Summer School classes.

The Department of Human Resources at CU Boulder welcomes applications for a training and development specialist. 

This position reports to the Training Manager and exists to design and deliver training programs to university employees. Specific functions include delivery, coordination and evaluation of new and existing training programs. This person in this role will research, design and implement trainings. 

Learn more and apply.

Join the Center for Inclusion and Social Change to have a discussion about sexism and how we can work to interrupt it.

Faculty and staff: Please register through Skillsoft if you plan to attend. Students may attend with no RSVP.

If you go

Tuesday, June 11 
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
C4C S350