Interested in your moods and brain? Participate in a paid neuroimaging study to understand your own emotions and the emotions of others on the CU Boulder campus in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience (IRB# 17-0358).

Earn between $15 and $25 per hour to participate in studies involving answering questions about your thoughts and feelings, watching brief videos, playing computer games and having an MRI brain scan taken. Study includes up to three separate visits (first is 4–5 hours, second is 3 hours, third is 1–2 hours). Option for additional paid follow-ups.

To qualify, you must be between the ages of 18 and 55 years old and either have:

• Diagnosis of bipolar disorder
• History of depression
• No history of mental health conditions

Please fill out a brief survey to apply.

If you have questions, please contact us at gruberpeplab@colorado.edu or 303-735-7547. 

The Cognitive Development Center in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience is looking for children ages birth to 12 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. 

To keep up with our growing cycling community and to take advantage of Boulder's warm, sunny winter days, the UMC and Folsom bike stations will now remain open through the winter with limited hours beginning Nov. 26.

UMC Bike Station winter hours
Mondays: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Wednesdays: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Fridays: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Folsom Bike Station winter hours
Tuesdays: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Thursdays: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Please be advised bike stations do occasionally close due to inclement weather without advance notice.

Bike station services are available to all CU Boulder affiliates with a registered bike. The CU Bicycle Program has seen steadily increasing bike registrations over the past few years and processed a record number of new bike registrations (more than 5,000) this fall. If you are visiting a bike station for the first time, please take a few minutes to register your bike online.

The Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences (CARTSS) funds interesting and innovative research projects designed to address important problems in ways that both educate and speak to broad audiences in the social sciences and within our community. 

Email CARTSS for more information on fellowships for faculty and graduate students. Fall funding proposals due Nov. 15.

This is an interactive, 90-minute training for students, staff and faculty, led by CISC staff and the peer education team. Participants will engage in group discussions to help identify examples of sexism they experience in their lives and institutions they participate in, and learn strategies to interrupt them.

The next session is scheduled for 12–1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, in UMC 247.

Students can register for one of your monthly trainings through Skillsoft within the campus portal. Once you log in using your Identikey, follow these steps:

Click on the Skillsoft tile. Select Library at the top of the page. Select your campus folder. Select a topic from Categories. Select a course and click “Launch.”

Staff can register through Skillsoft in your employee portal. Search under "Sexism" to find it. If you are having trouble logging in to Skillsoft, you can call Organizational and Employee Development at 303-492-8103.

Affordable psychotherapy is available at the Raimy Clinic in the Muenzinger Psychology building on Main Campus. Special low rates are available for all CU Boulder faculty, staff and students. Raimy Clinic therapists can provide help coping with stress, depression, anxiety, relationship and occupational issues, and other difficulties, as well as helping you meet your goals for improving self-confidence and increasing healthy behavior.

Hey, Buff fans! The CU basketball season is underway. The first home game was Oct. 29. There are 34 scheduled games through March 9 that will impact campus parking and traffic flow.

Throughout the season, traffic on and around campus is expected to be extremely heavy beginning one and a half hours prior to game time, and up to one hour post game. Police and parking staff will be onsite to assist with traffic flow.

Public parking for basketball games on Main Campus is no-charge in the basketball public lots identified in the parking map (PDF) posted on the Parking Services website. During games, all CU Boulder parking permits are honored in public basketball parking areas on a space-available basis.

For full details check Parking Services basketball webpage.

The 2019 Women’s Leadership Symposium program submission process is now open! The symposium seeks to explore a variety of ways women/women-identified individuals build their leadership skills and feel empowered to become tomorrow’s leaders.

With this year’s theme of “Transforming our Future,” we are especially interested in proposals that will intentionally address the needs and interests of student audiences as part of the submission. Intergenerational or multi-audience proposals are also highly valued.

Staff and students are encouraged to collaborate on proposal submissions that address our key themes:

• Describe gendered challenges present at CU and in the broader workplace.
• Describe a leadership style or core tenet, and how attendees can operationalize this style or tenet.
• Connect knowledge and skills to future professional pursuits.

For full consideration, please submit your proposal by Dec. 3.

Save the date

2019 Women’s Leadership Symposium
Friday, Feb. 15
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
University Memorial Center

This fall semester, CARTSS (Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences) is offering two grant programs open to tenure-track faculty and graduate students conducting interdisciplinary research in the social sciences.

Deadline: Monday, Nov. 12

Faculty award

Our program is a competitive grant program to support tenure-track faculty conducting research in social science. We are particularly interested in projects that are new and innovative and expand or diverge from current research. Awards up to $4,000.

Graduate student award

This program provides a small amount of startup funds for graduate students conducting research in social science. We are particularly interested in supporting pilot projects designed to increase the chances of securing external funding support as well as field research, data acquisition, travel and other research cost essential to successful completion of research required for MA or PhD degrees. Awards up to $1,000.

Details and instructions for applying can be accessed via the CARTSS website.

Contact CARTSS at 303-735-3721 or stop by IBS B173.
 

The Center for Inclusion and Social Change offers monthly LGBTQ+ Inclusion Safe Zone Trainings throughout the academic year led by CISC staff and the peer education team. 

This interactive 90-minute training provides information about campus climate for the LGBT+ and allied community; surveys CU Boulder and Colorado resources, policies and protections; and addresses best practices for creating inclusive learning and work environments at the university. All are welcome, and requests can also be made for departmental or group-specific trainings.

The November workshop is set for 12:30–2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in C4C S484.

Students are not required to register but may RSVP to one of the monthly trainings through Skillsoft within the campus portal. Once you log in using your Identikey, follow these steps:

Click on the Skillsoft tile. Select Library at the top of the page. Select your campus folder. Select a topic from Categories. Select a course and click “Launch.”

Employees can register through Skillsoft in the employee portal. Search under "LGBTQ" to find it. If you are having trouble logging in to Skillsoft, you can call Organizational and Employee Development at 303-492-8103.

Next session: Dec. 11

Looking for logo and graphic design work for our charity project. Logo needs to be simple and will be used for website, emails, T-shirts and stickers for boxes and backpacks. We send packed backpacks of supplies to children's organizations. We started this summer, and now we need a logo and simple website. Currently sending backpacks to an organization in NYC that helps at-risk children. Your work will make a difference for these kids! Thanks for considering.

The Center of the American West internships program is now accepting applications for spring 2019 internships at History Colorado Center. Current openings include a research assistant position in the Exhibits Department and a School Programs position. These 3-credit hour internships require registration for the Center of the American West internships course CAMW3939 and will require 8 to 10 on-the-job work hours per week at your internship, plus some academic assignments. We are now scheduling screening interviews. Please visit our website to view job listings and for application instructions.

Global Sustainability Scholars (GSS) program is a paid, three-summer international research experience for undergraduates committed to solving sustainability issues.

GSS brings the brightest undergraduate students from underrepresented groups to work across cultures, borders and disciplines. It provides an opportunity for you to get paid and engage in cutting-edge international research programs in urban sustainable food, energy and water nexus.

Apply to be a part of the 2019 cohort!

For more information visit gsscholar.org or email gsscholarinfo@gmail.com.

The Cognitive Development Center in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience is looking for children ages birth to 12 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. 

On Monday, Oct. 29, a construction crew will remove a median from Wardenburg Drive at the intersection with 18th Street. Wardenburg may be reduced to one lane at times, though flaggers will maintain two-way traffic.