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For parents: Paid research study for children on noise and reading

The Children’s Auditory Perception Laboratory is currently recruiting children between 5-7 years old for a research study to help us learn more about how noise affects children’s ability to read. During the testing, your child will sit in a sound-treated room and will listen to sounds presented over headphones. While listening to these noises, your child will read brief reading passages aloud. At the end of the passage your child will be asked to retell the story and answer comprehension questions. Three visits to the laboratory are required. Each visit lasts about one hour. You will receive $10 per hour and we will pay for your parking, if you drive to the lab. If you are interested please email childhear@colorado.edu or call 303-735-6252. The principal investigator for this research study is Angela Yarnell Bonino of the Department Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. All testing will be completed in the Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences building on the campus of the University of Colorado Boulder.
June 20, 2018
Children's Auditory Perception Laboratory
childhear@colorado.edu

For parents: Paid research study for children on noise and reading

The Children’s Auditory Perception Laboratory is currently recruiting children between 5-7 years old for a research study to help us learn more about how noise affects children’s ability to read. During the testing, your child will sit in a sound-treated room and will listen to sounds presented over headphones. While listening to these noises, your child will read brief reading passages aloud. At the end of the passage your child will be asked to retell the story and answer comprehension questions. Three visits to the laboratory are required. Each visit lasts about one hour. You will receive $10 per hour and we will pay for your parking, if you drive to the lab. If you are interested please email childhear@colorado.edu or call 303-735-6252. The principal investigator for this research study is Angela Yarnell Bonino of the Department Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. All testing will be completed in the Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) building on the campus of the University of Colorado Boulder.
June 5, 2018
Children's Auditory Perception Laboratory
childhear@colorado.edu

Participate in a paid study on mood and emotion

Pep Lab illustration of head and heart
Interested in your moods and thoughts? Participate in a paid study on emotion and mood here on campus in the CU Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. Earn up to $200 to participate in studies involving answering questions about your feelings and thoughts, watching brief films, playing computer games and keeping a log of your emotions and activities. The study includes two separate visits and pays $10 per hour in cash each (first visit is 2 to 3 hours; second is 4 hours). There is an option for paid follow-up phone interviews in addition. Please fill out the very brief survey to apply: https://cuboulder.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6Rs6wMhIFnKePjL If you have questions please contact us at gruberpeplab@colorado.edu or visit our website: http://www.gruberpeplab.com.
May 28, 2018
Gruber PEP Lab
gruberpeplab@colorado.edu
http://www.gruberpeplab.com

Donate CU swag, volunteer at Denver Pride Fest June 16 to 17

A pride flag with the sun behind it
The University of Colorado—all 4 campuses—is an official sponsor of Denver PrideFest, June 16-17, 2018. Denver PrideFest is one of the largest pride events in the nation. The Gender and Sexuality Center invites you to donate department/CU swag to our office in the Center for Community, N450, to be given out at the CU booth. Please drop off items by Thursday, June 14. We also encourage you to participate and volunteer for the event.
June 3, 2018
Scarlet Bowen
scarlet.bowen@colorado.edu
http://www.cvent.com/events/cu-at-denver-pridefest/event-summary-4d6f8e5c5ee446…

For parents: Paid research study on children and hearing

The Children’s Auditory Perception Laboratory is currently recruiting children between 2 and 7 years old for a research study to help us learn more about how children hear. During the course of this study, your child will sit in a soundproof booth with an examiner and will listen to sounds presented over a loudspeaker or over earphones. To find out what your child can hear, we will teach him/her to make a response to a certain sound signal. These responses will be play activities like putting a toy in a bucket or adding a block to a tower. We may use a mechanical toy whenever he/she responses to the sound. The signals will be presented in quiet and in various background sounds. The sounds we use are not loud. You will be able to sit inside the booth with your child or watch your child through an observation window. As part of this study, your child will also receive a middle-ear screening at no cost to you. If at any time we discover any important hearing-related findings, we will report those findings to you and provide you with contact information for a complete hearing evaluation. Two visits to the laboratory are required. Each visit lasts about one hour. You will receive $10 per hour, and we will pay your parking if you drive to the lab. If you are interested, please email childhear@colorado.edu or call 303-735-6252. The principal investigator for this research study is Angela Yarnell Bonino, Ph.D, Department Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. All testing will be completed in the Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) building on Main Campus.
May 13, 2018
Children's Auditory Perception Laboratory
childhear@colorado.edu

For parents: Cognitive Development Center offers fun research projects for kids

The Cognitive Development Center in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience is looking for children age 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: • visit our website: https://www.colorado.edu/cognitivedevelopment/help-us-explore-cognitive…, or • email cogdevctr@colorado.edu with your child’s name, gender, date of birth and parent contact information (address/phone number/email address), or • call us at (303) 492-6389 For more information, feel free to check out our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/CognitiveDevelopmentCenter/) and website (www.colorado.edu/cognitivedevelopment/).
May 13, 2018
Cognitive Development Center
cdclc@colorado.edu
https://www.colorado.edu/cognitivedevelopment/help-us-explore-cognitive-develop…

Adults needed for a hearing research study

The Children’s Auditory Perception Laboratory is currently recruiting adults between 18 and 30 years old for a research study to help us learn more about how children hear. During the testing, you will sit in a sound-treated room and will listen to sounds presented over a speaker or through headphones. You will be asked to indicate when you hear sounds by selecting a picture on a computer monitor, raising your hand or repeating speech. The sounds we use are not loud. One visit to the laboratory is required. The visit lasts one hour. You will receive $10 per hour. If you are interested please email childhear@colorado.edu or call 303-735-6252. The principal investigator for this research study is Angela Yarnell Bonino, Ph.D, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. All testing will be completed in the Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) building on Main Campus.
June 3, 2018
Children's Auditory Perception Laboratory
childhear@colorado.edu

Adults needed for study on tobacco smoking, auditory function

Volunteers are needed for a study at the Hearing and Epidemiology and Research Diagnostics Laboratory investigating potential effects of tobacco smoking on the auditory system. We are recruiting individuals ages 18-45 who have been actively smoking tobacco (cigarettes) for at least one year and do not use other recreational drugs, including cannabis. Participants are compensated $15 per hour for up to five hours of testing. Interested? Email Kailey Durkin at heardlab@colorado.edu or call 303-735-7127 to see if you qualify or for more information.
May 24, 2018
Kailey Durkin
HEARDlab@colorado.edu

Buff OneCard office closure

A woman holds a Buff OneCard

The Buff OneCard office will be closed from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 30, for an office training. We will open again at 1:30 pm. We apologize for any inconvenience.

May 27, 2018
boc@colorado.edu

Save the date for OpenCon Sept. 7: Open research, more affordable textbooks

Bethany Wiggin (yakubova-studio)

Are you a student wanting more affordable textbooks? A librarian seeking more information on Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data? Are you a professor curious about open research and interested in supporting more affordable textbooks for your students? Then the OpenCon conference Sept. 7, 2018, in Boulder is for you. Save the date and join University Libraries for this event.

This full day event will include a keynote from Dr. Bethany Wiggin, co-founder of DataRefuge, an open access panel, and a training session on advocating for Open Educational Resources on your campus.

May 21, 2018
Melissa Cantrell
melissa.cantrell@colorado.edu
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Paid study: Western style diet

A burger and fries on a plate

We are looking for volunteers for a study investigating the effects of eating a Western style diet on health and physiological function.

We are looking for men and women, aged 18 to 29 or 60 to 79, who currently are performing regular aerobic exercise OR who do not exercise, and who are willing to undergo seven days of high-fat diet controlled feeding (all meals provided) and seven days of low fat diet feeding with a washout in between. 

Participants will receive:

  • Physical exam
  • Complete blood panel-blood sugar and cholesterol
  • Exercise stress test (>60 years only)
  • Aerobic capacity (VO2 max)
  • Blood pressure screening
  • DEXA body composition scan (only if meeting all study requirements)

Participants will receive monetary compensation in the form of a check for their time.

May 18, 2018
ipalab@colorado.edu
https://www.colorado.edu/intphys/

Final call for papers: GRSG Oil and Gas Workshop July 11–12

The North American chapter of the Geological Remote Sensing Group (GRSG), in collaboration with CU Boulder and the U.S. Geological Survey, will be holding a workshop in Boulder July 11–12 focused on the applications of remote sensing to the oil and gas industry. 

The workshop organizing committee is now seeking contributions from industry professionals, suppliers and vendors, academics and government officials concerning the applications of remote sensing across the full lifecycle of oil and gas projects. Please submit abstracts here by Friday, May 18.

Organizers are seeking contributions on the applications of remote sensing across the oil and gas project life-cycle such as:

Oil and gas exploration using remote sensing

  • Offshore oil seep mapping using SAR
  • Onshore seep detection using multispectral and hyperspectral data
  • Geological mapping using state of the remote sensing data and products
  • Exploration planning and HSE risk reduction using remote sensing products, e.g., seismic planning
  • Proximal sensing, e.g., hyperspectral core scanning

Applications of remote sensing to project planning and development

  • Remote sensing for determining environmental and social baseline and impact assessment, e.g., LULC mapping using satellite spectral data
  • Remote sensing for monitoring the environmental impacts during the development phase of projects, e.g., monitoring ocean turbidity during dredging
  • Satellite and aerial elevation mapping for project planning and monitoring development

Metocean applications of remote sensing for project planning, during operations of offshore assets

  • Monitoring sea state and currents
  • Ice monitoring in polar environments

Environmental monitoring applications of remote sensing during operations

  • Gas monitoring, including methane and other gases, to detect leaks and minimize the environmental impact of O&G operations
  • Mapping/monitoring of the environmental physical footprint, e.g., LULC mapping using satellite spectral data and monitoring wildlife using drone remote sensing
  • Monitoring of the broader impacts of oil and gas activities from the regional to global scale, e.g., flare monitoring using satellite nighttime lights data
  • Wildlife monitoring, e.g., use of drones for marine mammal monitoring

Monitoring oil and gas activities using InSAR

  • InSAR as a tool for reservoir monitoring of conventional and unconventional resources
  • Monitoring of the broader potential impacts of O&G activities such as induced seismicity

Emergency and oil spill response

  • Satellite SAR and aerial multispectral/hyperspectral remote sensing for mapping and quantification of offshore oil spills

Field and infrastructure monitoring

  • Pipeline surveillance using satellite, aerial and drone remote sensing
  • InSAR for O&G asset monitoring such as pipelines, facilities and slope stability
  • Aerial surveillance of active fields

Applications of remote sensing to asset retirement

  • Use of archival remote sensing data for documenting the physical and environmental footprint of O&G projects across their lifecycle, e.g., LULC mapping using satellite data archive
  • Use of remote sensing for monitoring remediation and reclamation, e.g., use of satellite, aerial and drone remote sensing to monitor re-vegetation efforts

Contributions covering cross-cutting topics

  • New platforms and sensors, e.g., small satellite constellations, new aerial and drone sensors
  • Big raster data analytics and AI, e.g., automation of LULC mapping using satellite data, detection of incursions to pipeline right of ways, drone data analytics such as automation of marine mammal detection
  • New capabilities for managing the deluge of data from remote sensing platforms
May 11, 2018
Carlyla Dawson
carlyla.dawson@colorado.edu
www.grsg.org.uk

Expect delays on Colorado Avenue starting May 15

The city of Boulder will conduct repaving operations along Colorado Avenue from 30th Street to Foothills Parkway beginning Tuesday, May 15. 

Crews will prepare the existing street surface May 15–17. Patching operations will occur May 21–30. Crews will return to begin paving on June 4. All work will include single-lane closures in each direction of travel and on-street bike lane closure. Travel delays are anticipated, and alternate routes are advised.

May 10, 2018
Facilities Management
conezone@colorado.edu
www.colorado.edu/fm/conezone