Over the past few days, the CU Boulder Police Department arrested two bike thieves from different cases. On March 22, a resident in the Smiley Court apartments noticed some suspicious activity at one of the bike racks. Officers responded and arrested Jeremy Alan Leverette on charges of theft and possession of burglary tools.

On March 25, dispatchers noticed that one of the CUPD bait bicycles was moving. Bait bikes look like regular bicycles, but contain a GPS chip that can be tracked by law enforcement. Officers quickly responded and arrested David Roland Wilcox. He was booked on nine charges including theft, possession of burglary tools, drug possession, as well as three outstanding warrants for failing to appear in court for previous offenses.

Both of these bikes used a cable lock to connect them to the bike racks. We recommend using a u-lock style of bike lock. In fact, we think that u-locks are so important that we have partnered with the Environmental Center for a bike lock exchange program. If your bike is registered on campus, you can go to one of the campus bike stations and exchange your used cable lock for a new u-lock. You can find this and other bike theft prevention tips here.

The Herbst Academic Center for Student-Athletes is hiring upper-level undergraduate subject tutors for the summer and fall 2019 semesters to support student-athletes. 

They are hiring for all subject areas, with immediate need in APRD, ECON, SOCY, PSCI, ETHN, STATS, GEOG, ATOC, IPHY. Hours are flexible, and pay is hourly: $11.10 per hour for undergraduate level.

Email tutoring@colorado.edu for more information.

The Buff OneCard office will be conducting system maintenance on Wednesday, March 27. The office will have very limited services and will not be able to produce Buff OneCards or bus passes. The office can still provide passport photos.

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:

• A diagnosis of bipolar disorder
• A history of depression
• No history of mental health conditions

Please fill out this brief survey to apply.

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

The CU Boulder Psychology Department is looking for adults aged 18–40 to participate in a study about attitudes toward spiders, which requires looking at various spider stimuli. 

This is a paid research study that consists of one approximately 4-hour session. You will earn $60 for the completion of this study.

Eligibility criteria:

• 18–40 years of age
• Physically healthy
• Experience significant fear of spiders
• Qualify based on a short online survey

Email alex.kirk@colorado.edu if you are interested in participating.

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 303-492-6389.

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

The National College Health Assessment (NCHA) is underway! About one in three eligible students received an email with a link to the assessment on Sunday, March 3. It was sent from ncha-web@acha.org with the subject line University of Colorado-Boulder Student Health Survey. This survey will inform future campus initiatives to support health and wellness. Students who complete the survey could be randomly selected for $25 or $50 CU Book Store gift cards. Hurry; the deadline is Friday, March 22.

The last day to drop a spring class in MyCUInfo is Friday, March 22, at 11:59 p.m. Get details.

City of Boulder Fire-Rescue and the Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) Department are planning to continue efforts to reduce fire danger for the community by conducting prescribed burning on open space south of the city. This planned burn, which will also help to improve forest ecosystem health, could occur anytime between Monday, March 25, and Friday, May 31.

See the full announcement and get details.

Applications for United Government of Graduate Students (UGGS) are open for anyone interested in becoming president, vice president of internal affairs, or vice present of external affairs.

The election will take place April 1. For more information and to apply, contact uggsinfo@colorado.edu.

CU Boulder will hold its spring commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 9, at Folsom Field. The deadline for graduate students to rent regalia is March 31 

Check the website for updated information, including details about the campus ceremony, department or college recognition ceremonies, caps and gowns, announcements, ADA accessible services, parking.

 

The city of Boulder is seeking feedback from community members on the state of Boulder retail as part of the larger Citywide Retail Study. A shopper questionnaire in both Spanish and English is designed to gather information from community members of all ages, incomes and backgrounds, asking: Are you able to meet your needs for basic goods and services within Boulder? How accessible are shopping areas to your home and work? What characteristics do you seek in a local shopping district?

In July of 2018, the Boulder City Council directed staff to draft a scope of work for the study that reinforces core values of the city: supporting retail that is welcoming and inclusive, environmentally and fiscally sustainable and promotes a sense of place.

Take the questionnaire
English version | Spanish version

The Emotive Computing Lab at CU Boulder is looking for participants for a study of eye movements during reading. 

You are eligible to participant in this research study if you:

• Are at least 18 years of age
• Are a CU Boulder student
• Speak English
• Do not have significant and uncorrected vision impairments

The study contains two parts: 

1. A visit to the lab, which will be scheduled at a mutually convenient time (lasting one hour and fifteen minutes) for a $20 Amazon gift card.
2. A week later, we will email you a follow-up questionnaire to complete online remotely (lasting 30 minutes) for a $10 Amazon gift card.

If you are interested in participating, please contact Julie Gregg at eyetrackingandreading@gmail.com for more information.

Where in the world do you want to go? 

The Fulbright program is the U.S. government’s flagship program for international educational exchange, and CU Boulder has been a top-producing institution for U.S. Fulbright student grants. 

Come to Norlin Library, Room S-421, for an informational meeting to learn how you can apply for a Fulbright grant to do overseas study/research or to be an English teaching assistant overseas. These grants are for any student who will have at least a bachelor's degree by the time the grant starts and won’t yet have completed a PhD. 

All meetings are the same; choose the most convenient for you. Email deborah.viles@colorado.edu for more details.

Wednesday, March 13, 3 p.m.
Tuesday, April 16, 3:30 p.m.

Auditions for final (short) film projects for an upper-division film production course at CU Boulder will take place Thursday, March 21, and Friday, March 22. Email cuboulderfilmcasting@gmail.com for the exact time, location and details.

For the auditions, please bring a headshot and résumé if you have one. A monologue is recommended but not required. We will have cold reads provided if there’s no monologue or if the actor wants to try both. 

Please email cuboulderfilmcasting@gmail.com to sign up for an audition time slot. If you are unsure if you can make it, there will be drop-in hours, but please respond to the email if interested in the drop-in hours. If you know you can make it, we will sign you up for a time that works for you, as the drop-in time is limited. 

If you are interested in being an extra, please let us know. You do not have to audition to be an extra. 

Note: These are student films, and the roles are unpaid. 

Thank you, we look forward to hearing from you!