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The Buff Bulletin Board, a listing of campus announcements, is a service of Campus Communications.

 

Run the CASA 5K on campus Sept. 28

Hello world
Kappa Alpha Theta would like to invite students, faculty and family to run in the first CASA 5K. This 5K event is in support for Boulder Voices for Children! The 5K will be held on the CU Boulder campus on Saturday, Sept. 28. Follow our link to register and learn more about our cause.

Join a paid study on mood in young adults

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Researchers at CU Boulder and CU Anschutz (IRB# 23-2067) are seeking participants for the Paid Young Emerging Adult Research Study (YEARS) study, seeking to understand emotions.

Earn $25 per hour (up to approximately $400 total) for up to three study session phases (1 and 3/4 hours). Must be 18–25 years, be able to attend in-person sessions, and have no mental health history. 

Apply now. Email years-study@colorado.edu or call 303-735-7547.

Join paid study on bipolar disorder in young adults

YEARS Study logo

Researchers at CU Boulder and CU Anschutz (IRB# 23-2067) are seeking participants for the Paid Young Emerging Adult Research Study (YEARS) study, seeking to understand emotions.

Earn $25 per hour (up to approximately $400 total) for up to three study session phases (1 and 3/4 hours). Must be 18–25 years, be able to attend in-person sessions and have a personal history of bipolar disorder. 

Apply now. Email years-study@colorado.edu or call 303-735-7547.

Did you know CU Boulder has a Buy Local Program?

The CU Boulder Buy Local Program's goal is to connect local-, women- and minority-owned businesses with CU Boulder faculty, staff and students to meet the university's needs for purchasing goods and services. By including and supporting local businesses in our supply chain, we create opportunity, promote innovation, and stimulate the community's economic vitality.

Federal student loan on-ramp program ending on Sept. 30

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Last year, the Department of Education created an on-ramp to student loan repayment by providing an additional grace period for borrowers who may have been unable to begin repaying their loans immediately. During this period, borrowers have been able to make partial or late payments and miss payments without the associated consequences or negative credit reports. This period of protection ends on Sept. 30.

Register your off-campus parties to avoid an expensive ticket

Party registration

Having friends over to celebrate being back in Boulder? Register your party to lessen your chances of receiving an expensive ticket. By registering your party with Off-Campus Housing & Neighborhood Relations, the registrant will get a 20-minute warning before police officers arrive if your residence receives a noise complaint.

Students must take an in-person orientation before using the party registration program. Visit UMC 313 or email OCHNR at och@colorado.edu to learn more.

Interested in reducing your cannabis use? Join paid study

Are you seeking to cut down or cease cannabis use? Join the CUChange Lab's study: Longitudinal Outpatient Treatment for Cannabis Use (LOTUS), and get paid $360 for your participation. 

You may be eligible if you are: 

  • 21 years of age or older
  • Regularly use cannabis concentrates
  • Are seeking to cut down or cease cannabis use

The LOTUS study involves:

  • Seven in-person appointments
  • Five remote therapy sessions
  • Usage of a hemp-derived CBD product or placebo for eight weeks
  • Blood collection
  • Surveys

Call 303-492-0288 or email lotus.custudy@gmail.com if interested.

Volunteers needed for clinical trial on persons with multiple sclerosis

Researchers from the Neurophysiology of Movement Laboratory at CU Boulder are conducting a study to investigate if electrical stimulation applied to the legs can reduce fatigue and improve walking in persons with multiple sclerosis.

You may be eligible to participate if you:

  • Are between18–65 years of age
  • Have clinically confirmed diagnosis of MS
  • Are able to walk but have some difficulty walking
  • Experience some fatigue during activities of daily living

The 11-week study involves four evaluation visits and 18 treatment sessions (three times/week for six weeks):

  • Evaluation sessions (approximately two hours each)
  • Answering questionnaires
  • Tests of walking, balance and muscle function
  • Treatments (approximately 60 minutes each)
  • TENS applied to leg muscles while performing weight-lifting exercises
  • The treatment will be applied to two muscle groups in each leg

Participants will be paid up to $880 for completing the 11-week trial.

If you are interested, please contact Mélanie Henry by email at melanie.henry@colorado.edu and reference the MS clinical trial.

Participate in a movement learning study with robotics

Come play a game with a robot! The Neuromechanics Lab needs volunteers for a study on effort and motor learning. We are interested in how effort during a movement changes how you learn. The insights from this study will help us design optimize rehabilitation and movement training. 

In the game, you use a robotic handle to guide a cursor to a series of targets. 

You must: 

  • Be between 18–35 years old 
  • Be right-handed 
  • Have no movement impairments that could impact your ability to complete a reaching task 
  • Have no upper-arm injuries within the last year

The study will involve about one hour of testing in our campus laboratory (1B21 ECSL, 1111 Engineering Drive, Boulder, CO 80309). We will schedule a 90-minute visit (in case of delays) at your convenience.

You will be compensated for your time and effort with an Amazon gift card.

Participate in a locomotion and learning study

Walk on a treadmill with motion capture! 

The Neuromechanics Lab needs volunteers for a study on learning and effort in a walking task. We are interested in how the effort involved in a movement impacts how you learn in a new environment. The task involves walking on a treadmill with separate belts for each foot at walking speeds.

You must be English-speaking, between 18–35 years old, have normal or corrected vision, no movement control or vestibular problems, and no recent lower-limb orthopedic surgeries or broken bones.

The study will involve one visit to our campus laboratory (1B21 ECSL, 1111 Engineering Drive, Boulder, CO 80309), lasting 90 minutes. Both visits will include motion-capture of your walking gait. 

You will be compensated with an Amazon gift card.