Health Promotion invites you to participate in a focus group regarding what you wish you would have known about drinking or partying before coming to college. In 30 minutes, participants will watch a short video, have the opportunity to discuss and share thoughts, and complete a brief survey. All participants will earn Campus Cash. 

If you go

Tuesday, April 19
12–12:30 p.m., 12:30–1 p.m., 1–1:30 p.m.
Wardenburg Student Health Center, West Solarium, Room 321

We are searching for community members to participate in a 45- to 60-minute phone or Zoom interview to talk about their experiences with online therapy. In particular, we are looking for individuals who:

• Have used or are using online therapy services at a community-based organization
• Identify as a member of the Latinx community
• Are older than 18 years old
• Speak English or Spanish

Participants will be compensated $20 for their time.

For more information, please contact Fuji Robledo at fujiko.robledoyamamoto@colorado.edu. Thank you!

You can now request materials from Gemmill Library’s collection and return items to a new book drop outside the library.

Researchers in the CU Anschutz School of Medicine are looking for healthy men and women to study the effects of night shift work on bone metabolism.

You may qualify if you:

• Are 20–40 years old
• Not pregnant
• Habitually sleep 7–9 hours per night
• Haven’t done night shift work in the past year
• Do not currently smoke

Involvement includes: 

• Measurements of bone mineral density
• Completion of sleep questionnaires/assessments
• Sleep with a simulated night shift schedule
• General physical exam
• Activity monitoring with a wrist monitor
• Blood/urine collection
• Arterial line placement
• Two inpatient stays (four nights each)

Participation in the study will last up to six weeks (including two four-night inpatient stays). Participants will receive up to $1,500 and a FitBit for their time.

If interested, email spotlight@ucdenver.edu and ask about the SPOTLIGHT study. Take the qualifying survey here.

PI: Christine Swanson, MD, MCR
COMIRB# 20-3013

The University Libraries are moving to a new search interface that will be noticeable to library users. A beta version of this new search function will be available in late April.

CU Medical Services has received an evaluation of 95 out of 100 and the designation of “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Top Performer” in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 15th anniversary edition of the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey of health care facilities on policies and practices dedicated to the equitable treatment and inclusion of their LGBTQ+ patients, visitors and employees.

A record 906 healthcare facilities actively participated in the 2022 HEI survey, and 251 of those earned an “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Top Performer” designation.

The Just in Time Career & Internship Fair will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom on Wednesday, April 13. Don't miss it!

To support our students’ and our community’s musical development, the College of Music offers Summer Session courses and richly varied summer programming. Read more.

The ASSETT Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award is presented to an Arts & Sciences faculty member (of any rank) who has been nominated by their peers and/or students. To nominate an individual, complete the online form no later than 11:59 p.m. on May 16. Peers and students are encouraged to submit nominations; nominations of early-career faculty members are especially welcome.

Have you recently engaged with a piece of media that inspired you, devastated you, made you laugh out loud or are just dying to share with your peers?

The University Libraries are requesting recommendations for our annual summer media list and we are opening up submissions to the broader CU Boulder campus community. 

Startup Summer 2022 applications are open!

Silicon Flatirons Startup Summer provides an energetic, high caliber boost to emerging company internships. This annual program, now in its 11th iteration, surfaces students who are ready to enter the world of startups, innovation and emerging companies. Undergraduate and recent grads don’t want to miss this exclusive opportunity to meet and learn from Colorado’s top entrepreneurs.

Are you employing interns this summer? Startup Summer is an excellent way to maximize your interns' summer experience and give back to the next-generation entrepreneurial community. 

Starting this Friday, students will be enrolled in Microsoft multi-factor authentication (MFA) and given 14 days to register before MFA is required for logging in to Microsoft applications. Read more from OIT.

During maintenance that affects the portals, such as the maintenance scheduled for Sunday, April 10, remember you can directly access Canvas at canvas.colorado.edu and some other services that are provided through the portals. Read more from OIT.

CU Boulder Student Government spring elections are this week, closing at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 7. Learn more about the candidates, and cast your vote by filling out the spring 2023 election ballot.