The SHINE Lab is recruiting participants for a virtual reality study who are:

• Students, staff or faculty at CU Boulder.
• Fluent in English.
• Over the age of 18.

In our study at the Center for Innovation and Creativity, Room 171E, you'll delve into virtual reality tasks while we safely monitor your physiological reactions.

Our non-invasive, comfortable and user-friendly devices will track your eye movements and your brain activity. The purpose of the research is to investigate more intuitive and inherent interaction techniques for virtual reality.

The studies last two hours and you'll receive a $30 compensation for your time. You cannot earn course credit through this study.

If interested, schedule a time slot. For more details about the study, please reach out to ragu8188@colorado.edu.

This summer, Parking and Transportation Services will be power washing parking garages. Specific garages will be closed for short periods of time. Check for dates and details.

This summer the Colorado Department of Transportation is continuing Bustang, its direct bus service to Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park from Denver, Westminster, Broomfield, Boulder and Lyons.

Trips depart on Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 1, as well as on select holiday Mondays, including July 3 and Sept. 4.

Catch the bus at Denver Union Station, the US 36 and Sheridan Station, Broomfield Station, Table Mesa Station or in Lyons.

Tickets are typically $15 round-trip and students receive a 25% discount. 

During July and August, Regional Transportation District (RTD) will offer "zero fares" across its system as part of the Zero Fare for Better Air initiative. This collaborative, statewide initiative is designed to reduce ground-level ozone by increasing the use of public transit.

Current RTD customers will also benefit as they will not have to use or purchase fare products from July 1–Aug. 31, during Colorado’s high ozone season.  

The purpose of this study is to evaluate how probiotic supplementation impacts your stress levels. This research may help us better understand factors that support adaptive stress responding.

You may be eligible for this study if you are:

• Age 18 to 45.
• Willing to take a probiotic supplement for about two months.
• Not immunosuppressed.

Participation includes:

• One 30-minute in-person visit, where you will receive the probiotic/placebo and complete questionnaires.
• About 2 months of supplementation.
• Completion of periodic brief questionnaires sent via text.

970-921-9321 IRB Protocol #: 22-0234

The Shine Lab is recruiting participants for a research study who:

• Are students, staff or faculty at CU Boulder
• Are native English speakers
• Are over the age of 18
• Are proficient at using computers
• Do not have a history of seizures

These studies take place at the Center for Innovation and Creativity (1777 Exposition Drive) in Room 171E. In this type of study, we look at your physiological reaction and at your brain waves as you work in a team on a task that involves searching for objects of interest in satellite images. The purpose of the research is to better understand the experiences people have while working in teams on collaborative tasks. 

We will use non-invasive sensors (functional-near infrared spectroscopy) to measure your brain and physiological activity while you work with the visual search task.

These devices are safe and comfortable for experiment participants to wear.
The studies last two hours each and the pay is $15 per hour, plus a significant merit-based cash bonus. You cannot earn course credit through this study.

If you are interested, please email shinelabstudy@gmail.com to schedule a slot.

During maintenance that affects the portals, such as the maintenance scheduled for Sunday, June 25, remember you can directly access Canvas and some other services that are provided through the portals.

Efforts are underway to create a unified scheduling tool for reserving space on campus to streamline cross-campus collaboration and address the scheduling needs of all students, faculty and staff (both academic and administrative).

Currently, space reservations are made through more than a dozen separately managed scheduling tools. This tool also will provide more accurate data for campus to make better space development decisions.

If you currently use a scheduling tool for reserving space on campus, staff from the Office of the Provost and Student Affairs want to hear your feedback and current challenges. Please contact emina.begovic@colorado.edu by July 14. There will be another opportunity in the fall to offer feedback, as well.

Located on the first floor of the UMC, The Connection is the place on campus for fun things to do with friends and family! As the only bowling center in Boulder, The Connection features bowling lanes with automatic scoring, billiards tables, video game consoles (Xbox One, PS4, Wii), table tennis and a selection of food and beverages available daily.

The Connection is hiring mechanics, cashiers and a Connection coordinator!

Mechanic | Student Assistant I $15/hour; 8–20 hours per week

The Connection mechanics are a unit of student para-professionals whose primary function is to service, maintain and repair bowling equipment in addition to assisting with maintenance and service needs in and around The Connection facility.

Cashier | Student Assistant I $15/hour; 8–16 hours per week

The Connection cashiers are a unit of student para-professionals whose primary function is to monitor, maintain and provide service to those who attend and use The Connection and all equipment provided. Work in the heart of campus at the only bowling center in Boulder, serving the recreational needs of CU students, faculty, staff and the community.

Connection coordinator | Graduate Student Assistant | Student Assistant IV | $18.20/hour; up to 25 hours per week

The Connection coordinator will assist The Connection manager in the oversight of daily facility operations, staff supervision, reservation management, staff training and development, general marketing, and monthly inventory. The position will also assist The Connection manager and the UMC program coordinator with weekly, monthly and annual programming for The Connection.

The Moth will hold its GrandSLAM Championships: Big Breaks event in Denver at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 15. (Doors open at 7 p.m.)

The Moth is offering one pair of free tickets in a giveaway for CU Boulder Today readers. Enter to win by 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 13. The Moth will notify the winner via email by Tuesday, June 13. Activate the QR code here or click on the giveaway form to enter.

Listen as 10 champions from The Moth's open-mic StorySLAM series compete for the title of the Denver GrandSLAM champs. Ten of Denver's finest storytellers will share stories of the unusual, unexpected, occasional, rare and magical. Hosted by Nick Ross, the night’s theme is big breaks. 

The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling.

The Office of Information Technology will be migrating email safety and security technology to Microsoft 365 on Tuesday, June 6. This change will mostly run in the background to improve anti-spam, anti-malware and phishing protection for the CU Boulder campus, but you will start to see notifications that you haven't received before from Microsoft Defender Quarantine.

Read the OIT news story about this change, as well as the Microsoft Defender Quarantine page for additional information and instructions for releasing emails from quarantine.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate how probiotic supplementation impacts your stress levels. This research may help us to better understand factors that support adaptive stress responding. 

You may be eligible for this study if you are:

• Ages 18 to 45
• Willing to take a probiotic supplement for approximately two months
• Not immunosuppressed

Participation includes:

• One 30-minute in-person visit where you will receive the probiotic/placebo and complete questionnaires
• Approximately two months of supplementation
• Completion of periodic brief questionnaires sent via text

Take a brief survey to find out if you’re eligible.

IRB Protocol #: 22-0234 
Questions? Contact Lauren Finkelstein 
lauren.finkelstein@colorado.edu 
970-921-9321 

CU NightRide is a student-operated program dedicated to meeting the safety needs of CU students, faculty and staff by providing nighttime transportation to support a safe academic and socially responsible environment, both on campus and in the community.

CU NightRide is hiring driver/dispatchers to take calls, coordinate rides and drive within the city of Boulder. We’re looking for students who are confident and safe behind the wheel, friendly, courteous, non-judgmental, caring and skilled at multitasking.

Driver/dispatcher (Student Assistant I)

• $15 per hour, 10–20 hours/week
• Flexible schedule
• Growth opportunities
• Listen to your own music

We are looking for healthy males and females, ages 17–35, to participate in a study at the CU Boulder Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory.

• The study is seven weeks long with eight in-person visits
• Participants live in the sleep laboratory on two separate occasions for 7.7 days (15.4 days total)

Compensation up to $3,785. Get study details and apply.

Struggling with anxiety or depression? Feeling down, hopeless or stuck in a cycle of unproductive worry? Low-cost teletherapy and in-person therapy are available through CU Boulder’s Raimy Psychology Clinic, for individuals residing in Colorado.

Raimy Clinic therapists can provide help coping with stress, depression, anxiety, relationship issues and other difficulties. Special low rates are available for all CU Boulder students, staff and faculty, or family members of full-time staff or faculty. Openings for new clients are available now. Email or call now to start the intake process.

For more information, call our intake coordinator Lauren Finkelstein at 303-492-5177, email raimy@colorado.edu or visit our website.