During maintenance that affects the portals, such as the maintenance scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 18, remember that you can directly access Canvas and some other services that are provided through the portals.

The CU Boulder Bioastronautics Research Group, part of the Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department, is recruiting subjects to participate in an astronaut training study using virtual reality.

Subjects will be trained on one of three tasks: an entry-descent landing scenario, a rover driving scenario, or a habitat maintenance scenario. Subjects will complete anywhere from three to eight sessions, with the first session taking up to 2.5 hours and the following sessions taking one hour each.

All subjects between the ages of 18 and 65 are invited to email vr_training@outlook.com to learn more. Any questions about the study can be directed to the PI at apanders@colorado.edu.  

We invite anyone in the Denver/Boulder metro area to apply to speak at TEDxCU. The event will take place on April 7, 2023, in Macky Auditorium on CU Boulder's Main Campus. 

The theme will be decided after speakers have been selected. We always shape our theme around our speakers! 

Applications will close Jan. 1, 2023, and we will not begin reviewing applications until after that date.

All TEDxCU talks must comply with the TEDx content guidelines. TEDxCU will not promote any commercial agenda, inflammatory rhetoric or unsubstantiated scientific claims.

We appreciate your interest, but introductory emails will not receive a response due to the number of applicants we receive. 

Haven't found just the right course to complete your spring 2023 schedule? The History Department has several interesting courses still available, many may fulfill gen ed, diversity, major or elective credits. Below are some of our open courses:

• HIST1025-100 American History since 1865
• HIST1113-001 Introduction to British History to 1660
• HIST1438-001 Introduction to Korean History
• HIST1528-001 Introduction to South Asian History since 1757
• HIST1628-001 Introduction to Chinese History since 1644
• HIST2015-001 Themes in Early American History: The Age of Revolutions
• HIST2220-001 History of War and Society: Gunpowder & War 1300–1648
• HIST2326-001 Issues in the History of U.S. Society and Culture: American Identities – WWII Era
• HIST2500-001 Fact and Fiction in History: Investigating Modern Japan
• HIST4020-001 Topics in Comparative History: Modernity in China and Japan
• HIST4143-001 The Making of Great Britain: British History 1603–1714
• HIST4223-001 The French Revolution and Napoleon
• HIST4304-001 The Cosmos in Premodern Mediterranean Societies
• HIST4423-001 German History 1848–1989: Weimar Republic, Nazism, State Socialism
• HIST4447-001 African American History, 1865–Present
• HIST4448-001 Wars of Liberation in Southeast Asia
• HIST4511-001 Europe in the Dark Ages (400–1000 A.D.)
• HIST4623-001 History of Eastern Europe Since 1914
• HIST4628-001 Modern China: Collapse of Imperial Brilliance, 1644–1949
• HIST4733-001 The Russian Revolution and the Soviet Regime
• HIST4800-001 Special Topics in Global History: China & Russia
• HIST4803-001 Special Topics in European History: Roman Gladiators & Prostitutes

Visit CU Boulder Class Search for more information.

The WeatherTech Cafe in the C4C will be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. during the weeks Dec. 5–9 and Dec. 12–14. Students can bring food into the study space, but the WeatherTech will not be serving food during this time.

Don’t forget to return your textbook rentals to the CU Book Store before you leave for winter break! Textbooks rented for fall 2022 are due by Dec. 16. If you plan to ship your rental books back, find instructions here. 

If you purchased your books and want to sell them back, the CU Book Store will be buying textbooks Dec. 8–16 at the store in the UMC. See website for hours. 

Please reach out to the CU Book Store with questions at assist@cubookstore.com. 

The CU Alternative Breaks program sends teams of college students to engage in meaningful service during their breaks from school. Get the opportunity to explore the United States while making a difference through service, reflecting upon your experience and creating long-lasting connections with others.

This year’s programs include work to support the humane treatment of animals, improve the lives and homes of those affected by natural disasters, build sustainable environments with natural conservation and provide resources to families in need or struggling with food accessibility.

Applications will be open Jan. 3–Feb. 6.

Take piano lessons with an undergraduate piano intern this semester! These lessons are for students, staff or faculty who have had at least three years of previous piano instruction (no exceptions this semester).

The instructors are undergraduate piano majors (juniors and seniors) taking a piano pedagogy course. No university credit. Professor Alejandro Cremaschi supervises the interns.

You must have a piano or keyboard to practice. Learn more.

The CU Youth Piano Program offers piano lessons for the spring 2023. All levels and ages are welcome!

Details about the program:

• Ages 6–18
• 14 lessons each semester
• Options of 30, 45 or 60 minutes per week
• Flexible scheduling depending on child and instructor availability, with the option of skipping some weeks (because of travel, etc.)
• Lessons start after Jan. 17

Instructors are experienced piano majors in their last year of their undergraduate studies, as well as master's or doctoral students who love teaching kids! All levels of experience welcome.

Learn more, or fill out the inquiry form.

Designing for Defense at CU Boulder is one of the most challenging, rewarding, real-world, courses offered anywhere in the country. It places students in direct partnership with individuals from the national security community so they can work as part of an interdisciplinary team in solving complex and real Department of Defense and Intelligence Community problems.  

Students will learn to use LeanLaunch entrepreneurial tools to understand and solve the actual problems confronted by our defense community today. The course gives you an opportunity to work with the best and brightest CU students, as well as our nation’s incredibly dedicated war-fighters.  

Visit the course website to learn more and fill out an application for enrollment.

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 orthopedic surgeries or broken bones.

The study will involve a single two-hour visit to our campus laboratory in the Engineering Center, ECSL 1B21, and will include motion-capture of your walking gait. Subjects will be compensated with a $25 Amazon gift card.

If interested, please fill out a screening survey. 

The Office of Information Technology is preparing to start automated moves of non-Google format files for students, faculty and staff who have Google Drives that are utilizing over 5 gigabytes (GB) of storage. Learn what you should do to be prepared.

Students, visit the finals website to find campus events and resources to support you during finals.

The Transfer Advocate 101 training is part one of a training program for faculty, staff and student leaders to increase awareness of the transfer student population at CU Boulder. This training is intended to provide a better understanding of the transfer student landscape on campus, highlight the unique contributions of our Transfer Buffs, and inspire action toward supporting this population. Participants will also learn about campus supports and resources for Transfer Buffs.

This session will be held from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, in the CASE building. Additional sessions will be posted on the Transfer Student Community website.