FCQs are open Dec. 3–10. Take your online course and instructor evaluations now! Complete all your FCQs and be entered to win one of five $100 gift cards to the CU Book Store.

Over the next 18 months, OIT will upgrade all network switches on a building-by-building basis across campus which will cause network outages during evening hours. The replacements will cause outages for both wired and Wi-Fi networks, including Cisco VoIP phones. 

Get details on the OIT website.

The SKY Happiness Retreat is a 20-hour immersive, life-skills training and self-development program offered to thousands of students at more than 40 universities across the country, including Stanford, Ohio State and MIT. Join the retreat at CU Boulder Nov. 30 through Dec. 2.

Students gain stress-management and leadership skills, develop a personal meditation practice, develop strategies for social connection and engage in peer-driven service initiatives. Taught over three consecutive days, the retreat introduces the SKY meditation technique, a breathing practice that has shown to significantly increases one's well-being and calmness and reduces anxiety and stress markers. It's one of the coolest places to connect to yourself, make awesome friends and have fun!
 
The retreat is offered free of cost to all CU students, staff and faculty members. There are limited spots available for this retreat, and they are filling up fast. Availability is first-come, first-served by registration only and requires attendance to all sessions. Apply now.

The retreat is organized by the SKY Club at CU Boulder in association with the International Association for Human Values (IAHV).

If you go
Friday, Nov. 30, 6:30–10 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 1, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 2, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The Emotive Computing Lab at CU Boulder is looking for participants for a study of collaboration.

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

• Are a CU Boulder student at least 18 years of age
• Speak English
• Do not have significant and uncorrected vision impairments
• Have not previously played Physics Playground or a similar game (e.g., Crayon Physics Deluxe, Magic Pen) for more than an hour

The study contains two parts:

• An at-home portion where you fill out some surveys and practice the game (lasting one hour)
• A visit to the lab, which will be scheduled at a mutually convenient time (lasting two hours)

You will receive payment after participating in both parts of the study. You will be compensated with $50 in Amazon gift cards.

If you are interested in participating, please contact Caroline at emotivecomputing.cps2@gmail.com.

During fall break and Thanksgiving Nov. 12–23, CU Boulder Today will deliver to email inboxes on a reduced schedule. Issues will go out once each as follows.

Monday, Nov. 19: Student and faculty-staff editions
Tuesday, Nov. 20: Graduate student and community editions

On Monday, Nov. 26, the regular schedules for each edition will resume.

The Office of the Registrar and the Bursar's Office will be closed from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 20.

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:

• Diagnosis of bipolar disorder
• History of depression
• No history of mental health conditions

Please fill out a brief survey to apply.

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

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 us at 303-492-6389.

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

To keep up with our growing cycling community and to take advantage of Boulder's warm, sunny winter days, the UMC and Folsom bike stations will now remain open through the winter with limited hours beginning Nov. 26.

UMC Bike Station winter hours
Mondays: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Wednesdays: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Fridays: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Folsom Bike Station winter hours
Tuesdays: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Thursdays: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Please be advised bike stations do occasionally close due to inclement weather without advance notice.

Bike station services are available to all CU Boulder affiliates with a registered bike. The CU Bicycle Program has seen steadily increasing bike registrations over the past few years and processed a record number of new bike registrations (more than 5,000) this fall. If you are visiting a bike station for the first time, please take a few minutes to register your bike online.

The Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences (CARTSS) funds interesting and innovative research projects designed to address important problems in ways that both educate and speak to broad audiences in the social sciences and within our community. 

Email CARTSS for more information on fellowships for faculty and graduate students. Fall funding proposals due Nov. 15.

This is an interactive, 90-minute training for students, staff and faculty, led by CISC staff and the peer education team. Participants will engage in group discussions to help identify examples of sexism they experience in their lives and institutions they participate in, and learn strategies to interrupt them.

The next session is scheduled for 12–1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, in UMC 247.

Students can register for one of your monthly trainings through Skillsoft within the campus portal. Once you log in using your Identikey, follow these steps:

Click on the Skillsoft tile. Select Library at the top of the page. Select your campus folder. Select a topic from Categories. Select a course and click “Launch.”

Staff can register through Skillsoft in your employee portal. Search under "Sexism" to find it. If you are having trouble logging in to Skillsoft, you can call Organizational and Employee Development at 303-492-8103.

Affordable psychotherapy is available at the Raimy Clinic in the Muenzinger Psychology building on Main Campus. Special low rates are available for all CU Boulder faculty, staff and students. Raimy Clinic therapists can provide help coping with stress, depression, anxiety, relationship and occupational issues, and other difficulties, as well as helping you meet your goals for improving self-confidence and increasing healthy behavior.

Hey, Buff fans! The CU basketball season is underway. The first home game was Oct. 29. There are 34 scheduled games through March 9 that will impact campus parking and traffic flow.

Throughout the season, traffic on and around campus is expected to be extremely heavy beginning one and a half hours prior to game time, and up to one hour post game. Police and parking staff will be onsite to assist with traffic flow.

Public parking for basketball games on Main Campus is no-charge in the basketball public lots identified in the parking map (PDF) posted on the Parking Services website. During games, all CU Boulder parking permits are honored in public basketball parking areas on a space-available basis.

For full details check Parking Services basketball webpage.

The 2019 Women’s Leadership Symposium program submission process is now open! The symposium seeks to explore a variety of ways women/women-identified individuals build their leadership skills and feel empowered to become tomorrow’s leaders.

With this year’s theme of “Transforming our Future,” we are especially interested in proposals that will intentionally address the needs and interests of student audiences as part of the submission. Intergenerational or multi-audience proposals are also highly valued.

Staff and students are encouraged to collaborate on proposal submissions that address our key themes:

• Describe gendered challenges present at CU and in the broader workplace.
• Describe a leadership style or core tenet, and how attendees can operationalize this style or tenet.
• Connect knowledge and skills to future professional pursuits.

For full consideration, please submit your proposal by Dec. 3.

Save the date

2019 Women’s Leadership Symposium
Friday, Feb. 15
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
University Memorial Center

This fall semester, CARTSS (Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences) is offering two grant programs open to tenure-track faculty and graduate students conducting interdisciplinary research in the social sciences.

Deadline: Monday, Nov. 12

Faculty award

Our program is a competitive grant program to support tenure-track faculty conducting research in social science. We are particularly interested in projects that are new and innovative and expand or diverge from current research. Awards up to $4,000.

Graduate student award

This program provides a small amount of startup funds for graduate students conducting research in social science. We are particularly interested in supporting pilot projects designed to increase the chances of securing external funding support as well as field research, data acquisition, travel and other research cost essential to successful completion of research required for MA or PhD degrees. Awards up to $1,000.

Details and instructions for applying can be accessed via the CARTSS website.

Contact CARTSS at 303-735-3721 or stop by IBS B173.