We are thrilled to announce an exciting initiative aimed at reviewing the user experience of our university's main webpage. As valued members of the CU Boulder community, your insights are invaluable in shaping the future of our digital platform.

What is happening?

We (a group of engineering students) are conducting a comprehensive survey to gather feedback from faculty, students, staff and others affiliated with the university. Our goal is to understand better how we can enhance the accessibility and functionality of our main webpage to serve you better.

How can you help?

Faculty: We invite you to share information about our survey with your students. We appreciate your support in promoting the survey within your classes. Please also complete the survey, as your input will help shape the new webpage.

Students: Your input is vital! Please take the survey to have your voice heard and help shape the future of our university's digital platform.

Take the survey now.

Interested in diving deeper into this project?

We are forming a case study group and welcome student participation within your classes. These sessions will provide a platform for in-depth discussions and collaboration on our project objectives and strategies.

Case study group sessions April 8–12, April 15–19

Mondays: 5–6 p.m.
Tuesdays: 10–11 a.m., noon–1 p.m., 2–3 p.m.
Wednesdays: 12:15–1:15 p.m.
Thursdays: Noon–1 p.m.,1:30–2:30 p.m., 7–8 p.m.
Fridays: 10–11 a.m., 12:15–1:15 p.m.

Sign up to participate.

Get involved today!

Your participation and support are vital in our endeavor to create a more user-friendly and effective digital platform for our university community.

If you have any questions or need further information, please do not hesitate to contact our team. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Let us shape the future of CU Boulder's digital experience together!

Kira Velez, Solus Thompson, Evan Tseng
Enhancing CU Boulder’s main webpage team
Engineering Students, University of Colorado 
kive7791@colorado.edu | gwth6090@colorado.edu | evan.tseng@colorado.edu

The NSF Institute of Student-AI Teaming is inviting undergraduate students to participate in a study investigating collaborative problem-solving. You will learn about ways to improve collaborations and work with a partner on fun, collaborative learning activities across two sessions.

You are eligible to participate 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

Each visit lasts two hours and will be compensated at $20 per hour. You will earn a bonus of $20 for attending both visits (up to $100 total).

Please sign up for all spots for which you are available over the next few weeks. Providing more availability will help ensure we find you a spot in our study. Calendly emails are not official scheduled dates—only marking your availability. A researcher will be in contact via email to begin the official scheduling process. 

Thank you for your consideration!

Research participants wanted! The current study aims to gather information and insights regarding sense of belonging from students at CU Boulder, with an emphasis on students who are studying within the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. 

The results of this study will inform any changes that may need to be implemented or programs that need to be developed to enhance student sense of belonging within the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and at CU Boulder. 

You must be a current CU Boulder undergraduate and 18 years or older. Participants will be compensated up to $40.

CAIRO Lab is looking for participants for a study on using an AI-based chatbot to complete tasks. You must be a CU Boulder student who is over 18 years old, and you will receive $15 for participating in a 45- to 60-minute-long study.

• Title of research: AI Chatbot User Study
• Institution conducting research: CU Boulder Collaborative AI and Robotics Lab
• Eligibility: CU Boulder students over 18 years old

The purpose of this research is to improve the implementation and use of chatbots that are based on artificial intelligence. Our goal is to make chatbots more usable by everyone, including for work, school and general information. As chatbots become more common, we hope to find ways to implement them safely and conscientiously.

In this study you will use AI chatbots to complete two different tasks. Your participation should take less than 60 minutes and will take place in the CU Engineering Center. For more information, contact christine.chang@colorado.edu or bradley.hayes@colorado.edu. You can sign up here.

The Leeds School of Business has launched a nationwide survey to help understand the motivations and attitudes of people who bought, sold or attempted to buy tickets to any of Taylor Swift’s concerts during the Eras Tour in the U.S.

This comprehensive study is the first of its kind, targeting a wide and diverse demographic to help uncover critical insights into the perceptions and experiences of fans and the general public when attempting to attend a concert by Taylor Swift in the U.S. This new and original survey will collect empirical data about the public’s perceptions of Taylor Swift as a dominant cultural symbol in the U.S. while helping to uncover the experiences of Taylor Swift fans—or Swifties—in accessing tickets to one of the most popular music tours in history.

The study is conducted by Joshua S. Nunziato from the Social Responsibility and Sustainability Division of the Leeds School of Business in collaboration with Carlos Chirinos—assistant professor of music business at New York University's Steinhardt School of Music, director of the NYU Music and Social Change Lab, and Dr. Morgan M. Bryant Assistant Professor at the Haub School of Business at St. Joseph’s University.

According to Chirinos, “This survey is a first attempt to understand the personal motivations and experiences that music fans have when attempting to acquire tickets to their favorite concerts. It will provide insights and help understand Taylor Swift’s superfans as well as the market for concert tickets in the U.S.”

Participants in the survey will be asked to provide information about their own experience buying and/or selling concert tickets as well as questions about their sense of belonging to Taylor Swift’s fan community. Respondents must be over 18 years old and have bought/sold or tried to buy tickets in the United States only. However, the survey will not require submission of any personal contact details.

The researchers invite all eligible individuals to participate. For more information on the survey and how to participate, please visit taylorswiftsurvey.com.

Interested in helping research and being paid for your time? Join this study and help advance scientific research! Darwin Biosciences specializes in infectious disease research; the lab is located in the Jenny Smoly Caruthers Biosciences Building on East Campus.

To be considered for this study you must be:

• At least 18 years old
• Healthy
• Available to come to our lab for a one-hour visit (approximately)

Participation involves one visit during which you’ll donate blood, nasal swabs and saliva. For more details, fill out our contact form. Be a part of something big and get paid for it!

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.

Are you a first-year student at CU Boulder? Interested in a research study on stress and coping in CU students? 

The Research on Affective Disorders and Development Lab is conducting research on stress coping in first-year CU students. We want to understand what helps CU students cope with stress during major transitions, including the transition to college and across semesters.

The study includes a few different parts that happen over a three-semester period: 

• There are two in-person research sessions, each of which takes about 4–6 hours. During these sessions, you will play some computer games while we monitor physical functioning (for example, your heart rate). You will also complete a set of interviews and surveys that ask about stress, behavior, mood and health.
• There are three 21-day periods in which we will send you a daily “micro survey” (less than five minutes to answer) asking about your behavior and mood using an app.
• There are two 1-hour online surveys that we will send to your email.

The study takes place over the course of three semesters, and you will be compensated for your participation (maximum of $446–$470 for completing all parts of the study).

If you want to learn more, contact the RADD Lab at raddlab@colorado.edu or fill out our initial eligibility screening.

Language, Development, and Cognition Lab researchers invite you to participate in an online language production study conducted via Zoom at a time that is convenient for you. The study is open to mothers of 3- to 5-year-old children who are acquiring English as a first language.

You will engage in a task in which you will be shown simple animated actions on a screen (e.g., putting an object on a table) and asked to instruct a hypothetical child or adult listener to perform those actions using props. The total time for the study is 40–45 minutes or less, depending on number of breaks.

We will send you an Amazon gift card worth $20 within one to two weeks of study completion (and a gift card worth $5 if you complete part of the study).

CU’s Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) is seeking 10-15 community members who have been impacted by a mass shooting to participate in a community film project. The project is part of a public awareness campaign to prevent violence in Colorado.  

We think survivors provide a critical perspective on this topic. For instance, what do you want the public to understand about your experience? What do you wish could have been done differently to prevent the attack? CSPV hopes to share these stories as part of a larger public awareness campaign on the prevention of mass violence, to be disseminated via social media channels and CSPV’s website.

Each participant’s videotaped interview and/or photo shoot will take approximately 30-60 minutes, and the filming/photography sessions will take place on Monday, Dec. 4, or Tuesday, Dec. 5, at CU Boulder. Participants can select the day and time that is convenient to them; each participant will receive a gift card as a thank you for their time.

If you or someone you know has a story that they would like to share, please email avery.moje@colorado.edu for more information and to complete a brief questionnaire. Applications will be reviewed beginning Monday, Nov. 20, and accepted until Friday, Dec. 1.

CU’s Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) is seeking 10-15 community members who have been impacted by a mass shooting to participate in a community film project. The project is part of a public awareness campaign to prevent violence in Colorado.  

We think survivors provide a critical perspective on this topic. For instance, what do you want the public to understand about your experience? What do you wish could have been done differently to prevent the attack? CSPV hopes to share these stories as part of a larger public awareness campaign on the prevention of mass violence, to be disseminated via social media channels and CSPV’s website.

Each participant’s videotaped interview and/or photoshoot will take approximately 30-60 minutes, and the filming/photography sessions will take place on Monday, Dec. 4, or Tuesday, Dec. 5, at CU Boulder. Participants can select the day and time that is convenient to them; each participant will receive a gift card as a thank you for their time.

If you or someone you know has a story that they would like to share, please email avery.moje@colorado.edu for more information and to complete a brief questionnaire. Applications will be reviewed beginning Monday, Nov. 20, and accepted until Monday, Nov. 27.

Earn $10 an hour to participate in a study on human control for tele-operated alignment tasks. The study should last around an hour, but you will be paid for the full two. To find out more information and/or schedule, please email almu3988@colorado.edu. 

Requirements: 

• Age 18 years or older 
• Speak English

Interested in how plastic exposure might impact maternal and child health? Participate in a paid study to help researchers better understand how microplastics might alter human health and determine what lifestyle factors might increase exposure.

As a participant, you will earn $200 for completing several questionnaires and providing biological samples. This study includes at-home biological sample collections and questionnaires as well as one visit to the Clinical Translational Research Center (CTRC) in Boulder for physical health assessments and a blood draw.

Eligibility:

• First-time moms
• Mother/infant pairs
• Approximately one month postpartum
• Living in Denver or Boulder

Please fill out a brief survey to see if you qualify. If you have questions, contact us at mnpdimple.study@gmail.com! This study is based in the Alderete Diabetes and Obesity Research (ADOR) Laboratory.

The Perception Laboratory is recruiting participants for a research study aimed at better understanding human-AI cooperation. This research uses human eye-tracking signals to inform the development of hierarchical reinforcement learning (HRL) agents for human-agent collaboration. The goal of this research is to understand how to produce agents that can effectively work with a wide range of humans that vary in expertise, preference and adaptability.

Participants will play the game Overcooked on a desktop computer while eye-tracking and keyboard input are collected, as well as fill out a series of questionnaires. 

To be eligible to participate, you must be between the ages of 18 to 65 years and have normal vision (20/40 or better) without correction from eyeglasses or contact lenses. Contact lenses and eyeglasses should not be worn during the study.

Your participation in this study will require approximately 90 minutes of your time and can be scheduled at your convenience. The study will take place in ECST 322, Engineering Center at CU Boulder.  
 
You will receive a $25 Visa card for your participation. If interested, please scan the QR code (in the attached image) or visit the booking site to reserve a time. Email perception.laboratory.usafa@gmail.com for more information.

The SHINE Lab is seeking participants for a paid study investigating how technology affects teams performing tasks. The experiment will take approximately 1.5 hours. The study uses non-invasive sensors to measure brain and physiological activity while participants complete a task in teams of two.

Participants will be compensated $30 with an additional bonus of up to $40 based on task performance (up to $70 total).

If you are interested in participating, please email shinelabstudy@gmail.com for more information, or schedule a slot.