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.

OIT is offering a number of Canvas training sessions to help instructors with their end-of-semester questions, including sessions on using the Canvas gradebook and building Canvas quizzes, as well as some sessions to help you get a head start on your spring courses.

Webinars run Dec. 5–19. Learn more and register.

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 Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) celebrates and uplifts faculty publications and major artistic works on campus with their annual Faculty Celebration of Major Works Magazine. This magazine features major works (books, art exhibitions, films, musical compositions and other major accomplishments) created by faculty working in arts and humanities.

CHA is now accepting submissions from CU Boulder faculty with major humanities or arts accomplishments produced, published, released or shown in 2022. The deadline to submit is Dec. 15.

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 I-Corps Starting Blocks program teaches customer discovery and market fit to university researchers and innovators.
 
The Starting Blocks Customer Discovery Workshop is a three-day virtual workshop utilizing customer interviews to help scientists and engineers of all types find a market for their innovations. The core concept encourages inventors to get out of the lab and talk to industry decision-makers to find out what problem the industry needs their product to solve. 

Starting Blocks is the shortest, "introductory" version of the National Science Foundation's I-Corps methodology, which helps inventors build a customer discovery toolkit and learn to talk to industry and business funders about their technologies. 
 
The virtual workshop will take place Friday, Jan. 6, 13 and 20 from 9 a.m. to noon (MST), and there is no cost to participate. 
 
The program consists of:

• Three half-day lectures on customer discovery and interviewing
• Five to 10 interviews during the week done in a target industry
• Weekly check-in meetings with instructors and staff
• No cost to participate

Want to learn more? Contact Program Director Emily Klein, or visit the program webpage to apply today.

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.

Support the Hallett Hall residents as a peer mentor. This is a great way to impact the residential community and gain leadership experience! You do not need to be a current resident to apply.

Applications open Nov. 28 and close Jan. 20. Apply in the eRezLife portal.

We are hiring student EcoReps directors! EcoReps is a program for students who would like to blend their interests in sustainability with a desire to develop some valuable leadership skills—all while living in a residence hall community.

As a director, get involved with promoting and creating new sustainability initiatives in the residence halls, create bulletin boards and newsletters, facilitate events for the 10,000-plus residential population and more.

Director applications open Nov. 28 and close Jan. 20. Learn more.

The University Libraries are now accepting applications for an apprenticeship and two fellowship opportunities. Work with library mentors to gain professional experience during the spring 2023 semester. Graduate and undergraduate students are invited to apply by Dec. 4.