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Seeking participants for an effort and locomotion learning study

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.

Qualifications:

  • English-speaking
  • 18–35 years old
  • Normal or corrected vision
  • No movement control or vestibular problems
  • No recent orthopedic surgeries or broken bones

The study will involve two visits (the first lasting 75 minutes and the second lasting 65 minutes) to our campus laboratory in the Engineering Center (1B21 ECSL) at 1111 Engineering Drive. It will include motion-capture of your walking gait. Subjects will be compensated with an Amazon gift card for $25.

If interested, please fill out a screening survey. Contact Rachel Marbaker at rachel.marbaker@colorado.edu or 719-373-1748 with any questions.

Discounted daily parking for students now available

CU Boulder students now have the option of purchasing daily parking permits for the discounted rate of $5 per day. 

To purchase the $5 daily permits, students will need to log in to the online parking portal. Permits will be available in select lots and the total number of available permits will vary day-to-day based on demand. Daily permits may be purchased up to a week in advance. 

Tom McGann, director of Parking Services, said the discounted daily permit provides a flexible, affordable option for students who commute to campus. “This will be especially helpful for students who bring a car to campus only a few days a week, or who need a parking option for exams,” he said. 

Learn more about the daily parking permit.

University Libraries expand hours for finals

Norlin Commons

The University Libraries will expand hours starting Dec. 9, for the Norlin Commons and Norlin Library in advance of finals week, allowing the libraries to increase student support leading up to and during final exams.

Finals hours

Dec. 9: 7:45 a.m.–11 p.m.
Dec. 10–13: 7 a.m.–11 p.m.
Dec. 14: 7 a.m.–10:30 p.m.
Dec. 15: 7:45 a.m.–6 p.m.

Make your plan for Summer Session 2023

Student working on laptop outdoors

Summer Session courses are now available to search in the CU Boulder Course Search.

Earn the credit you need during the summer with popular courses taught by CU Boulder's top faculty. Consider the benefits of taking one or two summer classes during convenient, short sessions offered between May and August:

  • Save time and money.
  • Choose from hundreds of in-person, online, remote and hybrid remote/online courses offered.
  • Get into popular courses.
  • Focus on fewer courses.
  • Enjoy enhanced schedule flexibility.
  • Get back on track if you’ve experience some academic difficulty.

Sessions runs May 15–Aug. 24. Enrollment begins on March 1.

Have questions? Email us at summerinfo@colorado.edu.

Nominate colleagues for the Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence Awards

2022 BFA Excellence Award winners

The BFA is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the 2023 Excellence Awards, recognizing outstanding work and a concerted effort to make advances in the academy. The chancellor provides financial support for these prestigious awards, which will be $5,000 beginning in 2023.

The BFA will grant three awards in each of the following areas:

Get details and nominate someone today.

For graduate students: November deadlines for winter degree conferral

Master's and doctoral students: Check out these November deadlines for winter degree conferral.

Nov. 10

Doctoral students must complete the PhD dissertation defense or final examination by this date. Notice of the examination must be provided to the Graduate School using the doctoral final examination form two weeks before the exam.

Nov. 17: Doctoral students

PhD students must submit the dissertation with Thesis Approval Form to ProQuest by this deadline. The dissertation must be submitted electronically for review and approval by Graduate School staff by the end of the business day. The Thesis Approval Form (TAF) must be uploaded as a supplemental file with the dissertation in order for the submission to be complete. Students whose dissertations are received after this deadline, or those not submitted with the TAF, must apply to graduate at the following semester's commencement.

PhD and DMA students must also fill out the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) online by this deadline. See additional information about the survey.

Nov. 17: Master’s students

Master's students must complete the thesis defense or final examination by this date. Notice of the examination must be provided to the Graduate School using the master's final examination form two weeks before the exam. Certain units do not require an exam for non-thesis students. Please contact your department with any questions.

Nov. 21

Doctoral student grade changes must be submitted for incomplete courses taken during previous or current semesters.

Nov. 30

Master's students must submit a thesis plan and Thesis Approval Form to ProQuest by this deadline. The thesis must be submitted electronically for review and approval by Graduate School staff by the end of the business day. The Thesis Approval Form (TAF) must be uploaded as a supplemental file with the dissertation in order for the submission to be complete. Students whose dissertations are received after this deadline, or those not submitted with the TAF, must apply to graduate at the following semester's commencement.

Preview additional upcoming graduation deadlines on the Graduate School website.

Compete in global Map the System, join info session Nov. 14

Graduate students are invited to attend an information session to learn about how to compete in the global Map the System competition organized by the University of Oxford.

The goal of the competition is to encourage a learning-first approach to social change—one where students delve deep into a problem that matters to them, research the system in which that problem is embedded, and then share their findings with the world.

Contact Professor Don Grant for more information.

If you go

Monday, Nov. 14
7:30–8:30 p.m.
Zoom

Orion seeking students for satellite operator positions

We are seeking three passionate and enthusiastic part-time satellite operators to join our team at our headquarters in Louisville, Colorado. This is an opportunity to be a part of the space industry and make an impact. This is a critical role for the company and requires dedication and commitment with the ability to work evenings and weekends as needed. This would be an ideal opportunity for someone currently attending university, studying aerospace engineering, mechatronics engineering, astrodynamics or a similar field.  

Find a market for your innovations in this 3-day workshop

The 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 with customer interviews designed 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 from 9 a.m. to noon on Thursdays, Nov. 4, 11 and 18. 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

Want to learn more? Contact Program Director Emily Klein at eklein@colorado.edu.

What impact has COVID-19 had on your commute? Complete a survey by Nov. 9

What impact did the COVID-19 pandemic have on your commute? Last week, CU Boulder’s Parking and Transportation department, in partnership with the city of Boulder, released a survey that analyzes our methods of commuting to campus. All faculty and staff are encouraged to take the survey to inform decisions around campus transportation systems.

The survey should take about 7–10 minutes to complete. Data from the survey will be compared to past campus transportation surveys to assess current habits and changes that have occurred in recent years. Insights from the survey will inform CU Boulder’s efforts to improve transportation to, from and through our campus, supporting strategic initiatives that align with the recommendations of the Campus Master Plan.

Take the survey here: CU Boulder Faculty/Staff Employee Transportation Survey 2022. The deadline for completion is Nov. 9.

This survey is hosted by Polco and The National Research Center, which will report results in group form only. Your responses are entirely confidential. If you have any questions or comments about the survey, please email Sustainable Transportation Specialist Clark Rider at buffscommute@colorado.edu.