Researchers in the Psychology and Neuroscience dept. at CU-Boulder are conducting a research study involving an 8-week program designed to help prevent depression, reduce stress and promote health and well-being. Earn up to $180, and get a copy of your MRI on DVD. Participants must be: Healthy women OR Women with a history of depression Ages 18-55 Willing to participate in two MRI assessments Smartphone users Have normal, or corrected-to-normal, vision Contact womenswellness@colorado.edu or 303-492-7378.

Researchers in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at CU-Boulder are conducting a research study seeking to understand the neuroscience of emotion and well-being. Earn up to $180, and get a copy of your MRI on a DVD. Participants must be: Healthy women OR Women with a history of depression Ages 18 - 55 Willing to participate in 2 MRI assessments, 2 months apart Smartphone users Have normal, or corrected-to-normal, vision For more information, contact womenswellness@colorado.edu or 303-492-7378.

The Pakistani Students Association is having its first meeting on Monday, May, 9 at 7 to 8 p.m. in Leeds Business, Koelbel 230. We will have gyros and drinks. If you have any questions, please email PakistaniSA@Colorado.EDU. Please RVSP if you plan to attend.

Have questions about LGBTQ benefits during open enrollment? If you, or someone on your plan, identifies as transgender or within the LGBQ community please visit the Employee Services site https://www.cu.edu/employee-services/lgbtq-resources for information on benefits- including surgical benefits for transgender people. It is important to remember that all but one plan offers gender confirmation surgery benefits, so please be mindful of that during your selection. If you have any questions please call the benefits team at 303-860-4200.

Registration now open. Spend Friday mornings with us exploring and creating. Our newest exhibit Becoming Butterflies will be our jumping-off point to cross-pollinate science and art. Your elementary-age child will visit exhibits, participate in hands-on creative activities with real museum tools and specimens and move through natural areas outside of the museum. Each workshop meets for three hours from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the CU Museum of Natural History on the CU-Boulder Campus. Healthy snacks will be provided. Each workshop is $30.

As we approach open enrollment for benefits we want you to have the most up to date information regarding health benefits. If you, or someone on your plan, identifies as transgender or within the LGBQ community please visit the Employee Services site https://www.cu.edu/employee-services/lgbtq-resources. This will be the second year of surgical benefits for transgender care in all but the Exclusive plan. If you have any questions please call the benefits team at 303-860-4200.

The Bursar's Office will be open from 9:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 19, so that staff can attend training.

You must have regalia to participate in Commencement on May 7. Undergraduates should purchase regalia at the bookstore, graduate students may rent regalia at Balch Fieldhouse. See the commencement website for details, http://www.colorado.edu/commencement/. Please line up in Norlin Quad by 7:45 a.m. for the procession, or come early and enjoy a free breakfast, starting at 7 a.m.

CU-Boulder’s Mediterranean Studies Group presents three scholars: Sabahat Adil (CU-Boulder) Brian A. Catlos (CU-Boulder), and Núria Martínez-de-Castilla (Complutense Madrid) in an event that surveys the experience of the forgotten European Muslims of Spain, their literature and culture, and their post-exile fate. Monday, May 16, 6:30 p.m. at the Grand Assembly Hall of Chautauqua Historical Park The event is free and open to the public, but seats must be reserved no later than May 9. To reserve: tickets@cumediterranean.info.

University of Colorado Boulder Property Services will hold a public auction of surplus property and equipment on Saturday, May 21. Items will be available for preview beginning at 8 a.m. and the auction will begin at 9 a.m. Auctions are held on the east side of: University of Colorado Boulder Distribution Center 3300 Walnut St. Boulder, CO 80301