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Fun research projects for kids

The Cognitive Development Center in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience is looking for children age birth to 12 years old who are interested in playing games that will help teach us about memory and language development. 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. For more information or to sign up, see our information below or call us at 303-492-6389.

Fun research projects for kids

The Cognitive Development Center in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience is looking for children age birth to 12 years old who are interested in playing games that will help teach us about memory and language development. 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. For more information or to sign up, see our information below or call us at 303-492-6389.

Wait your turn: Recognizing and interrupting sexism

This interactive 90-minute training is designed for staff and faculty on the CU-Boulder campus. During the training, participants will engage in small and large group discussions to help identify examples of sexism in their lives or in an institution they participate in. They will also learn strategies for interrupting sexism. To request a presentation for your group, please email wrc@colorado.edu. Please wait for a confirmation before you attend. March 17, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., UMC 456; April 12, 12:30 to 2 p.m., UMC 415-417.

Sugar Free Feminism: Solidarity with refugee women, facilitated by Hibaq Loyan

With over 20 million people forcibly displaced from their homelands, it's time to act to support some of the world's most vulnerable populations. Join the WRC Outreach Coordinator Hibaq Loyan on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 4 to 5 p.m. in UMC 415 for a discussion of the current refugee crisis through a feminist lens and learn how you can build solidarity with migrant and refugee women.

For the Health of It: The Impact of trauma and the healing process

Join us on Monday, Feb. 22, 3 to 4:30 p.m. in Humanities 186 for a discussion with the Office of Victim Assistance about the different ways people experience trauma physically, emotionally and cognitively. By seeking to better understand trauma, we will be learning ways to support survivors in the healing process following a traumatic event.

Participate in a research survey about student groups on campus

This is an anonymous 10-minute survey for freshmen (at least 18 years old) and seniors currently enrolled at CU-Boulder. What are your opinions about involvement in student groups on the CU-Boulder campus? Even if you’re not involved in student groups at this time, we want to hear from you. Tell us your thoughts. What do you think about student groups? Completion of the survey automatically makes you eligible to win a $25 gift card. Use this link to access: Student Group Survey

Diversity Summit: Art is a Hammer: Reshaping Reality through Cultural Activism

When: Wednesday, Feb. 17, 6 to 8 p.m. Where: HUMN 1B50 How can art serve our vision for a more just and peaceful world? Join these powerful, boundary-breaking soul sisters for an interactive workshop to help you sharpen your art in the name of creative, deep change and a little personal transformation. Speak your voice and speak your vision, learning and growing into the force you already are… in the circle with other CU change-makers and dreamers.

Diversity Summit: Chancellor’s Standing Committee on Gender and Sexuality Caucus

When: Feb. 18, 2 to 3:15 p.m. Where: Kittredge central Room 2 The Chancellor’s Standing Committee on Gender and Sexuality welcomes all LGBTQ individuals and supporters of the LGBTQ community to a caucus discussion on inclusiveness and belonging on campus. We’ll be referring to the results from the most recent Campus Climate Survey as a starting point for discussing sexual and gender identity at CU-Boulder, as well as existing and future efforts to improve the campus climate for LGBTQ individuals.

Diversity Summit: Change and action session

When: Feb. 18, 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. Where: Champions Center Room 309 “Change and Action” sessions are follow-up discussions for developing specific actions that emerged from the facilitated intergroup dialogues. During the dialogues, participants will have an opportunity to learn about the short, mid and long-term plan that the university will be enacting.

Diversity Summit: College sport as an agent of change

Roger Pielke, professor in the Environmental Studies Program When: Feb. 18, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Where: Champions Center room 328 This session explores the governance of university athletics, specifically Black/African-American athletes before and after sports integration. It will raise questions about the power of athletics as an avenue for social movements and social change and will explore the demystification of the “Great Black Athlete” in an educational arena.