CU Boulder undergraduate students:

• Are you engaged in research, scholarly or creative work?
• Do you want to connect with professionals in your field of study?
• Are you considering graduate or professional school?
• Do you want to learn about the latest in your field?

The Professional and Academic Conference Endowment (PACE) provides funding for students to present, perform or exhibit their work at professional and academic conferences and exhibitions.

Please send any questions about PACE to urop@colorado.edu. You can learn more and apply on the PACE website.

The 2017 ColderBolder 5K Race Finish and Festivities will be held Saturday, Dec. 2, in the Balch Fieldhouse. 

The set-up and event will impact campus roads and some parking access from 6 a.m. through noon Dec. 2. If you have event questions, please review the BolderBoulder website.

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 self-control, language and cognitive strategies. 

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.

To sign up, please do one of the following:

• Visit our website.
• Email cogdevctr@colorado.edu with your child’s name, gender, date of birth and parent contact information (address, phone number, email address).
• Call us at 303-492-6389.

For more information, feel free to check out our Facebook page and website. 
 

Join the CU Boulder Peace Corps group over lunch to learn about volunteer experiences, ask questions about service and gain tips to guide you through the application process. Returned Peace Corps volunteers will share their stories in the health field through a Q&A panel. Lunch will be served.

Public health specialists are needed to address issues of global maternal and child health, nutrition and hygiene, infectious and vaccine-preventable diseases, and more. Help improve a community's basic healthcare and promote healthy behaviors, while gaining global skills for your career.

Friday, Dec. 1, 1–2 p.m.
Koelbel Building, room 340

"A Question of Life or Death: Renewing the Inquiry into the Shaft Tomb Figures of Western Mexico" Professor Chris Beekman, CU Denver

The ceramic effigies found in shaft tombs of West Mexico have been used as evidence of shamanistic obsession with the underworld, but Beekman will be discussing how recent excavations and analysis of museum collections have called this interpretation into question. 

This free, public lecture is presented in partnership with the Archaeological Institute of America. Seating is limited. 

Wednesday, Dec. 6, 7 p.m.
CU Museum of Natural History, Paleontology Hall

Do you sing in the car? Here's your chance to take your best rendition of "Purple Rain" or "Love Shack" to the people! 

Get the full rock-star experience with Club 156's sound and light systems. Food and beverages are right next door in The Connection.

Upcoming dates:
Nov. 30
Dec. 14

Check out all of The Connection’s weekly events | The Connection Bowling, Billiards & Games, UMC first floor

Whether you’re using the CU Boulder Platform or a public site like Kickstarter/Indiegogo, come to this info session and ask your questions, learn more and leave with action plans for getting started. No RSVP required.

Wednesday, Dec. 13, 4–5 p.m.
University Memorial Center, room 415

Students, faculty and staff, particularly from the arts and sciences community, are invited to provide feedback on the Arts & Sciences Support of Education Through Technology (ASSETT) website. Qualified participates who complete the study will receive a $20 Amazon gift card.

Cultures of Activism in Dakar, Senegal

Spend Maymester differently this year and travel to Dakar, Senegal, for a 3-week, 3-credit course. Explore social justice and global development in the context of Senegal's rich cultural heritage while collaborating with a Senegalese activist theater troupe.

No language background required! Learn more at the interest meeting with faculty director Brian Quinn.

Thursday, Nov. 30, 5 p.m.
Center for Community, room N215

Join the CU Museum of Natural History for a free lecture Nov. 29. 

Given the increasing prevalence of recreational and medicinal marijuana and changing legal policies, understanding the effects of different forms of cannabis is an increasingly important topic. 

Cinnamon Bidwell will provide an overview of the current state of human cannabis research and important barriers to conducting cannabis research due to federal regulations and propose a path forward for collecting data on the abuse liability and potential therapeutic effects of legal market cannabis products.

Bidwell’s primary research focus is translational studies investigating the effects of abused drugs and how these effects impact psychological and physical health acutely and chronically. Her research is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the state of Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

This program is offered in conjunction with the exhibition Cannabis: A Visual Perspective, currently on display in the BioLounge. 

Wednesday, Nov. 29, 7 p.m.
CU Museum of Natural History

The Center of the American West is proud to present the Wallace Stegner and the Humor Initiative’s Fool for a Day Award to Senator Alan Simpson, his wife Ann Schroll Simpson, Pete Simpson and his wife Lynne Simpson. Please join us for this once in a lifetime event.

Each year, the center of the American West presents the Wallace Stegner Award to an individual or group of individuals who have made a sustained contribution to the cultural identity of the West through literature, art, history, lore or an understanding of the West. The center also presents a Fool for a Day Award annually to celebrate those individuals whose skills and temperaments support the central conviction of the Center of the American West: A dose of good humor is essential to constructive public discussion and, not coincidentally, to public health.

The Center has combined the Stegner Award with the Humor Initiative to celebrate their contributions to our understanding of the West and to celebrate the opportunity to laugh as we do so. 

Alan Simpson, former U.S. senator from Wyoming, spent a career in public service. From Wyoming Assistant Attorney General to City Attorney, he was very active in all civic, community and state activities. As an author, teacher and visiting lecturer, he continues to serve on numerous corporate and nonprofit boards and travels the country giving speeches. 

Ann Schroll Simpson’s career varied from teaching, grass-roots campaigning, real estate, constituent activities and social responsibilities. She served as co-chairman of the Congressional Wives Mental Health Committee, as a board member and president of the University of Wyoming Art Museum Board and as an active fundraiser for the Art Mobile, which was her brain child.  

Pete Simpson, a distinguished and award-winning academic, was twice elected to the Wyoming House of Representatives. He served as dean of instruction at Sheridan College and was appointed UW vice president for institutional advancement and executive director of the University of Wyoming Foundation. Since retirement, he continues to participate in cultural and civic affairs and hosts the “Pete Simpson Forum” in the online newspaper WyoFile. 

Lynne Simpson’s career spans public administration, public affairs, community theater, the arts and social services. She helped establish the Eppson Center for Seniors in Laramie, co-founded the Laramie Summer Institute for Children, directed the University of Wyoming Renaissance Faire and taught in UW’s Trial Lawyer Institute. She served on the Wyoming Council for the Arts, the National Community Theater Association Board and was awarded an NEA Fellowship in Washington, D.C., and the Governor’s Arts Award. 

Visit the Center of the American West for more information.

Thursday, Dec. 7, 6:30 p.m.
Village Center, Multipurpose Room

Put on your poker face, see if Lady Luck is with you and win prizes! Sign up 6 p.m. at The Connection front desk; cards fly at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome—all skill levels.

Upcoming dates:
Nov. 28  
Dec. 12, Grand Championship (winners playoff)

Check out all of The Connection’s weekly events | The Connection Bowling, Billiards & Games, UMC first floor