UROP celebrates research and creative mentors with the Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, which recognizes CU Boulder faculty supporting students on research and creative projects in all fields of study and creative practice. Students are encouraged to nominate their mentors regardless of program funding, and UROP welcomes nominations from early stage researchers and creative practitioners. All student nominations will be shared with their mentors after awards are announced in the spring. To support their work, Mentor Award recipients will have the option to award an assistantship to an eligible undergraduate of their choosing in the next grant cycle. Nominations due March 26, 2021.

Take piano lessons with a 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 piano majors in their senior year. No university credit. Professor Alejandro Cremaschi supervises the interns.

Because of COVID-19 limitations, all lessons will happen online. You must have access to a piano or keyboard.

Learn more.

The Social, Emotional, and Cognitive Computing Lab at CU Boulder invites you to participate in a study of collaboration. You are eligible to participate if you are a CU Boulder student, at least 18 years of age, speak English, do not have significant and uncorrected vision impairments, and have not previously played Physics Playground or a similar game (e.g., Crayon Physics Deluxe, Magic Pen) for more than an hour. The study will take place over Zoom and will last approximately two hours. You will be compensated with a $30 Amazon gift card. If you are interested in participating, please contact us at emotivecomputing.cps2@gmail.com for more information.

The CU Boulder Psychology Department is looking for adults aged 18-40 to participate in a study about attitudes towards spiders, which requires looking at various spider stimuli. This is a paid research study that consists of one 4-hour session. You will earn $60 for the completion of this study.

Eligibility criteria:

• 18-40 years of age
• Physically healthy
• Experience significant fear of spiders
• Qualify based on a short online survey

If you're interested, please email alex.kirk@colorado.edu for more information. 

CU Science Discovery is currently recruiting mentors for the newly developed High School Summer Research Fundamentals Course. This two-week program connects highly motivated high school students to STEM research opportunities at CU Boulder and the Anschutz Medical Campus, exposing them to the fundamentals of the scientific research process. 

Benefits to acting as a mentor include:

• Provides an opportunity for graduate students and other researchers to gain mentorship experience
• Allows faculty to address Broader Impacts requirements tied to grants
• Mentors will receive $500 in Academic Enrichment Funding 

The program will be conducted virtually July 12–23, 2021. 

Learn more and apply now.

We are seeking participation in the study “Impact of Pediatric to Adult Health Care Transition on Asthma Outcomes” (COMIRB Protocol #20-1172) through the University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado.

This study will help us learn more about health care transitions in patients with asthma. Pediatric to adult health care transition is the process of getting a teenage patient ready to see an adult doctor. We hope to learn more about how a person’s transition from seeing a pediatric to adult doctor may affect his/her current asthma management.

To qualify for this study you must:

• Be between the ages of 18-30
• Have been diagnosed with asthma by a doctor

If you are interested in participating, you will be asked to complete a 20-minute online survey.

Participation in this study is voluntary. Responses in the survey will remain anonymous and no identifying information will be collected.

If you have any additional questions prior to participating in this study, you can contact Dr. Suzanne Ngo at suzanne.ngo@childrenscolorado.org or 720-777-1369.

Show off your skills and compete for prizes at the Center for Student Involvement's 18th annual Poetry Slam! Auditions begin Feb. 15. Email involvement@colorado.edu to sign up. The Poetry Slam will take place Thursday, March 18, at 7 p.m. MDT.

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival is offering spring after-school Shakespeare classes, starting Feb. 8. We've been hard at work, re-imagining Zoom classes designed to emphasize teamwork and connection with other students, and with shorter time commitments (three or four-week classes). 

Scholarships are available by submitting this form.

Original Practices Workshop: Ages 12–18
Mondays, 5–6:30 p.m., Feb. 8–22 (3 week class)

Supernatural Shakespeare: Ages 8–11
Wednesdays, 4–5:30 p.m., Feb. 24 to March 17 (4 week class)

Playwriting with a Partner: Ages 14–18
Saturdays, 10 to noon, April 3–17 (3 week class)

UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program) encourages CU Boulder undergraduates of all majors to connect with and engage the academic and creative life of the university—and welcomes your applications for student grants ($1,000 to $3,000). 

Apply by Friday, Feb. 12 for summer 2021 and/or academic year 2021–22 (fall and spring) funding. Get started today.

Black engineering students who are currently or were previously enrolled in engineering are invited to participate in a research study about Black engineering students’ experiences while studying engineering. This study aims to understand the practices, interactions and factors that influence Black engineering students’ decisions to persist/stay in their engineering major and the factors that influence their decisions to leave their engineering major. The study includes two 1-2 hour interviews designed to understand how students’ perceptions of interactions with peers, staff and faculty within the college of engineering influence Black students’ decisions to stay or switch out of engineering and two follow-up review sessions (one after each interview). The study seeks to account for students’ decisions to stay in their major or switch out of engineering, by understanding how their experience of different kinds of interactions shape their decisions. This study aims to learn about ways to improve the engineering environment to support the retention of Black engineering students. Research participants who switched to a major outside of engineering will be compensated with a $20 gift card. Thank you for considering my request for your participation. Please contact Tanya Ennis by emailing tanya.ennis@colorado.edu to participate.

Eleven $500 prizes will be awarded to CU Boulder students in the spring of 2021—one of those winners could be you! 

Open to CU Boulder students (graduate and undergraduate) only. See contest rules for full details and eligibility requirements. Entry deadline is March 15.

The UMC is accepting applications from student organizations for free office space or lockers for the fall 2021 semester.

A central office is a fantastic way for your recognized student organization to become more accessible and productive, which will help you grow membership, promote your message and fulfill your mission. In addition, the Center for Student Involvement (CSI) has lockers available for student organizations to use.

Groups that currently have space must reapply! Apply online by Friday, Feb. 5.

We are seeking participants for a study of eye movements and brain activity during learning.

You are eligible to participate in this research study if you:

• Are a student
• Are at least 18 years of age
• Are fluent in English
• Have not previously taken part in a similar study with our lab (check if unsure)
• Are in good health
• Have no history of seizures
• Have normal or corrected-to-normal vision
• Are proficient with computers

What does my participation entail? The study requires one visit (2-3 hours) to the lab on East Campus (1777 Exposition Drive, Boulder, CO 80309), plus one 30-minute follow-up questionnaire to be completed online.

The first visit will involve having your eye movements, physiological responses (e.g. heart rate), video of your face/upper body, and brain activity non-invasively recorded while you complete a computer-based reading task and answer several questionnaires. It will take approximately 2-3 hours and you will be paid $20 per hour. About a week later, you will complete a 30-minute online survey; upon completion you will receive an additional $10.

We will take utmost care to ensure your safety for the duration of the visit, with stringent procedures approved by CU administration.

• We provide masks, handwashing stations and temperature checks on arrival.
• All occupants of the building are required to wear a mask at all times.
• All equipment is sterilized between uses with medical-grade disinfectant.
• You will be alone in the testing room for most of the study (a researcher will run the session from an adjacent room, instructing you via video conference).
• Only six people will be in the facility at a time (less than 50% occupancy).

Payment will be via an Amazon gift card. If you are interested in participating, please contact us at eyemindlink@gmail.com.
 

Take piano lessons with a 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 piano majors in their senior year. No university credit. Professor Alejandro Cremaschi supervises the interns.

Because of COVID-19 limitations, all lessons will happen online. You must have access to a piano or keyboard.

Learn more.

Take piano lessons with a 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 piano majors in their senior year. No university credit. Professor Alejandro Cremaschi supervises the interns.

Because of COVID-19 limitations, all lessons will happen online. You must have access to a piano or keyboard.

Get more information.