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The Buff Bulletin Board, a listing of campus announcements, is a service of Campus Communications.

 

Find a market for your innovation: NSF workshop back this January

The I-Corps 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 utilizing customer interviews 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 Friday, Jan. 6, 13 and 20 from 9 a.m. to noon (MST), and 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
  • No cost to participate

Want to learn more? Contact Program Director Emily Klein, or visit the program webpage to apply today.

Take a training, become a transfer advocate

The Transfer Advocate 101 training is part one of a training program for faculty, staff and student leaders to increase awareness of the transfer student population at CU Boulder. This training is intended to provide a better understanding of the transfer student landscape on campus, highlight the unique contributions of our Transfer Buffs, and inspire action toward supporting this population. Participants will also learn about campus supports and resources for Transfer Buffs.

This session will be held from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, in the CASE building. Additional sessions will be posted on the Transfer Student Community website.

First-years, transfers: Gain leadership skills as an EcoReps director

We are hiring student EcoReps directors! EcoReps is a program for students who would like to blend their interests in sustainability with a desire to develop some valuable leadership skills—all while living in a residence hall community.

As a director, get involved with promoting and creating new sustainability initiatives in the residence halls, create bulletin boards and newsletters, facilitate events for the 10,000-plus residential population and more.

Director applications open Nov. 28 and close Jan. 20. Learn more.

Faculty, staff tickets for CU Buffs football finale available for $10

There is only one more chance to see Ralphie run at spectacular Folsom Field this season, as the Colorado Buffaloes close out their 2022 campaign by taking on the rival Utah Utes as part of senior day on Saturday, Nov. 26, at 2 p.m.

To give thanks for another season of incredible support, CU Boulder Athletics is offering a special ticket promotion exclusively to CU Boulder faculty and staff of just $10 per ticket, a savings of $35 per seat. Access the offer and reserve your seats for the final football contest of 2022. 

For more information on tickets to all CU Buffs events, visit CU Buffs.

Apply by Dec. 1 to study abroad this summer

Interested in studying abroad this summer? The application deadline is approaching for the summer 2023 Global Seminars.                       

Sex, Religion & Politics in a Modern Viking World
Oslo and Bergen, Norway | May 26–June 10

Literary London: Shakespeare On-Site
London, England | June 5–28

Cultural Transformations in Indonesia
Bali and Siberut, Indonesia | May 15–June 5

Underground Paris
Paris, France | May 15–June 3

Additionally, every student on the following programs will automatically receive a $500 scholarship, thanks to the GS Access Scholarship supports programs that serve underrepresented locations, academic topics or students. 

Lisbon as a Global City: Cosmopolitanism, Diversity & Innovation
Lisbon, Portugal | June 1–30

Exploring Social Justice through Teaching English
Yerevan, Armenia: June 11–July 1

Expeditions & Adventure in Ecuador
Quito, Ecuador | July 16–July 30

Urban Geography, Society & Culture
Prague, Czech Republic | May 15–June 2

Check out the many other Global Seminars also running this summer to find your perfect fit! The world awaits––apply by Dec. 1 to get a spot.

During maintenance Nov. 20, remember you can directly access Canvas, other services

During maintenance that affects the portals, such as the maintenance scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 20, campus community members are reminded that you can directly access Canvas (canvas.colorado.edu) and some other services that are provided through the portals.

During the same window, OIT will be updating the Enterprise database, which will cause two 5- to 15-minute outages, between 6 a.m. and 1 p.m., for many campus services including MyCUInfo, Buff Portal, Canvas and more.

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.