For those who are motivated by the potential to translate their research, win grants and impact society, I-Corps Starting Blocks provides the tools, resources and support needed to bring innovations to those in need and improve competitiveness for funding additional research. 

This program includes three virtual workshops spread over three weeks April 7–21 and introduces participants to the commercialization process.

CU’s Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence is recruiting participants for focus groups to view and provide feedback via Zoom on educational messages for violence prevention. The messages will be displayed on PowerPoint slides during a 60-minute meeting.

Each participant will receive a $25 Amazon gift card.

The study seeks to test messages on violence prevention and "upstander" reporting with CU audiences to help improve the quality of a public awareness campaign on campus and community safety.

To sign up to participate, email violence prevention researcher Sarah Goodrum at sarah.goodrum@colorado.edu. Recruitment will run through April 2023.

Faculty are invited to the March 16 open forum to review proposed salary procedures with the Faculty Salary Procedures Working Group’s co-chairs Daria Kotys-Schwartz and Steve Vanderheiden. Join to review the group's proposed salary procedures and weigh in on the draft report.

If you go

Thursday, March 16, 2–3 p.m.
Register for Zoom details

The Events Planning and Catering commencement menu is available May 7–13. The menu offers breakfast, hot and cold hors d'oeuvres and a variety of dessert options. Orders for commencement must be finalized by April 7. Review the commencement menu (PDF).

As the weather gets warmer, students are more likely to host gatherings outside. We understand some of those gatherings may disrupt your daily life. 

CU Boulder's Off-Campus Housing & Neighborhood Relations (OCHNR) is available to support community members in addressing concerns and mitigating any disruptions. Check out the OCHNR community resources page to get support and learn what to do if your student neighbor is hosting disruptive parties.

Affordable psychotherapy is available at the Raimy Clinic in the Muenzinger Psychology Building on the CU Boulder campus. Raimy Clinic therapists can provide help for children and adolescents who are struggling with depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, ADHD or social and academic difficulties, among other problems. Special low rates are available for children of all full-time CU Boulder students, staff and faculty.

For more information, parents please call our intake coordinator Anna Gilmour at 303-492-5177, email raimy@colorado.edu or visit our website.

The Human Interaction & Robotics Lab and the Collaborative AI and Robotics Lab at CU Boulder are looking for participants to complete a study involving working with a Sawyer robot to complete a collaborative task.

You must be 18 years or older. You will receive a $15 Amazon gift card for approximately an hour of participation.

Sign up now to get involved.

The deadline to submit candidate petition packets for tri-executives and representative-at-large seats has been extended to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 8. Learn more about CUSG elections.

Download the CU Boulder Life app to be in the know about events like DIY Nights, free movie screenings, trivia, free bowling and so much more! You can easily add events to your schedule so you never find yourself "bored" again.

Stay connected by downloading this and other CU apps.

Faculty: Please nominate yourself and/or your colleagues for representative positions within the Boulder Faculty Assembly. This is an important opportunity for you to participate in the faculty governance process at CU Boulder. Nominations are open for the following seats, and the deadline is March 10.

• Five at-large Arts and Sciences representative seats.
• Four at-large non- Arts and Sciences representative seats. The non-Arts and Sciences units include Business, CMCI, Education, Engineering, ENVD, Law, Libraries
  and Music.

Elections will be held via Qualtrics March 15–22. All members of the CU Boulder Faculty Senate are eligible to nominate, be nominated and vote. 

The Office for Outreach and Engagement is currently accepting funding proposals for the 2023–24 CU Boulder Outreach Awards. The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. Friday, April 14.

The CU Boulder Outreach Awards fund faculty-led outreach and engagement work that connects research, teaching and creative work with public needs and interests.

Book and course material information for fall 2023 is due March 24.

Instructors have received ongoing email communications requesting book and course materials information for fall 2023 courses. As a reminder, campus policy states departments are required to identify what books and other course materials are required (or if a course will have no required materials) for their classes by the day of registration.

Course material information is critical to provide financial transparency to our students during course registration and to help them plan ahead. It is also needed in order for the university to maintain Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEA) and Americans with Disability Act (ADA) compliance (Disability Services needs sufficient lead time to gain access to and prepare books and materials in suitable alternative formats for students who need them). 

Instructors who are not requiring specific books or course materials for a course (and departments with unassigned courses that won’t have required materials) or courses that will utilize open education resources still need to notify the CU Book Store of that fact as soon as possible. 

The book store has designated a staff member to facilitate any faculty needs around this. His name is Ryan Windle, and his contact information is: ryan.windle@colorado.edu, 303-492-3421.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this faculty responsibility. 

The budget development page was created to aid CU Boulder departments in creating their annual budgets. If you are a CU Boulder entity and would like consultation when creating your budgets, please contact us using our online form.

Planning parameters include preliminary fringe benefit rates, GAIR rates and other key information for 2024 are now available. 

Effective Jan. 23, Oracle changed the license metric for Java SE subscriptions from per-user to per-employee and changed the product name from Java SE Subscription to Java SE Universal Subscription.

Existing subscribers are encouraged to read more to understand the implications of this change. Contact OIT with questions or to request assistance with license renewal.