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The purpose of this study is to examine circadian rhythms in the home environment under three different lighting conditions: typical home lighting, candlelight and outdoor sunlight in the morning. The findings will provide important insights into how circadian rhythms can be measured outside of the laboratory and how morning light exposure influences circadian hormones. 

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder researchers are looking for men and women, ages 18–65, to participate in an at-home monitoring research study that lasts approximately one week, with a total of two short visits at the Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory. Compensation is up to $180. 

If you have any other questions, please email sleep.study@colorado.edu and ask about the Morning Light Study.

Do you have trouble falling asleep before 1 a.m.? Do you find it difficult to wake up early in the morning for your commitments? Does your high schooler have a hard time falling asleep before 1 a.m. and waking up early in the morning/for high school? 

The Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory is looking for people with delayed sleep-wake phase disorder or people with late bedtimes—or healthy people with typical bedtimes. 

Eligibility

Researchers are looking for males and females, ages 16–40, to participate in a 6.5-weeklong study with six in-person visits. You may be eligible for this study if you:

• Have a diagnosis of delayed-sleep wake phase disorder or have late bedtimes after 1 a.m., an inability to fall asleep and difficulty awakening when required for school/work
• Or are healthy with typical bedtimes and no sleep concerns 

What should you expect during the study? 

• Health screening
• Monitor on separate occasions your sleep, mood, eating times for one or two weeks and blood sugar levels while living at home
• Live in the sleep laboratory on two separate occasions for 51–66 hours (approximately 4.87 days in total) 
• Blood and saliva sampling 
• A few blood samples and more frequent saliva sampling 
• Testing on reaction time, mood and ability to think 

Compensation is up to $2,009. If you have any other questions, please email sleep.study@colorado.edu and ask about the Circadian Rhythms and DSWPD study, or call 303-735-1923.

During Fall Welcome, the Buff Bus will be running an expanded schedule to accommodate all the special events happening around campus. Special Buff Buses will run Aug. 14–21 to help students get to and from move-in and Fall Welcome events.

Instant Offer Furniture, a local used furniture business in the Denver area, is offering free delivery for Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder students throughout August.

Students who purchase used furniture from the showroom will receive free delivery. In many cases, the company can also remove and responsibly dispose of old couches or other items at no additional cost. The effort aims to provide students with an affordable and sustainable way to furnish homes, while helping keep unwanted furniture off Boulder streets during move-in season.

Must provide your Buff OneCard at checkout. or visit the company’s Denver-area showroom.

On Oct. 8–9, the Sustainability Research Initiative (SRI) will host the inaugural Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Sustainability Research Summit, a two-day event to highlight the diversity and depth of sustainability research across campus. Session proposals are now open and will be accepted Aug. 3–17. 

We invite proposals for 75- to 90-minute sessions across a variety of formats, including interactive workshops, panels, traditional presentations, lightning talks, frontier discussions and informal meetups. Submissions should bring together a mix of faculty, researchers and students. 

We invite proposals for thematic sessions, interactive workshops and social events aligned with the following summit themes: 

• How we build things (design, construct, monitor, maintain, or adapt infrastructure)
• How we grow and power things
• How we build community
• How we can think more creatively and expansively
• How we keep people safe and healthy
• How we anticipate and overcome sociopolitical obstacles to sustainability
• How we provide decision support systems. 

Learn more about the summit and submit your proposal today.

Use your phone to manage and spend your campus funds at any Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder dining location through Atrium Campus Connect, available for and . Atrium lets you access your Buff OneCard accounts digitally, making it easy to check balances, add funds, and pay on the go. Learn more.

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder's Equitable Approaches to Community-Engaged Research Micro-Credential program equips researchers with the knowledge and skills required to meaningfully partner with communities. 

Applications are now open for the fall 2026 inaugural cohort and close Sept. 14. Learn more about the program and application details.

Get your space set up sustainably and affordably! Join the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Surplus Store for a move-in sale: 

• Saturday, Aug. 15 at the Surplus Store (open to the public) 
• Sunday and Monday, Aug. 16–17 at Innovation Station in Williams Village (Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØfaculty, staff and students only) 
• Monday, Aug. 17 at the Surplus Store (open to the public) 

All sales run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Don’t miss out on great finds and even better prices—perfect for your new Buff home! 

The Surplus Store is located at 3300 Walnut Ave., Unit A. The entrance is off of 33rd Street, just north of the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØDistribution Center entrance. Free parking is available in the parking lot directly in front of the store.

Do you love listening to music? Are you curious about how your favorite music affects your brain? The Brain Music Lab at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder is currently recruiting participants for a research study, Neural Mechanisms of Music Appreciation (Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder IRB #25-0777), investigating favorite music listening and brain activity in young adults. 

The total expected time commitment is approximately 4.5 hours. Research activities will take place over several weeks, according to your availability and the researchers’ availability. Participating in this study involves: 

1. Completing an online survey (30 minutes) 
2. One in-person visit to the Brain Music Lab (Roser ATLAS building) on Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s Main Campus (90 minutes) 
3. A practice MRI session (30 minutes), online survey (30 minutes) and an MRI scan (90 minutes) at the Center for Innovation & Creativity (CINC), located just east of Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s Main Campus

Even if you enroll in this study, you may not qualify for all of these research activities. Individuals who complete parts one and two will be compensated with a $20 Amazon gift certificate. Individuals who also complete part three will be compensated with an additional $20 Amazon gift certificate, plus an image of their brain. 

Eligibility

Eligible individuals must:

• 18–25 years old
• Be native English speakers
• Have little-to-no musical training
• Be able to undergo MRI (see specific MRI requirements; not pregnant)
• Be right-handed
• Have normal, or corrected-to-normal, hearing and vision
• Have no music processing-related disorders 
• Have no recent psychiatric diagnoses, and not recently taken psychiatric medications (within six months) 
• Be able to attend in-person sessions at the ATLAS Institute on Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s Main Campus, as well as at the Center for Innovation and Creativity (CINC)

Reimbursement for transportation/parking is not provided. Please email Researcher Sophia Mehdizadeh (some4995@colorado.edu) with any questions. 

The Division of Student Life and the Office of Undergraduate Education are seeking faculty and staff to help plan this year's Student Success Conference. Serve as a co-chair or committee member and help shape the experience for colleagues across campus. Learn more and apply by Aug. 28.

During campus portal maintenance, which is next scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 9, you can still access Canvas and some other campus services through direct links (e.g., ).

Before the fall semester begins, Buff Bus riders will see improvements at two bus stops near the Colorado Avenue and Folsom Street intersection. 

These stops are being upgraded to floating bus stops, a design that helps improve safety and keeps buses moving efficiently. With this new layout, the bike lane runs between the bus stop platform and the sidewalk, creating clearer spaces for riders, cyclists and buses. 

What this means for riders

• More predictable and efficient bus arrivals and departures 
• Improved safety for people boarding and exiting the bus 
• Reduced delays caused by traffic and vehicles passing buses 
• More reliable service during winter weather when buses can remain in the travel lane 

The new floating bus stops will serve: 

• Westbound: Stampede and HOP routes 
• Eastbound: Stampede and Will Vill routes 

These improvements are part of ongoing efforts to make campus transit safer, more reliable and more comfortable for Buff Bus riders and the broader campus community.

Still looking for an interesting class for fall? Here are some of the history courses with seats remaining: 

• HIST3800-001 Seminar in Global History (Open to history minors and non-majors with instructor permission this term only) 
• HIST4123-001 Kings and Commoners in an Age of Crisis: English History 1327-1487 
• HIST4129-001 China, Japan, Thailand: Asia under Semicolonialism 
• HIST4329-001 Islam in the Modern World: Revivalism, Modernism, and Fundamentalism, 1800-2001 
• HIST4358-001 Childhood in Modern Israel/Palestine 
• HIST4378-001 Jews in and of the Middle East 
• HIST4628-001 Modern China: Collapse of Imperial Brilliance, 1644-1949 
• HIST4800-002 Special Topics in Global History—A Global History World War II 

For more information on these and other available courses, please visit the History Department website and/or .

Are you a graduate student looking to grow as a reflective, equity-oriented educator—free of charge? 

Apply for the Critical Dialogic Pedagogy Micro-Credential Program, a 10-session workshop series grounded in critical dialogic pedagogy, somatic reflection and intersectional equity practices. The program is funded by an IMPACT grant and co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching & Learning and School of Education. It is open to up to 20 graduate students, so be sure to sign up early, as spots fill up fast! 

About the workshop series 

Participants will engage in: 

• Weekly 90-minute sessions held on Wednesdays from 5 to 6:30 p.m. (alternating between in-person and remote) 
• First session: Sept. 2 
• Foundational learning material (readings, podcasts, videos, etc.), reflections and practice-based assignments 
• A culminating learning portfolio to demonstrate competencies 
• Earning a micro-credential and digital badge 

Have questions? Feel free to reach out to Kachine Kulick (kachine.kulick@colorado.edu) and Dusty Martinez (dusty.martinez@colorado.edu).

Join the Young Emerging Adult Research Study (YEARS) study at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder and Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØAnschutz (IRB# 23-2067) to understand emotions. 

Earn $25 per hour (up to approximately $400 total) for up to three study session phases (one hour and 45 minutes). Must be 18–25 years, be able to attend in-person sessions and have a personal history of bipolar disorder or no mental health history.