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Beginning fall 2026, Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder is introducing a new, centralized process for late class withdrawal petitions for undergraduate and graduate students, excluding law school and non-degree students.

For undergraduate and graduate students

Learn about the new petition form and review process, including what to expect when requesting a late class withdrawal after the deadline in Buff Portal. Learn about the student process.

For faculty and staff

Learn about the new university-wide process, including optional instructor feedback and referrals to campus resources. Learn what's changing for faculty and staff.

The recently released teaser for Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder's 150th anniversary documentary film is now available with audio description. 

A video with audio description has a secondary audio track that describes meaningful visual content during the pauses in the original audio track. Audio description helps to ensure video content is accessible and that all viewers can access important visual information. 

How to watch with audio description

1. Navigate to Settings (the gear icon) in the Vimeo video controls. 

2. Under the Audio option, switch the track from Original Audio to English (Audio Descriptions). 

Audio description has been provided through partnership of Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder Strategic Relations and Communications and the Digital Accessibility Office. To learn more about audio description support and digital accessibility resources for the Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder campus, please email DigitalAccessibility@Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô.EDU. 

The Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder Sustainability Research Initiative is pleased to announce the inaugural Sustainability Research Summit, a major convening of Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder researchers across disciplines and academic units to shine a light on the diversity and depth of sustainability research across campus. 

Free and open to the public, the summit aims to foster collaboration among researchers and connect university research to external partners across the Front Range community and beyond. The summit will serve as an opportunity for the campus community to step outside their disciplinary and academic homes, learn from colleagues and forge connections with the broader community. 

Please mark your calendars for Oct. 8–9 at the University Memorial Center. , welcoming community members and external partners to explore Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder’s sustainability research landscape, share their work, connect with colleagues and contribute to meaningful, forward‑looking collaborations. 

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. 

Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder 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.

The Integrative Physiology of Aging Lab is looking for volunteers to study the potential healthy aging effects of a new type of breathing exercise (a time-efficient type of exercise), compared to brisk walking, on blood pressure and physiological function.

Requirements

• Aged 50-plus years
• Systolic blood pressure (top number) ≥ 115 mmHg 
• Willing to exercise up to 25 minutes per day, six days a week, for a three-month period 

Benefits

• Detailed blood panel (cholesterol, glucose, etc.) 
• Physician-monitored exercise stress test 
• Blood pressure screening 
• Bone mineral density test 
• Monetary compensation for time

The Integrative Physiology of Aging Lab at Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder is seeking volunteers to participate in a clinical research study. They are looking for adults, ages 40-plus, who are willing to participate in water-immersion sessions approximately three times per week for 12 weeks and have above-normal blood pressure (a top number of 115 or higher; if you are unsure of your blood pressure, please still contact the lab for screening). 

Benefits for volunteers include: cardiovascular health assessment, exercise stress test, body composition, blood chemistries and monetary compensation for time. 

For more information, please email ipalab@colorado.edu or call 303-735-6410.

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 Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder 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 Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder 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.

Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder'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 Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder 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 (Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô faculty, 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 Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Distribution 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 Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder is currently recruiting participants for a research study, Neural Mechanisms of Music Appreciation (Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder 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 Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder’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 Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder’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 Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder’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.