Faculty/Staff Edition - June 16, 2017
At its regular meeting, the Board of Regents voted to approve the operating budget for the CU system and all four campuses; three new Â鶹´«Ã½ degrees; seven capital construction projects on the Boulder campus; and a contract extension for football Head Coach Mike MacIntyre.
Campus Community
Application period open for diversity search and outreach program manager
The Human Resources program manager is tasked with enhancing the university's ability to attract and retain the very best employees.
New flagship aerospace facility approved by CU regents
Â鶹´«Ã½ will begin construction this fall of the new 139,000-square-foot, $82.5 million building, designed to help mark the engineering college as a national leader in aerospace education and research.
5 tips for outdoor summer safety
Sticking around this summer? Here are five ways to stay safe while enjoying great festivals, hiking and other outdoor activities in and around Boulder.
Alumni innovate locally and globally
From bringing a family recipe to theÌýhot sauce market; to helping debut an all-female orchestra in Afghanistan; and normalizing the superfood of insects in the American diet, Â鶹´«Ã½ alumni are innovating near and far.
Research News
Minimum-wage hikes could push low-pay workers away
On average, a $1.50 increase in a state's minimum wage corresponded to as much as a 50 percent increase in the number of low-wage workers commuting out of state for employment, found a new study.
MAVEN's top 10 discoveries about Mars at 1,000 days
Measurements over the first 1,000 days of the MAVEN mission are providing insight into how the sun stripped Mars of most of its atmosphere, turning a planet once possibly habitable to microbial life into a barren desert world.
Events & Exhibits
CIRES to screen youth-created climate change films through July
Middle and high school students in the CIRES Lens on Climate Change summer program, designed to influence a new wave of environmental scientists, will present their films on campus June 23 and July 22 and in Salida, Colorado, July 15.
Colorado Shakespeare Festival shakes things up with female Hamlet
This summer's "Hamlet," running June 23 through Aug. 13, will be the festival's ninth production of the Shakespearean masterpiece but the first to be staged indoors with a woman in the title role.
Join Â鶹´«Ã½ for a summer night of Rockies baseball
Get discounted tickets, free pre-game appetizers and a free CU-themed Rockies baseball cap when you register via the Alumni Association for CU Night at the Rockies, Aug. 18.
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