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    Starting next month, the university will administer the Campus Culture Survey (CCS), a comprehensive effort to transform the campus culture by better understanding the experiences of students, staff and faculty and the extent to which they feel respected, supported and valued at CU Boulder based on aspects of personal identity.
  • A bookstore staff member helps a student purchase textbooks.
    For Jessica Carlsen, director of the CU Boulder Book Store, there’s a particular moment that stands out from the busy weeks of this year’s start-of-semester rush.
  • Kellen with her niece and nephews backpacking at Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness.
    Kellen Short joined SRC on Sept. 1 as a speechwriter for Chancellor Philip DiStefano.
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    CU Boulder earns a title as one of the state’s best employers in new state-by-state Forbes magazine ranking.
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    Earlier this summer, the Office of Information Technology (OIT) rolled out recommendations on how to manage new approaches to a variety of tools, equipment, formats and more to help the CU Boulder community adjust to working in person and remotely during the academic year.
  • Abby Benson and her son hike through a forest in her home state of Rhode Island.
    Recently appointed Deputy COO Abby Benson will continue to lead several major efforts for the CU Boulder campus, including the strategic work of the Office of Government and Community Engagement and the university’s collaboration with the city of Boulder during the CU Boulder South annexation process.
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    The Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance (OIEC), the Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement (ODECE), and the Office of Data Analytics (ODA) will roll out a survey this fall that will enable the university to understand the extent to which students, staff and faculty feel respected, supported and valued at CU Boulder.
  • Katrina Spencer
    It’s been “a wild ride” since Katrina Spencer moved to Colorado to join the CU Boulder community in June 2020. She interviewed for her job a month before the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, and the campus’s deputy chief financial officer has been working in that environment ever since.
  • Jessica Bradley
    Jessica Bradley, interim acting associate director of facilities, has been appointed as awards and recognition chair for Rocky Mountain APPA (RMA), a professional association dedicated to the operation, planning and maintenance of facilities in educational institutions.
  • Holly Gates-Mayer
    Holly Gates-Mayer, assistant director and biosafety officer for Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S), is the new president-elect of the Front Range chapter of ABSA (FRaBSA), a trade association dedicated to promoting biosafety and serving the needs of biosafety professionals.
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