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From diving Neanderthals to saliva-based COVID-19 tests, we remember the year in research at CU Boulder.

Through the fall semester, campus officials are providing regular updates, including stats and items of note. In this issue: Boulder County remains at Level Red; campus planning for the vaccine underway; and more.

In February, CU Boulder will advance two resolutions before the University of Colorado Board of Regents that propose the renaming of the Education Building and Temporary Building 1 to honor three individuals who embody inclusive excellence.

CU Boulder will continue to move major initiatives forward during the current academic year and beyond—including the pivotal work of the IDEA Council to prioritize and implement recommendations included in the Inclusion, Diversity and Excellence in Academics Plan.

CU Boulder Chancellor Philip DiStefano today named Derek Bellin interim vice chancellor for advancement, effective Feb. 2. Bellin, who currently serves as associate vice chancellor for academic affairs in the Office of Advancement will succeed Deb Coffin, who announced her retirement on Nov. 2.

Please join the ATLAS Institute in celebrating their newest alumni, who graduate this month from the College of Engineering and Applied Science with the newly renamed degree in Creative Technology and Design.

Chancellor Philip DiStefano recently highlighted proposed renewals of the Hellems Arts and Sciences and Guggenheim Geography buildings as he advocated for the modernization of CU Boulder’s historic buildings before the state legislature’s Capital Development Committee.

As the CU Boulder Police Department works to increase transparency, the next step in their process has been the inclusion of CU students on the hiring panels for police openings.

Starting Dec. 22, instructors and students will be able to access Zoom directly from Canvas’s navigation bar through a new Canvas and Zoom integration.

The Leeds School and College of Engineering & Applied Science launched a new effort that’s emboldening young women to break into high tech—to be there with the confidence they deserve.