Design the official 2015-16 CU Bookstore 'Shoulder to Shoulder' Spirit Shirt

Feb. 24, 2015

You still have a chance to design the official 2015-16 CU Bookstore "Shoulder to Shoulder" Spirit Shirt. Get your design entry in by Friday, Feb. 27.

CU-Boulder technology could make treatment and reuse of oil and gas wastewater simpler, cheaper

Feb. 24, 2015

Oil and gas operations in the United States produce about 21 billion barrels of wastewater per year. The saltiness of the water and the organic contaminants it contains have traditionally made treatment difficult and expensive. Engineers at the have invented a simpler process that can simultaneously remove both salts and organic contaminants from the wastewater, all while producing additional energy.

CU-Boulder Cultural Events Board announces spring speakers

Feb. 23, 2015

The Cultural Events Board today announced that Paul Farmer, a medical anthropologist and physician; Valarie Kaur, a civil rights lawyer and documentary filmmaker; and Angela Davis, an author, activist and scholar, will visit the campus as part of its spring speaker series.

Staff Council Spotlight: Barret Bukauskas, Finance and Accounting Program Manager

Feb. 23, 2015

Barret Bukauskas is a Finance and Accounting Program Manager for the Arts & Sciences Financial Services Center (FSC). The FSC is part of a larger unit called the A&S Finance and Payroll Administration (FPA) which “provides financial and procurement support to the units in the College of Arts & Sciences; provided by skilled technicians that specialize in the work that they do.” Staff Council sat down with Barret to learn a little more about him, how to run successful units and teams, and the work that the FSC does and how they are working to improve processes in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Board of Regents hears proposal for lowest tuition increase in 9 years, approves new environmental degree

Feb. 20, 2015

The University of Colorado Board of Regents today heard a proposal to increase tuition by 3 percent – the lowest tuition increase for resident undergraduates the campus has brought forward in nine years. The Regents also approved a new degree on the CU-Boulder campus: a Masters of the Environment in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Board of Regents hears proposal for 3 percent salary pool, approves new environmental degree

Feb. 20, 2015

The University of Colorado Board of Regents today heard a proposal for a 3 percent salary pool for faculty, university staff and classified employees. The Regents also approved a new degree on the CU-Boulder campus: a Masters of the Environment in the College of Arts & Sciences. Read more >>

Making more monuments: Just like modern cities, ancient settlements got more productive as they grew

Feb. 20, 2015

Living in bigger, denser settlements allowed the inhabitants of ancient cities to be more productive, just as is true for modern urbanites, according to a new study by scientists at the and the Santa Fe Institute. As modern cities grow, they obey certain rules. As the population increases, for example, the settled area becomes denser instead of sprawling outward. This allows people to live closer together, use infrastructure more intensively, interact more frequently, and as a result, produce more per person.

CU Book Store named Collegiate Retailer of the Year

Feb. 20, 2015

The CU Book Store has been named the 2015 Collegiate Retailer of the Year by the NACS Foundation a subsidiary of the National Association of College Stores and its 3,300 store members. The Collegiate Retailer of the Year Award is bestowed on a store that demonstrates the highest level of collegiate retailing excellence.

Announcing a new MBA Scholarship for Employees

Feb. 20, 2015

The Leeds School of Business is pleased to announce the launch of a new scholarship program aimed at supporting CU-Boulder employees, allowing them to earn an MBA from the Leeds Evening MBA program.

Google recognizes two CU-Boulder programs that use creativity to teach kids to code

Feb. 19, 2015

Two programs that teach kids to code have received Google RISE Awards to support their efforts to attract girls and underrepresented minorities to computer science. The two programs are the Scalable Game Design project, which hooks kids on coding by empowering them to build their own video games, and AspireIT, which connects high school and college women with K-12 girls interested in computing.

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