Departmental Property Managers have new tools to track capital assets

Jan. 25, 2013

On the Boulder campus, 120 Departmental Property Managers (DPMs) track and control over $285 million dollarsā€™ worth of capital equipment. To help them accomplish this task, Accounting and Business Support (ABS), the Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) and Property Services have created an online centralized point of contact called Property Central, and provide new tools and certification opportunities to make the property management process smoother and even more professional.

CU's Off-Campus Housing Fair to be held Jan. 30

Jan. 25, 2013

CUā€™s annual Off-Campus Housing Fair (Jan. 30, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in the UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom) offers students a convenient way to view hundreds of local properties. More than 50 local landlords, property managers and real estate agents will be in the UMC for the fair. Free pizza will be served at noon and tons of giveaways also will be available. Off-Campus Housing will be giving one lucky student a 40ā€ LED TV for his/her new rental.

 Phi DiStefano

Chancellor's Corner: The new Esteemed Scholars Program

Jan. 25, 2013

I want to take this opportunity to express my enthusiasm for an important new CU-Boulder merit scholarship program for top-entering Colorado freshmen next fall.

CIRES-led study discovers high levels of air-cleansing compound over ocean

Jan. 24, 2013

Researchers have detected the presence of a pollutant-destroying compound iodine monoxide in surprisingly high levels high above the tropical ocean, according to a new study led by the °µĶų½ūĒųā€™s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences.

CU Law School appoints Brad Udall director of newly named Getches-Wilkinson Center

Jan. 24, 2013

The University of Colorado Law School announced today that it is hiring Brad Udall as director of the newly renamed Natural Resources Law Center, which will now be called the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and Environment.

Find your niche at the Student Involvement Fair on Jan. 29

Jan. 24, 2013

Find ways to get involved and discover new interests during the spring Student Involvement Fair on Tuesday, Jan. 29, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom. The fair is a great way to find out about the huge variety of ways to get involved at CU-Boulder. Representatives from more than 75 active student groups will be at the fair. There will also be free food and snacks for all students in attendance, as well as the opportunity to win some great prizes.

CU Police hold annual active shooter response training, ask public to be informed

Jan. 23, 2013

When two Columbine High School students shot and killed 12 classmates and a teacher, it forever changed the way that law enforcement agencies respond to active shooter incidents. Gone are the days of waiting for the SWAT team to arrive. The first police officers on scene are now expected to immediately assess the threat and minimize additional injuries and loss of life.

Deep ice cores show past Greenland warm period may be ā€˜road mapā€™ for continued warming of planet

Jan. 23, 2013

A new study by an international team of scientists analyzing ice cores from the Greenland ice sheet going back in time more than 100,000 years indicates the last interglacial period may be a good analog for where the planet is headed in terms of increasing greenhouse gases and rising temperatures.

CU-Boulderā€™s sun-gazing SORCE satellite, designed to last 5 years, turns 10

Jan. 22, 2013

When a sun-gazing NASA satellite designed and built by the °µĶų½ūĒų launched into space on Jan. 25, 2003, solar storms were raging.

CUā€™s Holocaust Awareness Week examines the impact of the Eichmann Trial

Jan. 21, 2013

The °µĶų½ūĒųā€™s Hillel and the Program in Jewish Studies are proud to be collaborating in the presentation of events for CUā€™s 29th Annual Holocaust Awareness Week. The date coincides with the United Nationsā€™ International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is Jan. 27 and commemorates the anniversary of the Soviet liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. With the creation of International Holocaust Remembrance in Day in 2005, every member nation of the U.N.

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