Construction on campus utilities resuming near Center for Community/Leeds/Regent

Jan. 14, 2013

Construction on campus utilities in the vicinity of the Center for Community, Leeds School of Business, and Regent Administrative Center will resume later this week. The construction activity, which is part of a larger project to provide efficient heating and cooling while significantly reducing the university’s carbon emissions, was delayed in December 2012 due to unexpected circumstances. A directional boring followed by a pipe pull is scheduled for early February, with construction in the area expected to wrap up by mid-February.

Seasonal flu levels high, protect yourself and others

Jan. 14, 2013

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ), the flu season began early this year and symptoms have been more severe than usual. The CDC has characterized the national situation as “high flu activity” and the state of Colorado falls into this category (see more at the CDC FluView report .) Wardenburg Health Center has seen large numbers of students with flu symptoms since November.

New solar panels on campus double CU-Boulder’s solar power production

Jan. 14, 2013

A new array of solar panels installed at the has doubled solar power production on campus, providing clean energy for research facilities and other campus buildings.

CU-Boulder has gone Google

Jan. 14, 2013

CU-Boulder students, faculty and staff now have access to collaborative Google Accounts (Drive/Docs, Sites, Calendar, and more) using their university credentials. This does not impact current e-mail systems or e-mail delivery. Those who previously accessed personal Google accounts with their @colorado.edu email address will be prompted to resolve account conflicts with their new CU-Boulder account.

Shalaya Kipp named 2012 College Women's Athlete-of-the-Year

Jan. 10, 2013

The 2013 calendar year is starting off on a great note for University of Colorado senior Shalaya Kipp as she was named the 2012 College Women's Athlete-of-the-Year as selected by the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame, announced on Tuesday afternoon.

Improved iClicker+ available for spring semester

Jan. 9, 2013

Many instructors opt to use iClickers to conduct live Q&A sessions in class with students. Starting this spring, the improved iClicker+ will be available to students for purchase in the campus bookstore. Faculty members who use iClickers should ensure they have the latest iClicker software on their computer.

Spring semester faculty/staff tuition benefit deadlines are approaching

Jan. 9, 2013

The tuition benefit continues to cover 9 credits per year at any CU campus for our employees. Recent changes allow for the benefit to be transferred from our faculty and staff to their eligible dependents for use only on the employee's campus of employment. Details on the tuition benefit are available at the CU Employee Tuition Benefit website: https://www.cu.edu/pbs/tuition-benefit/ .

National Academy of Sciences honors CU-Boulder researcher

Jan. 7, 2013

faculty member John Gosling is one of 18 individuals honored today by the National Academy of Sciences for their outstanding scientific achievements.

Pronunciation of ‘s’ sounds impacts perception of gender, CU-Boulder researcher finds

Jan. 3, 2013

A person’s style of speech — not just the pitch of his or her voice — may help determine whether the listener perceives the speaker to be male or female, according to a researcher who studied transgender people transitioning from female to male. The way people pronounce their “s” sounds and the amount of resonance they use when speaking contributes to the perception of gender, according to Lal Zimman, whose findings are based on research he completed while earning his doctoral degree from CU-Boulder’s linguistics department.

Ira Wolff Photographic History Collection expands Libraries' photographic holdings

Jan. 2, 2013

With 14,000 original photographs and publications largely from the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, the recently acquired Ira Wolff Photographic History Collection offers a major scholarly resource for the study of the history of photography.

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