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CU Boulder Where You Are

An Online Series Highlighting Teaching, Research and Innovation, will feature four episodes this spring on what a holistic approach to student wellness really means, why inclusion matters, the power of storytelling to shape our world, and how the scientific process can help us build cultural understanding.

  • March 9: Inclusion in Government, Business and Beyond 
  • March 16: Using the Process of Scientific Discovery to Bridge Cultures and Impact Humanity 
  • March 23: Storytelling: The Power of Stories to Shape our World

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Campus News

Rashid Johnson in front of a large painting

Celebrating a lineage of Black abstract art

Group of students in astronaut gear walk in a simulated Martian environment

Help is a long way away: The challenges of sending humans to Mars

Members of a class of Tuskegee Airmen pose in front of and on an airplane.

Her father was a Tuskegee Airman. She's sharing his legacy

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Keeping Our Community Safe

As Buffs together, we all play an important role in taking care of each other.
Here are a few things we each must do to help keep our community safe: 

Daily Buff Pass

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Use the Buff Pass to:

  • Fill out the daily health form
  • Obtain your daily pass for being on campus
  • Find assigned monitoring testing days
  • Monitoring test results
  • Occupancy information for campus buildings

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Weekly Monitoring Testing

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Weekly monitoring tests are expected for all faculty, staff and students who are on campus at least once a week. Check the Buff Pass to find your weekly testing day.

Monitoring testing is used to reduce community spread of COVID-19 by proactively monitoring, identifying and referring possible cases to the public health clinic for diagnostic testing.

Monitoring & Testing Locations

Protect Our Herd

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Use the Protect Our Herd website for health and safety requirements, information on symptoms, testing and contact tracing, and information on navigating campus spaces.

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Student Stories

Our students have a way of creating their personal journey. Whether leading research projects, finding ways to creatively address social issues or learning to navigate the college experience, there’s no limit to their potential.

 

Bertha Bermúdez Tapia

Doctoral student documents border cities ‘torn apart’

On the U.S.-Mexican border, PhD student Bertha Bermúdez Tapia shines a light on the effects of COVID-19 and restrictive immigration policies

A CU Teach class meets outdoors

CU Teach students find community and purpose working in virtual classrooms

Local educators welcome fresh perspectives, thoughtful virtual STEM lessons from CU Teach students.

Morgan Klaus Scheuerman

How computers see us: Microsoft Fellow working to curb discrimination by AI

Morgan Klaus Scheuerman, an Information Science PhD student, has been awarded the Microsoft Research Fellowship for 2021. He studies how and why facial recognition technologies get it wrong

Tips & Resources

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4 things to try if you’re feeling lonely or homesick

Adjusting to campus life can be challenging. Even if it’s not obvious, many students are experiencing similar feelings of homesickness and loneliness. Here are some helpful tips to cope. Read more
A nurse gives a woman a vaccine shot in the shoulder.

If I get the shot, can I still get COVID-19? Answers to common vaccine questions

As supply increases, so do questions about how the COVID-19 vaccines work and what they do and don’t do. We caught up with Professor Matt McQueen, director of epidemiology, for answers. Read more
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Going out? How to look out for each other

Whether it’s situations on campus, in the classroom, in the residence halls or when going out, here are a few tips to help you look out for your fellow Buffs this semester. Read more
Read more at CU Boulder Today

 

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COVID-19 Updates

As a university, we recognize our responsibility to continually monitor our progress and adjust our plans as needed in response to changes in the environment and in the spread of COVID-19. Use the COVID-19 Updates site to stay on top of announcements. 

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Protect yourself. protect our herd. protect our community.

Use the Protect Our Herd website for health and safety requirements, information on symptoms, testing and contact tracing, and information on navigating campus spaces.

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