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Dear Infrastructure and Sustainability team, I am writing to share with you some sustainability-related organizational changes we are making within Strategic Resources and Support, including changing the name of the Office of Infrastructure and Sustainability. Why we’re making these changes With Chancellor Justin Schwartz’s creation of a new vice chancellor...

After being located in the Folsom Field stadium for over 20 years, the Operations Control Center (OCC) has moved to the East District Energy Plant (EDEP). The OCC, which operates around the clock, including on weekends and holidays, serves as campus’s first point of contact for facility-related service calls and...

This year, I&S’s Outdoor Services team planted a new “campus colors” garden featuring the CU red cockeral sunflower. The garden creates a beautiful gateway to campus on the west side of the broadway multi-use path, south of Pleasant Street and west of Hale Science. The garden design features the university's...

Our recent Staff Appreciation event resulted in a 93% diversion rate thanks to the enthusiastic support from I&R employees and event planners. By using reusable dishes and silverware and scraping plates into a “food-scraps-only” bucket, we achieved zero waste. An event, household or operation is considered “zero waste” when 90%...

It is with great pleasure that I announce we have selected Ryan Heiland to be the new assistant director of Outdoor Services. In this role, Ryan will be overseeing the Facilities Management grounds maintenance activities, which includes the grounds maintenance, horticulture, irrigation, arboriculture/forestry work units as well as turf and...

Scott McCarey was named the new director of transportation services, effective Monday, June 3. Scott brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of success to CU Boulder. He served as the multimodal planning manager for Boulder County from 2008-2022, where he managed a team of eight professional...

David's leadership and proactive approach were instrumental in the successful relocation and protection of around 200,000 bees as part of the 2024 Old Main preservation project. Recognizing the threat posed to the historic bee hives by construction work, David initiated a well-planned collaboration with campus and community stakeholders, ensuring transparency...

Dr. Justin Schwartz was selected in a nationwide search and will start his term July 1, succeeding Chancellor Philip DiStefano. Schwartz joins the campus from Penn State and has spent his career as an engineer, researcher, educator, entrepreneur and academic leader.

We are happy to announce Erin Lind has been promoted to Assistant Director of Accounting and Finance for our Infrastructure and Sustainability Business Services division. In this new role she will be responsible for development and oversight of the I&S annual operating budgets, and will assist Vice Chancellor Ewing and...

Hello Everyone, I wanted to let you know about a few upcoming staff changes in the I&S Human Resources (I&S HR) group: Tanya Patzer has accepted a new position in the City of Boulder Human Resources department. Her last day will be this Friday 4/12. I want to thank Tanya...