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Support for Your Health and Safety Needs

Faculty and Staff

If your position requires you to be on campus, the university is committed to supporting your well-being during this time of transition. Those required to be on campus should support on-campus research, in-person teaching, health and welfare of students or the on-campus student experience. If you can work remotely, you should continue to work remotely to reduce the population density for those who are working on campus.

The COVID-19 HR Guidance page has information for all employee groups (faculty, researchers, staff, graduate students, student employees). Please send HR questions to HRMail@colorado.edu.

 

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Health & Safety Compliance FAQs

It is often difficult to know what to do when someone is not following the current health & safety policy. You can find guidance in our health & safety compliance section on: 

  • What to do if you see someone not wearing a face covering

  • How to hand a situation when someone isn’t physically distancing

  • Understanding your role as a supervisor or leader

 

COVID-19 Safety and Awareness Training

All CU Boulder employees resuming work on campus must take a COVID-19 Safety and Awareness training before returning. The course is designed to help you understand campus requirements and provide information on safety measures.

To access the Skillsoft training:

  1. Click CU: COVID-19 Safety and Awareness—CU Boulder
  2. Select the Boulder campus
  3. Log in with your IdentiKey to launch the training

You may also access the training by visiting mycuinfo.colorado.edu, select training from the menu, click on Skillsoft, then CU Boulder, then search for CU: COVID-19 Safety and Awareness—CU Boulder​.

 

Faculty and Staff Daily Health Form

A daily health check is required for all faculty, staff and students each day you intend to be on the CU Boulder campus. The form must be completed before you return to campus. This form asks four brief questions related to COVID-19:

  • Symptoms
  • Temperature
  • Recent close contact with a probable COVID-19 case
  • Testing history

If you are displaying any of the symptoms or feeling ill, you should stay at home, fill out the questionnaire, consult with your primary care physician and notify your supervisor.

Your supervisor will work with your department HR or Employee Relations to make sure appropriate leave is offered. If you are concerned that a colleague may be ill, please reach out to your department HR or Employee Relations.

More Information on the Daily Health Form

 

COVID-19 Health and Safety Policy

The Health and Safety Policy outlines measures critical to protecting both the campus as a whole and people at higher risk from COVID-19. It includes measures related to social and physical distancing, and campus density reductions; the use of appropriate personal protective equipment and enhanced cleaning protocols; and personal hygiene discipline.

The policy includes two sections: 

  • Expectations for supervisors, department chairs and university officers

  • Expectations for faculty, staff, students and visitors

Review the complete COVID-19 Health and Safety Policy >>

Expectations for Faculty, and Staff

Visit the CU Boulder Health and Safety Compliance page for information regarding expectations for Faculty & Staff. 

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Human Resources

  • COVID-19 HR Guidance
    • ​Guidance is provided on topics such as:
      • Caring for a child whose school or place of care is closed
      • Child care provider is unavailable due to COVID-19
  • Employee resources for benefits, child care and support resources 

Medical and High-risk Accommodations

  • To discuss mask exceptions, contact ADA through the Employee Accommodation Request Form.
  • If employees (faculty, researcher, staff, graduate student or student employee) anticipate they will not be able to return to campus, faculty and staff should review options found on the Employee Guidance for Returning to Campus.  Guidance is provided on topics such as:
    • Caring for a child whose school or place of care is closed
    • Child care provider is unavailable due to COVID-19
    • Experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 and seeking a medical diagnosis
    • Being diagnosed with COVID-19 or advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine because of COVID-19
    • Caring for a family member diagnosed with COVID-19 subject or advised to quarantine or isolate

​Self-care

  • Self-care Resources for Faculty and Staff
  • Faculty and Staff Assistance Program
  • Self-care and Personal Growth Workshops and Support Groups

 

Where to Find Protective Equipment

The university has purchased a base package of personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies that includes: 

  • Two reusable cloth masks for each of our faculty, staff and students who are on campus. More details on where you can pick up your masks can be found here.

  • Hand sanitizer stations and refills for all main building entrances and high-traffic areas.

  • Disposable disinfecting wipes for every classroom.

  • Spray bottles of disinfectant cleaning solution and paper towels for office spaces, labs or areas not routinely serviced by custodial staff.

  • Individual offices or departments may identify additional PPE needs or desire additional products such as small bottles of hand sanitizer for office spaces or service counters. Those items are not part of the campuswide base package and will need to be ordered by individual units or departments through CU Marketplace.
  • If you have PPE purchasing questions, email fmdc@colorado.edu for support.

As of July 15, 2020, the campus continued to work on logistics for a distribution process. You can find details and updates on the protection equipment guidance page.  

 

Building Mitigation Efforts for Health and Safety Protection

The Facilities Task Force is addressing needs for ventilation, barriers, physical distancing in classrooms, directional hallways and more. For information on the measures being taken to keep our buildings safe and minimize the risk of virus transmission, visit the Infrastructure Mitigation Efforts page. 

 

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Campus departments can use our COVID-10 safety and directional signage for their areas.

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Research Behind Campus Efforts

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
CU researchers working on a COVID-19 test

Research & Innovation Office releases annual research report

This year's collection introduces you to researchers who are pushing boundaries and shaping our future, addressing the most pressing topics of our time including COVID-19 and a unique inflection point in social justice and equity. Read more
Man wearing two masks

Should I really wear 2 masks? Hear from an expert

We spoke with Jose-Luis Jimenez, chemistry professor and CIRES fellow, about this new trend and why masks continue to be such an important tool in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
A nurse administers a vaccine

Why older adults must go to the front of the vaccine line

As leaders face tough decisions about who to vaccinate against COVID-19, a new study finds that vaccinating adults 60 or older first will save the most lives in the long term. Read more
Processor Mark Hernandez demonstrates the installation process for the classroom air quality remote sensors to CU Boulder student volunteer technicians Christiane Nitcheu and Sylvia Akol. (Photos courtesy Anna Segur)

Researchers fight COVID-19 with new air filtration in Denver Public Schools

When students in more than 20 Denver Public Schools return to classrooms for the spring semester, they’ll be coming back to cleaner indoor air, thanks in part to work being done by CU Boulder environmental engineering researchers. Read more
A sign on a business in Denver restricts entry to anyone but authorized employees.

Vaccine news buoys Colorado business sentiment

Business leaders in Colorado are feeling more optimistic looking forward to 2021—in part because of the rollout of two COVID-19 vaccines. Read more
Read more at CU Boulder Today

Be safe. Be you. Protect our herd. 

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COVID-19 Campus Updates

As a university, we recognize our own 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. 

Health and Wellness Services

Health and Wellness Services offers a range of services on campus to support CU Boulder students' health and well-being

Boulder County COVID-19 Resources

Boulder County Public Health is continuing to monitor, research and respond to the COVID-19 situation throughout Boulder County. Review its website for the latest COVID-19 illness and recovery data.

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