Faculty-Staff Edition - April 28, 2023
Campus Community
Regents set tuition, fees, compensation; hear comments on concealed carry, divestment, more
The CU Board of Regents approved a 4% increase in tuition for graduate students and new undergraduate students. The board also heard public comments on concealed carry policies, divestment and sexual assault prevention.
Vijay Khatri named Rustandy Endowed Dean of the Leeds School of Business
Provost Russell Moore announced his appointment of Vijay Khatri to be the inaugural dean of the Tandean Rustandy Endowed Deanship, the first endowed deanship at CU Boulder. Khatri brings a strong record of achievement in student success; research and scholarship; diversity, equity and inclusion; and community engagement.
Diversity, equity and inclusion update: April 2023 issue
Academic and administrative planning units on campus—a total of 36—are continuing to develop action plans to improve student, staff and faculty outcomes. UndocuAlly sessions are scheduled through July. Read about these updates and more in the monthly DEI update.
Faculty: Get end-of-semester Canvas tips
Check out the Office of Information Technology’s pointers on the Canvas web grading tool, as well as how to back up your course, release final grades and more.
Office of Information Technology wins student success award
OIT’s Student Success Technology Team was recognized at a Salesforce summit with the Excellence in Student Success award for its work on Buff Portal Advising and related student success applications.
Research in Your Backyard
How cannabis may ease ‘chemo brain’ and improve sleep for cancer patients
A new study led by Angela Bryan, a CU Boulder professor and cancer survivor, is among the first to assess how cannabis bought over the counter at dispensaries—rather than government-supplied or synthetic varieties—impacts cancer symptoms or chemotherapy side effects.
New Emirates Mars Mission observations hint at origins of Mars’ mysterious moon
The Emirates Mars Mission, the first interplanetary exploration undertaken by an Arab nation, has unveiled a series of groundbreaking observations of Mars’ smaller moon, Deimos, that reveal new details of Mars’ most mysterious moon and where it came from, as well as the Red Planet’s larger moon, Phobos.
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