Faculty/Staff Edition - Aug. 18, 2016
City manager, staff pitch in on move-in day
Boulder City Manager Jane Brautigam lined up a unique team-building exercise for her staff this year. Joining Chancellor DiStefano's office, senior university administrators, faculty, staff and student-volunteers, she and her team rolled up their sleeves to help new students move into their residence halls.
Barn swallows given “makeovers” increase reproductive success
If you are a male barn swallow in the United States or the Mediterranean with dark red breast feathers, you’re apt to wow potential mates. But if you have long outer tail feathers in the United States, or short ones in the Mediterranean, the females may not be so impressed.A new study led by the Uni...
Campus & Community
New service offers captioning assistance
OIT recently launched a captioning service to assist faculty and staff in getting video or audio content captioned or transcribed.
Simpson claims Bronze in Olympic 1,500
Former Colorado star Jenny Simpson became the second Buff in two days to claim an Olympic bronze medal, putting on a terrific finishing kick over the last 200 meters Tuesday night to finish third in the 1,500-meter final. Simpson, who finished in 4 minutes, 10.53 seconds, is the first American woman...
Fall used bike sale Aug. 30
The annual fall used bike sale, hosted by the CU Environmental Center, will be held on Aug. 30,4 p.m. at Folsom Field Plaza by the Ralphie Statue. Sales are cash only and bikes are priced at either $100, $160, or auctioned depending on the quality.
i>clicker/D2L integration and start-of-semester best practices
Over the summer some enhancements were made to the campus i>clicker service including a new D2L Easy Sync Integration. We also have best practices tips and training to help you make the most of i>clicker.
2016 Move-In photo gallery: Welcome Buffs!
The campus welcomed the Class of 2020 and returning Buffs this week. Visit our Facebook gallery for a visual celebration.