Faculty-Staff Edition - Feb. 24, 2022

Submit your proof of COVID-19 vaccine booster or exemption paperwork today to be in compliance with CU Boulder’s updated COVID-19 guidance, information about the COVID-19 dashboard and reminders about mask requirements.

This month’s update includes reminders about the Campus Culture Survey, #BeTheChange Challenge and UndocuAlly sessions. There are also resources for sustaining our practice of inclusion and more.

Forest fires can have a significant effect on the amount of water flowing in nearby rivers and streams, and the impact can continue even years after the smoke clears. Now, with the number of forest fires on the rise in the western U.S., that phenomenon is increasingly influencing the region’s water supply—and has increased the risk for floods and landslides.

This week, tensions in Eastern Europe escalated as Russia launched a wide-ranging military attack against Ukraine. “What about the people who will have to carry the burden of a war?” asks CU Boulder's John O'Loughlin who has spent 30 years studying the political attitudes of everyday Ukrainians.