Faculty/Staff Edition - Feb. 6, 2017

At the end of January, I shared how new immigration restrictions based on a presidential executive order might affect our campus. I have heard from many in our community about their continuing concern and want to share an update on our campus efforts.

Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) voted in September to implement a new set of General Education requirements that will replace the current A&S Core Curriculum. The implementation process began with appointment of the General Education Implementation Committee (GEIC), an ad hoc committee of the Arts and Sciences Council.

The Research & Innovation Office (RIO) invites faculty to a writing workshop on NSF CAREER requirements, providing concrete suggestions on how to write a competitive proposal and featuring a panel discussion with current CAREER awardees.

In an effort to make creating courses in Desire2Learn (D2L) easier, the Office of Information Technology invites faculty to participate in a D2L course-creation usability study.

Now through Friday, Feb. 24, the Office for Outreach and Engagement is accepting nominations for the Anne K. Heinz Staff Award for Excellence in Outreach and Engagement.

If your commute to class or work takes you along 30th Street or Colorado Avenue, mark your calendar for the city of Boulder's Feb. 9 open house, kicking off the 30th and Colorado Corridors Study.

A new study by integrative physiology professor Ken Wright shows that as little as 48 hours of camping can help re-set the body's circadian rhythm, or internal clock, helping people fall asleep earlier.

CU Boulder researcher Aaron Clauset examines the possibilities and limits of using massive data sets of scientific papers and information on scientific careers to study the social processes that underlie discoveries.