Faculty/Staff Edition - March 2, 20017
Campus Community
Koch named CU Boulder police chief
Ken Koch has been named chief of police for the CU Boulder Police Department. Koch, who has served as deputy chief for the past two years, will serve as chief effective immediately.
Develop one-on-one management skills at the next CU Grow session
The March 28 CU Grow session will help faculty and staff leaders learn tips, tricks and best practices on making one-to-one meetings with direct and indirect reports more effective.
Discuss finances, retirement with a TIAA professional
CU employees are eligible to meet for free with financial professionals from the university's retirement-plan service provider. Sessions are scheduled starting March 2.
Research News
If 'sitting is the new smoking,' can desk workers snuff out risk?
A CU Boulder research team has found marked health benefits from electric-assist commuter bikes and "passive-cycling." Now the team is studying an under-the-desk cycle that shows similar promise.
Unwinding the mysteries of protein folding
CU Boulder and JILA researcher Tom Perkins has spent the last seven years trying to understand how and why proteins fold and unfold.