Faculty-Staff Edition - March 7, 2022
Campus Community
Provost announces 3 finalists for Arts and Sciences dean position
Provost Russell Moore has announced three finalists for the position of dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Naming a new dean marks the next step in the reorganization of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Common student-centered approach to teaching, learning update: March 2022 issue
The Buff Undergraduate Success Leadership Implementation Team is continuing its work from the fall semester and recently formed five working groups to address student success priorities. Read about this and more.
Implementation team issues latest guidance on academic instruction: March 3 issue
Get Academic Affairs updates on the new mask-optional mode, the revised grade replacement policy, campus closures for weather, the final exam schedule and more.
Events & Exhibits
Make a ‘womxn’ appreciation card March 8
Show love and support for a friend, loved one or mentor by making a card and celebrating International Women's Day—from noon to 2:30 p.m. at the Dennis Small Cultural Center. The event is free and open to all students, faculty and staff.
Talk March 12 to explore camping grounds—public nature in American history
A closer look at recreational camping reveals how its history and meanings are far from obvious. In the next CU on the Weekend lecture, Professor Phoebe Young will explore its unexpected and interwoven histories.
News Headlines
This past December, three CU Boulder researchers climbed up the side of the world’s highest active volcano, 22,615-foot Ojos del Salado, to understand how tiny organisms persist at one of the driest and highest points on the planet. This first-of-its-kind project may ultimately help inform the search for existing and extinct life on other planets.