Faculty-Staff Edition - May 10, 2023

Chancellor Philip DiStefano announced a national search for an associate vice chancellor of Native American affairs, a newly created position that will work with CU Boulder and tribal communities across Colorado to collaboratively address related issues.

A national search is underway for the university’s next associate vice chancellor for enrollment management. The university’s goal is to have a final candidate on board by September.

When the fall semester begins, construction will be underway, and the Hellems Arts & Sciences building will be closed until its scheduled reopening for the spring semester of 2026.

The appearance of Angela Y. Davis, famed political activist, scholar and author, at one of CU Boulder’s recognition ceremonies reflects the department’s progress toward becoming a “go-to place” of interdisciplinary work at the nexus of humans and the environment, a professor said.

Brad Wham, an assistant research professor, was a member of one of the three Learning From Earthquakes reconnaissance teams that traveled to Turkey in March. The team specifically looked at lifeline systems including energy, transportation, water and wastewater.

For three years at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, CU Boulder students enrolled in "Experimental Physics I" spent an estimated 56,000 hours analyzing the behavior of hundreds of solar flares. Their results could help astrophysicists understand how the sun's corona reaches temperatures of millions of degrees Fahrenheit.

The Office of Information Technology is offering online sessions to help faculty and staff review and save essential Google Drive files owned by former colleagues and former students.

Read words of wisdom from some of the many talented and innovative students who are graduating and starting on their next adventures. As they become Forever Buffs, they leave their inspirational legacies—with advice and reflection—for those who follow.