Faculty/Staff Edition - Oct. 19, 2016

Campus & Community

Evaluating our campus learning management system

CU Boulder faculty, students and staff are undergoing an initiative to evaluate the university learning management system, Desire2Learn, to determine whether it meets CU Boulder’s teaching and learning needs as part of an array of digital instructional tools.

October's Ethics and Compliance Brown Bag features Clery compliance

Workshops & Seminars Events & Exhibits

October’s monthly Brown Bag series will feature a presentation by Patrick Warwick-Diaz, Clery compliance and crime analyst with the CU Police Department, on Clery compliance. The presentation will be held on Monday, Oct. 24, from noon to 1 p.m. at The Rec.

A graphic representing the Flatirons in a rainbow of colors

Intersections: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Research and Teaching symposium Nov. 11

Conferences Events & Exhibits

The CU Faculty Council committees on LGBTQ+ issues and Ethnic and Minority Affairs are co-hosting a collaborative, day-long symposium entitled "Intersections: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Research and Teaching" on the CU Boulder campus on Friday, Nov. 11, in the University Memorial Center.

Looking good in green: Offices can purchase high-quality carbon offsets

Announcements & Deadlines Campus Community

All campus offices can now purchase high-quality carbon offsets easily and at a great rate through the Environmental Center. In order to centralize efforts in mitigating climate footprints, any campus department can purchase carbon offsets for travel, conferences, day-to-day use, employee commuting or large purchases easily via an online purchasing form.

Nominations sought for Disability Services recognition

Getting Involved Campus Community

Disability Services will be hosting its first annual awards ceremony in recognition of students, alumni, faculty members and staff who have exhibited exceptional qualities in supporting students with disabilities and fostering outreach and involvement in the disability community.

MAVEN scientists observe ups and downs of water escape from Mars

Space News Headlines

A NASA mission to Mars led by CU Boulder has shown that water escaping from the planet's atmosphere is driven in large part by how close it is to the sun.

In Focus

Lori Hunter demonstrates yoga pose in the steps of Norlin Library

A yogi in the classroom

Faculty in Focus Campus Community

Sociology professor Lori Hunter takes yoga from the studio into the classroom, where her students practice mindfulness and assess yoga’s place in our culture – and its growing commercialism. She asks, “Is this version of yoga even ‘authentic?’ Does it matter?”