Faculty-Staff Edition - Sept. 2, 2022

Tailgating is back for the 2022 football season! During home games, attend Ralphie’s Corral at Duane Field for live marching band and spirit squad performances, photo ops and more.

Chancellor Philip DiStefano addressed a slew of topics, including concerns about faculty salaries amid near-record inflation, during the first Boulder Faculty Assembly meeting of the academic year on Sept. 1.

CU Boulder leaders are reacting positively to a recent update by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, stipulating that agencies make the results of taxpayer-supported research “immediately available to the American public at no cost.”

The College of Music’s American Music Research Center has embarked on a research project aimed at documenting, preserving and engaging with diverse musical and cultural influences in and around Pueblo, Colorado.

A first-of-its kind study by CU Boulder researchers finds that exposure to air pollution in infancy impacts a child's developing gut microbiome in ways that boost risk of allergies, obesity and diabetes and may influence brain development.

The CU Police Department is hosting free active harmer response classes for faculty, staff and students. No registration is needed; simply show up ready to learn what to do using the nationally approved “run, hide, fight” protocol. Officers will be sensitive to triggering language and visuals.

All faculty, instructors, lecturers and adjuncts looking to build camaraderie and community are invited to attend the kickoff event for Faculty Shared Perspectives and Community Engagement, or SPACE, at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 8.

Rita Moreno, one of only 17 performers to have won entertainment’s grand slam of prestigious awards—the Emmy, the Grammy, the Oscar and the Tony—will give an inspirational talk in the UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom.