Announcements & Deadlines
- The 2017 Innovative Seed Grant Program is accepting proposals for interdisciplinary ventures on the CU Boulder campus, due Feb. 12. The program has set aside $1 million to fund grants of up to $50,000 each.
- In an effort to better support international students, the Task Force for International Student Success has scheduled several town hall meetings with faculty, staff and students. The task force hopes to gain insight on international student success.
- The University Libraries and National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder have won the 2016 International Data Rescue Award.
- It’s a new semester, which brings with it new opportunities to tap into CU Boulder’s IT offerings. If you’re lucky, maybe you received some new technology over the holidays. For you, we have tips to connect and protect those new devices. But even if you didn’t get a new laptop, iPhone or Xbox, this semester will bring new learning challenges and new reasons to put these IT resources to work for you.
- Following a number of use violations, the University Libraries have recently made a change to off-campus access for the American Chemical Society (ACS) publications, which will no longer be accessible using the campus VPN.
- As part of CU's commitment to an accessible campus environment, OIT now offers SensusAccess, an online service that allows anyone with a @colorado.edu email address to upload content and have it automatically converted to an accessible document type.
- Students now have a brand new place to gather at Williams Village. The Village Center Dining and Community Commons opened Jan. 11 and features state-of-the-art services from dining to residential programs, as well as healthcare and counseling.
- Looking for housing or off-campus resources for next year? CU’s annual January Housing Fair is a free event that offers students a convenient way to view hundreds of local properties. Many local landlords, property managers, vendors and real estate agents will be in the UMC for the fair.
- Spring semester is upon us, and there are some major changes to the CUClicker service, including an unexpected i>clicker software update, new instructor clickers for faculty members and training classes scheduled for Jan. 13 and Jan. 17.
- CU employees are eligible to meet for free with financial professionals from the university's retirement-plan service provider. Sessions are scheduled starting Wednesday, Jan. 18.