Announcements & Deadlines
- Aisha Jackson, who for the past decade has successfully bridged the worlds of academia and technology at CU Boulder, will become the university’s first assistant vice chancellor and assistant vice provost for academic and learning technologies.
- The Boulder Faculty Assembly discussed a statement by its executive committee that reiterates the authority of faculty to determine course content, teaching methodologies and approval of faculty members hired to teach on campus––including visiting scholars.
- Thousands of historic collection items held by the University Libraries are now available for researchers to access through the Digital Public Library of America.
- Michael Litos, an assistant professor of physics at CU Boulder, has won an Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation.
- Former mechanical engineering faculty member Jenifer Blacklock has returned to the College of Engineering and Applied Science as the director of the Rady Program at Western Colorado University. She will lead the Western-CU Boulder partnership
- Terri Fiez, vice chancellor for research and innovation, has announced that Denitta Ward, assistant vice chancellor for research and director of the Office of Contracts and Grants, will retire this summer.
- Patrick O’Rourke, who has served the University of Colorado system for more than 15 years as an attorney, administrator and adjunct faculty member, will remain in his role as CU Boulder’s chief operating officer.
- Voting rights activist and bestselling author Stacey Abrams will be the speaker for the Colorado Law Class of 2021 virtual recognition ceremony in May.
- University of Colorado Law School Professor Kristen Carpenter, an American Indian law scholar with expertise in property, cultural property, human rights and Indigenous peoples, has been appointed as a justice of the inaugural Supreme Court of the Shawnee Tribe.
- Students, faculty, and staff are invited to a virtual soft launch of the new Rustandy Building, which connects the Koelbel Building, home to the Leeds School of Business, to the Engineering Center.