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Regents approve 2021 Campus Master Plan

Feb. 11, 2022

The CU Board of Regents approved CU Boulder’s 2021 Campus Master Plan, which lays out a vision for the campus physical environment that best supports the university’s core mission of education and research.

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Regents honor distinguished professors, get culture survey updates, more

Feb. 10, 2022

On the first day of its two-day meeting, the CU Board of Regents recognized distinguished professors, approved plans for phase two of renovations to the Fleming Building and received preliminary data from the Campus and Workplace Culture Surveys. Read details.

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2 physicists win prestigious NSF CAREER Awards

Feb. 10, 2022

CU Boulder's Andrew Lucas and Bethany Wilcox have been awarded the Early Career Development Program, one of the NSF’s most prestigious awards, to improve the teaching of quantum mechanics to students and to search for new kinds of fluids.

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Student Will Loughlin is a rare walk-on scholarship winner

Feb. 10, 2022

Will Loughlin, a senior in computer science, went from being a lacrosse player with a passion for intramural basketball to being a walk-on for the CU's men's basketball team—the first time this has happened in at least 12 years.

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The path one alumnus took from mechanical engineer to heart surgeon

Feb. 10, 2022

Michael Lewis took an interdisciplinary education to the next level. After graduating with a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering and working at Boeing for a year, he discovered another way to help people—through medicine.

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COVID-19 campus update: Feb. 10 issue

Feb. 10, 2022

In this week’s update, get reminders about the upcoming COVID-19 vaccination booster requirement, mask requirements and distribution, and what to do following a positive COVID-19 diagnosis if you are student, faculty or staff.

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A message from the Chancellor: Becoming the change we want to see

Feb. 10, 2022

I want to acknowledge campus initiatives offering opportunities for our community to connect, learn, share perspectives and expand our understanding of one another. These uplifting and inspirational events are taking place as we continue to heal and recover from recent local tragedies. They are also occurring as many of us struggle to process recent sad and disturbing events.

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Get up to speed: March 1 deadlines for graduate students

Feb. 9, 2022

Academic deadlines for doctoral and master's students are approaching on March 1. Then, take a glance at April deadlines.

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CU Police Commander Paula Balafas to become Pac-12’s 5th female chief of police

Feb. 9, 2022

Balafas, a CU Boulder alumna, has taken the top job at the University of Arizona Police Department, helping the Pac-12 conference lead the way in women in policing.

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Tips to avoid your ex on social media this Valentine’s Day

Feb. 9, 2022

Did you just see a Facebook “memory” of your ex from Valentine’s Day…three years ago, and now you’re bummed or just annoyed? Blame the algorithms, says Anthony Pinter, a teaching assistant professor in CU Boulder's ATLAS Institute.

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