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Alert system test scheduled for Dec. 20: What to know about alerts

Dec. 9, 2021

Campus officials will conduct a noontime alerts test on Dec. 20. The test involves checking the university’s systems for sending text messages, emails, social media posts, computer desktop alerts and website announcements in the event of emergencies.

Aerial view of Williams Village

Engineering residential community coming to Williams Village in 2023

Dec. 9, 2021

First-year engineering students will have a new home in fall 2023, offering a holistic residential academic experience at Williams Village.

Stephen Graham Jones

Champion of blue-collar monsters keeps racking up awards

Dec. 9, 2021

“The Only Good Indians” became a New York Times bestseller and has won a host of awards, now including the 2021 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award.

Dean of Students JB Banks

The dean’s list of advice: 3 things to do over winter break

Dec. 9, 2021

We’re almost at the end of the semester, and it’s time to enjoy a well-deserved break. Dean of Students JB Banks shares three things to do over the next few weeks.

Embankment in Ecuador

Grad heads research on ground improvement technique ahead of earthquakes

Dec. 9, 2021

Alumnus Juan Carlos Tiznado is the lead author on a new paper that helps engineers better understand and predict the “liquefaction” hazard during earthquakes and more reliably mitigate it.

woman making call on laptop

New phone service coming next semester

Dec. 9, 2021

Starting in the spring of 2022, CU Boulder's telephone service will begin a phased transition from Cisco to Microsoft.

Classmates and instructors celebrate completion of the Our Community Listens training

CUPD strengthens communication skills through intensive 3-day training

Dec. 9, 2021

babyֱapp a dozen CU police officers and staff members, along with several members of other police departments, learned how to be better listeners, approach confrontation in a more effective manner and better understand the impact of non-verbal communication in a recent course.

Old Main cottonwood

Historic Old Main cottonwood slated for removal over winter break

Dec. 9, 2021

Planted in 1879 or 1880, the “Old Main cottonwood” is the oldest and tallest tree on campus. At more than 140 years old, 110 feet tall and 19 feet in circumference at the base of the trunk, it has outlived and outgrown all other campus cottonwoods that were planted at the end of the 19th century.

CU Boulder and CU Anschutz Medical Campus

AB Nexus grant program announces fall 2021 awards

Dec. 8, 2021

Seven new grants have been awarded to CU Anschutz Medical Campus and CU Boulder babyֱapp who are collaborating to improve human wellbeing through innovative research projects.

Coors Events Center on the CU Boulder campus

CU Athletics toy drive continues Dec. 8–10

Dec. 7, 2021

The Athletic Department is hosting a holiday toy drive this month to benefit A Precious Child. CU will be collecting new toys, books and puzzles for distribution this holiday season.

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